MPs have questioned the re-appointment of Ms Justine Bagyenda to the board of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), saying she is under investigation by the same authority over allegations of money laundering, reports the Daily Monitor. Ms Bagyenda was recently sacked as director for commercial bank’s supervision at Bank of
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The visit of Indian Prime Minister Norendra Modi to Uganda scheduled for July24, 2018 has been marred by scandals. Modi, who will be hosted by President Yoweri Museveni, is expected to meet the Indian community in Uganda at Kololo airstrip. He will fly in the country with a delegation of
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UNAIDS is issuing countries with a stark wake-up call. In a new report, launched July 18, 2018 in Paris, France, at an event co-hosted with Coalition PLUS, UNAIDS warns that the global response to HIV is at a precarious point. At the halfway point to the 2020 targets, the report,
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the ruling NRM party is creating more new districts and municipalities because it believes in people power. “The NRM believes in the power of the people, that is why we are bringing administration closer to you by creating municipalities,” Museveni said. He made the
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Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - some people keep all their savings on their phone - and fraudsters are trying to hack into them to steal the money. Sammy Wanaina received a text message on Sunday asking him to provide the secret personal code so that his
Read MoreThe Committee expresses its appreciation that South Africans took the time to attend the hearings and actively participating in the discussions to re-open the land claims process PRETORIA, South Africa, July 20, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform recently completed public hearings on
Read MoreEgypt is likely to remain the world’s biggest importer of foreign-grown grains for the foreseeable future given the limits to arable land and water supplies CAIRO, Egypt, July 20, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Read MoreSince the conflict in South Sudan started in late 2013, more than 2.4 million South Sudanese have fled in search of safety in neighbouring countries. Of these, around 760,000 have crossed into Sudan KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 20, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Tens of thousands of people displaced by the conflict
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Chase Bank is set to close some of its branches spread across the country following the ongoing takeover of some of its assets by the Mauritian lender SBM Group, reports the Daily Nation. The troubled lender, whose key banking services such as debit card transactions and mobile money transfer services
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Government Thursday labored to convince MPs why it increased electricity tariffs despite the fact that government had extended corporate income tax exemption to Bujagali Energy Limited and the reason was to bring down the cost of electricity in this country. This is after Patrick Nsamba Oshabe, the Kassanda North MP
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