BusinessFocus Reporter

A top Kenyan based milling company has ceased operations in Uganda where it made losses three years in a row,  a development that will leave many Ugandans jobless Unga Group Uganda operation lost KSh118.9 million in the year ended June, contributing to the parent company’s slip into a net loss

The Rwandan government has auctioned a prestigious shopping mall in Kigali belonging to Tobacco tycoon Tribert Rujigiro Ayabatwa. According to a report by Xinhua News Agency, the popular Union Trade Center (UTC) which is located in Kigali’s Central Business District, was auctioned off last week to a local real estate

Nakumatt Supermarket has closed its Junction branch in Nairobi, even as the retailer banks on cash injection from a new strategic investor to address its frequent stock outs at its outlets, reports the Daily Nation. In a public notice released Sunday, the cash-strapped retailer said it had relinquished its rights

James Kakooza, the Kabula County Member of Parliament in Lyantonde district has survived lynching for supporting the scrapping of the presidential age limit. Kakooza is one of the mourners who turned up at Nakawanga village in Kisekka Sub County in Lwengo district for the burial of 76-year- old Vincent Nsamba,

Social Media is awash with speculation about the likely cause of death of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) official, David Ntege with many claiming he could have succumbed to a broken heart. According to a statement issued by KCCA, Ntege died at Nsambya Hospital in the capital, Kampala although the

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a mass shooting at an open-air country music festival in Las Vegas. The city's famous strip was on lockdown after prolonged automatic gunfire, which reportedly came from a top floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. Thousands of people

The U.N. refugee agency warns that funds for humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees have dried up, leaving only enough cash for the most essential needs. More than 420,000 Burundians, who have sought refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, are in

U.N. peacekeepers have deployed to a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after clashes between armed groups and the Congolese army. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, MONUSCO, said it sent troops to Uvira to protect civilians and deter any attack on the city, located near the Burundian

Business Focus showed a few days ago that for conflict of interest by sidelining his supervisors to confuse the Health Service Commission on his suitability for the job of Director General- Medical Services at the Ministry of Health, Prof Anthony Mbonye had been fired on orders of the Inspector General