Four mobile money agents have been arrested by Police for protesting against the Mobile Money tax. More than 50 mobile money agents and dealers marched from, Kibuye, in Entebbe to Parliament to present a petition to the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga. They were however blocked by the police. Those arrested include
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A section of Members of Parliament have started collecting 154 signatures from fellow legislators in a bid to recall Parliament from recess over the Social Media and Mobile Money tax. The MPs who include Ntungamo Municipality, MP Gerald Karuhanga, Soroti Municipality MP, Herbert Ariko, Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi and
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One person was killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of humanitarian trucks belonging to a contractor of U.N. children’s agency UNICEF north of South Sudan’s capital Juba on Wednesday, according to the agency. Africa’s youngest nation has been gripped for nearly five years by a conflict triggered by a
Read MoreHe study mapped major barriers and challenges keeping children from going to school JUBA, South Sudan, July 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Up to 2.4 million children in South Sudan are not receiving an education – the highest proportion of out of school children in the world. Years of conflict,
Read MoreIt is also worth noting that contributions to this process have been made through both oral and written submissions CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- A delegation of the Joint Constitutional Review Committee, which is conducting public hearings into the desirability of amending section 25 of
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Troubled regional retailer Nakumatt has surrendered seven branches and retained a similar number in a new rescue plan that the firm’s administrator says is not dependent on any external capital injection or bank borrowing to succeed, the Daily Nation reports. Peter Kahi, the retail chain’s administrator, in a fresh affidavit
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Tanzanian multi-millionaire tycoon Rostam Aziz is currently in the process of selling off his remaining shares in public-listed Vodacom Tanzania, the country’s largest mobile telecom company. According to a report by Tanzania’s Citizen newspaper, the Tanzanian businessman is selling off his 26.25% stake in the company to Vodacom Group of
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Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has threatened to punish MPs found of dodging Committee meetings. In a letter dated 7th June 2018 to one of the culprits, ailing Betty Nambooze, the Mukono Municipality MP, Kadaga detailed the lawmaker’s perpetual absenteeism and threatened to take action if she keeps up
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed how telecoms have been cheating Uganda, insisting that social media and Mobile Money taxes must stay despite public outrage. Below is his statement he issued Wednesday evening. Dear Ugandans, Greetings. I am using social media to share with you the reasons for the social-media tax
Read MoreThe study mapped major barriers and challenges keeping children from going to school JUBA, South Sudan, July 4, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Up to 2.4 million children in South Sudan are not receiving an education – the highest proportion of out of school children in the world. Years of conflict,
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