Tian Tang Group has donated items and money worth Shs16m to Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Speaking at the event held at Tian Tang Group in Mukono, Mbalala on Friday, Lucy Zhang, the Chief Executive Officer said that as a corporate company, it is their responsibility to be part
Read MoreOn September 20, 2017, we published a story with a headline; NITA’s Shs35bn at Stake as Tumwebaze, Muhakanizi Fight, but with a different link carrying Mr. Charles Mbire’s name. The story alleged that Mr. Charles Mbire was connected to M/S Soliton Telmec Ltd and its questionable 'exorbitant' transactions with NITA.
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An antibody that attacks 99 per cent of HIV strains has been developed by scientists for the first time. The “exciting breakthrough” could eventually lead to treatment or even prevent transmission of the virus, with trials on humans due to get underway in 2018. Experiments on 24 monkeys injected with HIV showed none developed the virus
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Rwanda’s police said they arrested an activist barred from running for the presidency and two family members for alleged offenses against state security and forgery. Diane Rwigara, her mother and sister were arrested Saturday after the East African nation’s police “uncovered credible evidence linking the trio to offenses against state
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UK technology firm Imagination, which designs graphics chips for smartphones, is being bought for £550m by a Chinese-backed investment firm. Imagination put itself up for sale in June after Apple, its largest customer, said it would stop using its products. The boss of Imagination, Andrew Heath, said the takeover by China-backed Canyon
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The former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Julius Odwe has added his voice to those condemning the proposed scrapping of Article 102 (b), which caps the presidential age to 75 years from the constitution. In his statement issued this morning, Odwe says the decision by some NRM leaning members of
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The Amudat District Chief Finance Officer,. Luchugi John Bosco, has been arrested on the orders of the Local Government Accounts Committee of Parliament for allegedly mismanaging and illegally spending billions of monies meant for works in the district. Luchugi, who appeared before the Committee sitting in Mbarara District headquarters on
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has launched a paper pilot processing plant at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI). While speaking at the launch on Friday, 22nd September 2017, Kadaga said that she was impressed with the work and innovations the Institute had come up with over time.
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Kenya's chief prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the electoral commission over possible misconduct in last month's annulled vote. The Supreme Court annulled the result of the 8 August poll after finding irregularities and declaring it "neither transparent or verifiable". The electoral commission had declared incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta the winner
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Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni has urged the country's youth to void 'aimless and reckless sex' saying failure to do so can sentence them to death. [caption id="attachment_4728" align="alignnone" width="1024"] President Museveni in a group photo with some of the guest performers. Left is his daughter, Pastor Patience Rwabwogo of Covenant
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