The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Thursday commissioned forty-six houses located in Kyakaboga Parish, Buseruka Subcounty Hoima District to the eligible households, who opted for resettlement during the land acquisition process for the refinery and other petroleum infrastructure in Kabaale Parish, Buseruka Subcounty Hoima District. While presiding over the
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Four Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Law Enforcement Officers picked up in connection with the death of Oliver Basemera, a hawker, have appeared in court. The four appeared on Thursday afternoon before Lillian Bucyana, the Nakawa Chief Magistrate on charges of manslaughter contrary to section 187 and 190 of the Penal
Read MoreA 23-year-old independent candidate is the next Igembe South MP after he was declared winner Thursday morning. Mr John Paul Mwirigi, a Bachelor of Education student at Mt Kenya University won after garnering 18, 867 against Jubilee’s Rufus Miriti, who had 15, 411 votes. Other candidates, who were seasoned politicians
Read MoreTanzania Business Women Launch Mentorship Platform For African Entrepreneurs
Tanzania Women of Achievement (TWA) on Thursday launched Twaa Mentorship, an online portal and mobile app designed to provide mentorship and learning on the go for girls and women in Africa. Twaa Mentorship is the result of TWA’s continued work in transformation programs for women and girls that started in
Read MoreA section of MPs want the Auditor General, John Muwanga to carry out a performance audit on Court of Appeal to establish why election petitions are taking long to get disposed off. The MPs including Gerald Karuhanga, the Ntungamo Municipality MP and Francis Gonahasa, MP Kabweri Constituency petitioned the Auditor
Read MoreSocial media giant Facebook has made a move into dedicated video, pitting it against YouTube and TV networks. Users will soon see a new Watch tab that will offer a range of shows, some of which have been funded by the social network, reports BBC. Watch will be personalised so
Read MoreWhen former police officer Nimrod Mbithuka Mbai stepped on parliament grounds for the first time in 1998, he had been assigned to guard newly appointed cabinet minister Francis Nyenze. Mr Nyenze had just won the Kitui West parliamentary seat and the then young Administration police constable was picked as one
Read MoreA.P. Moller Holding, which controls Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, said Wednesday it has launched a new fund that will invest in infrastructure in Africa. The fund, which was launched with pension funds PKA, PensionDanmark and Medical Doctors' Pension Fund, has received commitments of $550 million and aims to raise
Read MoreAirtel Uganda Managing Director, Anwar Soussa has quit the telecom firm under unclear circumstances. But the company said his quitting is as a result of his personal decision to take up a new and exciting opportunity outside Airtel. Soussa joined Airtel Uganda in June 2016, replacing Tom Gutjahr, who left
Read MoreKenya's election commission dismissed claims on Wednesday by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and website had been hacked to produce a "fictitious" lead for Odinga's long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta. Angry protests erupted in opposition strongholds in the capital Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu as the
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