Tanzanian authorities Thursday placed a local lender, Bank M Tanzania Plc, under administration after it fell insolvent, putting Kenyan regulators on high alert, reports the Daily Nation. The Bank of Tanzania said in a statement that Bank M, which recently launched operations in Kenya after it bought Oriental Commercial Bank,
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President Yoweri Museveni and his former close friend Amama Mbabazi have met again after falling out prior to the 2016 general elections. However, the meeting isn’t about iron out their political differences but rather cultural. Former Prime Minister Mbabazi is giving away his daughter Bridget Birungi to Andile Ramaphosa, 36,
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni together with First Lady Janet Museveni Friday afternoon received President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with his wife Dr. Tshepo Ramaphosa at State House, Entebbe. The South African President and his wife are in Uganda on a two-day private visit. They are in Uganda to attend
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Popular radio and TV personality, Angela Newman Kavulu commonly known as Crystal Newman, has finally quit Sanyu FM after 18 years. Crystal has for 18 years graced the airwaves with her distinctive sleek voice that has won admirations from different audiences. In a message posted on the Sanyu FM Facebook,
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Thursday launched state of the art cargo scanners at Busia and Malaba OSBPs. This is aimed at improving international trade facilitation and managing cargo entering and transiting through Uganda. The 3 million dollar investment will also help Government Agencies/Authorities to speed up the cargo clearance process
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The Opposition Friday reshuffled its leadership in Parliament, with Winfred Kiiza being dropped out as the Leader of Opposition (Minority Leader) in Parliament. The Kasese Woman MP was replaced by Betty Aol Ochan, the Gulu Municipality MP. Most interestingly, FDC dropped Abdu Katuntu as Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises
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The police management is awaiting advice from the Attorney General for any action against Director Operations Asuman Mugenyi, in line with recent pronouncements by the Constitutional Court. The five judges of the constitutional court Alfonse Owiny - Dollo, Remmy Kasule, Kenneth Kakuru, Elisabeth Musoke, and Cheborion Barishaki, collectively asked police
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has attacked the western world for imposing on homosexuality on Africans saying that this is an act of intolerance and lack of respect. "Tolerance is something I find missing in the Middle East and even in Europe and it causes a lot of problems. On every
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The U.S. Mission in Uganda has added more than $100 million in aid to the East African country with about half being injected into health, a sector analysts say is receiving little attention from the government. The United States Mission in Uganda says its assistance to the East African country
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Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have set up roadblocks in the south-eastern city of Lubumbashi where the exiled opposition leader, Moïse Katumbi, had been due to arrive, in spite of authorities threatening to arrest him if he tried to enter the country. The former governor of Katanga province
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