President John Magufuli has explained the decision of his government to ban sugar importation from Uganda saying there were some traders who used the opportunity to bring in smuggled products. He made the remarks when he was addressing a joint press conference held at State House in Dar es Salaam
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A priest of Bethlehem Church in Railway village in Lumakanda, Lugari sub-County in Kenya last week dug a grave in readiness for his demise, reports the Standard. This, the wife said, was to express his fury following a domestic tiff with her. Joel Abwavo, a father of six, says he
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Zambia's former African Footballer of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, has been banned for two years by world governing body Fifa. It follows a Fifa investigation into his links to banned Qatari official Mohammed Bin Hammam. Fifa's Ethics Committee said Bwalya, a Confederation of African Football (Caf) executive committee member, was
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As cheating in school exams goes, the Burundian record has just been broken by a high school headmaster who disguised himself as a student to sit a national exam so that the student could quality for university. Headmaster Benjamin Manirambona, from the Buterere Technical College in northern Bujumbura, was working
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The youth have asked government to consider reducing nomination fees for both Presidential and Parliamentary candidates, noting that the current fees are discriminatory with an aim of pushing them out of elective posts. The youth made the call on Friday during a plenary session held for the National Youth Parliament
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Government has bowed to pressure from parliament and lifted the ban on Airtime scratch cards. The decision to lift the ban was reached in a meeting in the Conference hall of parliament involving the speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, telecom companies, members of parliament, the Information Communication and Technology-ICT Minister, Frank Tumwebaze and
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Uganda's former Inspector General of Police, General Kale Kayihura is being handled in line with military procedures, the Prime Minister, Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has told parliament. He was responding to a question raised by Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Latif Ssebaggala during the prime Minister's question time on when government
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Taxify, an Estonian ride-hailing company aiming to take on Uber in emerging markets, will invest millions of euros in East Africa in the next five years with a strategy focused on motorised rickshaws and motorcycles, it said on Thursday. The company, which already operates in five cities in Kenya, Uganda
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said he hopes around a million refugees from South Sudan will return home following the signing of a peace deal to end the civil war by the country's leaders, news agency Reuters reports. “We hope that with the UN support in regards to food and
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Belgium has welcomed the decision by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President, Joseph Kabila not to contest the December poll. In a statement issued on Thursday, Belgium has also called for a credible and inclusive electoral process. "Following the nomination of a presidential candidate for the Front Commun pour le
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