A university student committed suicide in Shauri Moyo area, Nairobi, two weeks after he was sent home over tuition fee. Fredrick Kinyanjui, 22, a second-year student at Multimedia University was found hanging from the rooftop at the family home on Tuesday evening long after a suspected suicide. Buruburu DCI head
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President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday presented the State of the Nationa Address, 2017 to Parliament and the nation at large at Kampala Serena Conference Centre. Below is the unedited sppech delivered by the President. Greetings, Madam Speaker, in fulfillment of the Constitutional requirement under article 101 (1) of the Constitution
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Uganda's Police is still searching for three men believed to have been the actual hit-men in the murder of three police officers including Assistant Inspector General of Police Andrew Felix Kaweesi, loacal news agency, URN reports. Kaweesi, his bodyguard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Mambewa were gunned down on the
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Experts have faulted media owners for using their powers to infringe on the rights of journalists they employ. During a post-Press Freedom Day media conference organised by the Uganda National Commission for UNESCO in partnership with Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) at Grand Imperial Hotel today, the experts agree that the
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday addressed a special session of the country's parliament at a conference centre in the capital, Kampala. He has used the first part of the speech to talk about security and had some harsh words for the police: [caption id="attachment_1646" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Some of the lawmakers
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The Parliament of Uganda has warned journalists against taking pictures of sleeping or rather ‘meditating’ government officials and projecting them in bad light. The stringent guidelines were issued on Monday ahead of today’s State of the Nation Address and Thursday’s reading of the budget. President Yoweri Museveni will this afternoon
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Corruption, mismanagement and political influence are undermining investment in Uganda’s mining sector and threatening people and environment, Business Focus reveals. The Global Witness report released on Monday (June5, 2017) indicates that pervasive corruption in Uganda’s mining sector allows crooked officials and the investors they partner with to profit at the expense
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Equity Bank Uganda has promised to continue closely working with the Church of Uganda for mutual benefits. Speaking at the dinner organized by the bank at Namirembe Guest House on Friday, Anthony Kituuka, the Equity Bank Uganda Executive Director expressed willingness by the bank to continue working with the church
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People are drinking fewer alcoholic drinks, according to a new industry report tracking consumption worldwide. Beer sales continued to slide last year and the trend towards cider sipping stalled. The global market for all alcoholic drinks contracted 1.3% in 2016, driven by a 1.8% fall in beer sales, the International
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Shocking details continue to emerge of the 'college of kids' fallen educationist, Professor Lawrence Mukiibi left behind with a local daily claiming he fathered 53 at the time of his death. Mukiibi breathed his last at Norvik Hospital in Kampala last Sunday after battling an illness. [caption id="attachment_1572" align="alignnone" width="614"]
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