Moving past the teens and on to people 18 and older, adults are having less sex than they used to. Analyzing survey data collected from more than 26,000 people between 1989 and 2014, researchers found that the average person now has sex around nine fewer times per year than the
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Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala on Sunday quoted President Yoweri Museveni and the Constitution while preaching against bad politics. In his New Year's homily at Rubaga Cathedral, Archbishop Lwanga said the president once said all Ugandans belonged to the Movement system. "The president one day said all of us
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The Uganda Government has lost approximately 129 billion shillings to the electricity distributor, UMEME in depreciation and return on asset since 2004 when the latter signed a contract to take over power distribution. The loss has been revealed by the Auditor General's 2017 annual report to parliament. Depreciation cost is
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Child rights activists in Tanzania have criticised the arrest of five pregnant schoolgirls and their parents over the weekend, according to The Citizen. The teenagers were arrested in Tandahimba, northern Tanzania, on the orders of a local district commissioner and later released on bail, the news site adds. Gender and
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The World Bank will Monday unveil a book based on Equity Bank’s successful turnaround strategy. Titled Developing Africa’s Financial Services - The Importance of High Impact Entrepreneurship, the book provides inspiring success stories of financial sector ventures making a lasting contribution to the economic development of various sub-Saharan African countries.
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A share surge at Country Garden Holdings Co., China’s largest developer by sales, has sent Vice Chairman Yang Huiyan’s wealth up by $2.1 billion (UShs6.7 trillion) -- and that’s just in the first four trading days of the year, Bloomberg reports. Yang, controlling shareholder of Country Garden, saw her fortune
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The Government of Uganda and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a new General Labour Recruitment Bilateral Agreement that for the first time allows Ugandan professionals to seek employment in the West Arabian State. The agreement was signed on the 31st December, 2017 by Hon. Janat Mukwaya, Minister of Gender,
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Barcelona will sign Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho in a £142m (UShs703.6bn) deal, one of the most expensive transfers of all time. The Reds are expected to receive £105m up front - a British record - for the 25-year-old Brazil international, with the rest in realistic add-ons. The playmaker will sign
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Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has been asked to probe bribery claims against Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa. A section of person claiming to be concerned persons about Sam Kutesa's conduct handed a petition to Kadaga on Friday. The petition follows the trial in New York of two businessmen charged
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Oxfam Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima who sparked a social media debate with her comments discouraging women from kneeling for men has revealed more practices that she believes should be dust-binned. "Curtsying, kneeling, footbinding, female genital cutting, dowry etc all are old cultural practices that subordinate women. Some are more harmful
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