By AFP WASHINGTON, The US government will begin a Christmastime shutdown at midnight, as Congress adjourned Friday without passing a federal spending bill or addressing President Donald Trump's demand for money to build a border wall. Operations for several key agencies will cease at 12:01 am Saturday, despite last-ditch talks
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A Kenyan military officer, one Major Chemjor, is among the South Sudan peace monitors who were detained and tortured by security personnel on Tuesday, Daily Nation reports. The Kenya Defence Forces officer was in the company of a Colonel in the Sudan Armed Forces and another in the Ethiopian army,
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's long-delayed presidential election has been postponed for another week, BBC reports. The vote, scheduled for Sunday, is now due to take place on 30 December, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday. A delay in deploying voting materials to polling sites after a fire last week
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The Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende has asked the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to find an appropriate punishment for Aruu County MP, Odonga Otto for ‘exposing his wealth’. In his written response to the Speaker, Kasekende described Odonga’s documents as defamatory. “I therefore pray that you
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has admitted that that there are challenges at the Central Bank that have been exposed during the Parliamentary Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) probing. COSASE has recently been probing BoU officials over the controversial closure and sale
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Kawempe South MP, Mubarak Munyagwa will have to wait a little bit longer before replacing Abdu Katuntu as the Chairperson of the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE. In August 2018, FDC President Patrick Amuriat replaced Katuntu as COSASE Chairperson and his deputy, Anita Among with Munyagwa
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Ketty Adoch, a Ugandan innovator in the Agriculture sector has been named among eleven innovators who have been nominated for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth Innovation Awards. Adoch (in featured photo), a geographical information systems specialist works towards monitoring change detection for Land Cover Mapping around the areas surrounding
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President Yoweri Museveni Wednesday flagged off the construction of Kampala Flyover, noting that it will go a long way in reducing traffic jam in the city. The event took place at Nakivubo Blue Primary School. “… This project is intended to reduce traffic jam in the city while improving mobility.
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Kenya could lose the port of Mombasa to the Chinese government if Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) defaults in the payment of KSh227 billion (UShs8.2 trillion) owed to Exim Bank of China, Daily Nation reports. The government borrowed the billions to construct the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR), against opposition that
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President Yoweri Museveni has sarcastically revealed that Kampala people don’t have representatives in Parliament. While launching the construction of the Kampala Flyover at Nakivubo Blue Primary School today, Museveni told guests that there will be no need to recognize Kampala MPs since they don’t exist. “..I won’t even talk about
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