The last four months of the electioneering period has cost private businesses up to KSh700 billion (about UShs24.6 trillion) in lost opportunities. The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (Kepsa) on Tuesday said the situation risks getting out of hand, further hurting the economy, reports the Daily Nation. This is especially so
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says Thursday's presidential election must go on — with or without opposition candidate Raila Odinga. "We are here requesting you, with a lot of respect ... Kayole residents, please let's agree to come out in large numbers and vote for me," Kenyatta said at a rally
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Police have asked members of parliament who want to hold joint consultations to notify the force on how many of their colleagues will be attending the consultations. Police Spokesperson, Asan Kasingye, says they have been blocking joint opposition consultation meetings on the presidential age limit removal, because many opposition legislators
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Ugandans are dubiously earning millions from Kenyan coffee. The coffee is either stolen or bought cheaply by exploiting the poor farmers, according to an investigation by the Standard News Site. Below is the story as reported by the Standard. It is 7.30pm on a Saturday at Bumbo market in Uganda,
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Arua Municipality MP, Abraham Abiriga was on Tuesday morning set free by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) court after paying Shs40, 000 fine. He was charged with committing a public nuisance by urinating in public after pictures of the incident were widely shared on social media. According to prosecution, on
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By Livingstone Mukasa If you observe carefully, poor people have one thing in common: the ability to coin perfect excuses. They are able to lay it out why things are not working out for them or why they were born in the wrong country. In today’s column allow me to
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dfcu Bank is in trouble after the High Court in Kampala granted permission to over 400 ex-employees of Crane Bank to sue the Bank for wrongful termination. They want dfcu to pay them Shs6bn in damages for wrongful termination. The Deputy Registrar in charge of Civil Matters at the High
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Kyadondo East lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has called for the unconditional release of opposition leader, Kizza Besigye who is detained at Nagalama Police Station in Mukono. Bobi Wine made this call after visiting the incarcerated Besigye who has since been charged with murder. Besigye, was arrested and charged with
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Uganda's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Chief Financial Officer, Patrick Ayota has been named the organisation's new Deputy Managing Director, replacing knifed Geraldine Ssali, Business Focus reveals. Ayota had been discussed as possible replacement for Ssali even before her sacking late last week. Inside sources reveal that NSSF will soon
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In a show of solidarity, Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party President, Retired General Mugisha Muntu has suspended his campaigns to focus on efforts aimed at freeing Kizza Besigye and two other party officials. Besigye, was arrested and charged with murder, police said on Friday, after they broke up a
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