A senior official in the Ministry of Energy has defended the Entebbe-based Africa Gold Refinery (AGR) over suspicion that it refines illicit gold from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan. The Belgian-Owned African Gold Refinery has been refining gold in Uganda since February when President Museveni launched it
Read More
Uchumi Supermarkets has signed a return-to-work formula with its workers following a strike over non-payment of the May and June salaries, which paralyzed the retail chain’s operations. The deal signed yesterday between the supermarket and the Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers (Kucfaw) requires Uchumi, which has about
Read More
A report into sex for marks and sexual harassment scandal at Makerere University has implicated a lecturer for unprofessional conduct. Six of the eight female students interviewed by the Committee that investigated the scandal implicate Brian Musaga, a former Assistant Lecturer in the College of Business and Management Studies- CoBAMS
Read More
By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba Placing All Your Bets On Social Security “I don’t need to worry about retirement because I have social security and my company payout is a mouth watering figure,” some people say. But do you personally know someone or have heard of someone who retired, received their
Read More
Tanzanian authorities have ordered the arrest of an opposition lawmaker for insulting President John Magufuli. Police should detain Halima Mdee - a lawmaker from the main opposition Chadema party in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam - for 48 hours, pending criminal charges, the commissioner of the city's Kinondoni district,
Read More
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Jenifer Musisi has asked Sarah Kizito, wife to former boxer and Kampala Central LIII Chairman, Godfrey Nyakana to pay Shs900m losses incurred by National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) as a result of a spat involving the City Authority and the businesswoman. Musisi
Read More
Troubled retailer Nakumatt has informed its workers that they will henceforth get paid weekly wages instead of earning monthly salaries, signaling a deepening of a cash crisis that began six months ago. The move comes after the supermarket announced the closure of three outlets in Uganda as it fights bruising
Read More
With Kenya's general election five weeks away, Human Rights Watch says some communities in the Rift Valley region live in fear of attacks if they vote against the ruling Jubilee party, and some people have left after young men warned them to stay away from polling centers. The rights organization
Read More
North Korea claims to have conducted its first successful test of a long-range missile that it says can "reach anywhere in the world." Tuesday morning's missile test, which was conducted on the orders of the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, reached a height of 2,802 kilometers (1741 miles), according to
Read More
Uganda's Public Service Ministry has released a strict dress code for the non uniformed officers in the public service revealing that those who do not abide will not be tolerated. The measures are contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary in the country's Ministry of Public Service quoting
Read More
