Latest reports indicates that access to electric power in Uganda stands at 20.4% despite the country boosting of having surplus electricity. This implies that over 25 million people have no access to electricity. In Uganda, the baseline consumption is 80KWh per capita while the world standard is 3,026KWh per capita.
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Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni got grilled over the weekend on Talk To Al Jazeera and handled the interview admirably well. Reading between the lines, it is clear that Museveni has a lot of unfinished business, a thing that may see him bounce back in 2021. “I want to see the political
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Uganda has recorded a profit for the first time since it launched operations in Uganda in 2008. According to UBA’s audited 2016 full year results, the bank recorded an impressive 24% growth in total income of Shs29.7bn in 2016, up from Shs24bn in 2015, illustrating
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has called for more cooperation among oil and gas producing African countries. He was this morning addressing the joint oil and gas convention and regional expo at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The President of Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, also addressed the convention before
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Uganda's top opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye has called for the resignation of the country's Inspector General of Police (IGP) General Kale Kayihura over failure to manage security in the country. Addressing journalists at his office at Katonga on Thursday, Besigye said that after the complaints
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Uganda and Equatorial Guinea have entered a wide range of agreements that will see the two countries expand their ties in oil and gas management, economic and technical cooperation, among others The agreements were signed at the conclusion of bilateral talks between Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and President Teodoro
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Kenya's veteran politician Raila Odinga has been confirmed as the main opposition coalition's presidential candidate for August's election. [caption id="attachment_1090" align="alignnone" width="1024"] President Uhuru Kenyatta[/caption] Mr Odinga is set to face incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, the man who beat him in 2013. This will be the fourth time Mr Odinga
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Ugandan parliamentarians have threatened to block the education ministry budget if key sector areas remain unfunded. The lawmakers sitting on parliament's education committee made this threat on Wednesday while meeting officials from the ministry. Education ministry officials led by Minister Janet Museveni were appearing before the committee chaired by Mbale Woman MP
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Uganda's legislature has passed a motion seeking to declare a state of emergency in the country as hunger continues to batter the East African nation. The Legislators voted in favour of a motion moved by Kumi Woman Member of Parliament Monica Amoding, stating that Government has failed to handle the situation
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The problems dogging the president of the country's oldest political party have seems may take long to disappear. The latest we have gathered is that a section of lower Democratic Party-DP officials in Greater Masaka region have abandoned the leadership of their President General, Norbert Mao. Local news agency, URN reports that
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