Uganda's Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hajat Janat Mukwaya has given Isingiro district authorities a two-day ultimatum to release funds meant for women entrepreneurship groups. The Minister, who is on a monitoring exercise of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) projects in the Western
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The UK-based company British American Tobacco (BAT) has again been accused of using unjustified practices to dilute plans to limit the sales of its products in Uganda and Kenya. For the second time in two years, an exposé in the newspaper, the Guardian, says that BAT, along with other multinational
Read MoreMembers of Parliament on the Parliamentary Accounts Committee have grilled officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development over funds remitted from Missions abroad that disappeared from Consolidated Fund. The officials led by Secretary to Treasury/Permanent Secretary, Keith Muhakanizi appeared before the Committee on Wednesday morning to answer
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Migingo Island is in Kenya. Speaking in Mbita, Homa Bay County, on Wednesday, the President said officials are mapping out the island’s boundary. "Who does not know Migingo is ours….even if it is ours, we do not go making noise…we do our things with
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Stanbic Bank has been recognised as the country’s best financial institution at the 2017 Euromoney Awards, the world’s most recongised accolade in the Global Banking Industry. Accepting the award on behalf of the Bank, Cathy Adengo, Stanbic Bank’s Corporate Communications Manager noted that, “We owe this accomplishment to our esteemed
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has barred legislators from discussing the proposed Constitutional (Amendment) Bill that seeks to remove the presidential age limit. In her communication during plenary, Kadaga said she doesn't know where the agitation and excitement on the proposed bill is coming from. The media has been
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Ships carrying Chinese military personnel for Beijing's first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have left China to begin setting up the facility, the state news agency Xinhua reported late Tuesday. Djibouti's position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean has fueled worries in India
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for medical reasons, prompting opposition figures to question whether the 93-year-old still has the stamina to run the country. State media, quoting an information ministry statement, says the world's oldest head of state left Friday for "a routine medical check-up" and will be
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United States on Tuesday postponed for three months a decision on whether to permanently lift sanctions on Sudan over its human rights record and other issues, the U.S. State Department said. Former U.S. President Barack Obama temporarily lifted sanctions for six months in January, suspending a trade embargo, unfreezing assets
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The newly elected Member of Parliament for Kyaddondo East Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been designated to the Presidential Affairs committee as he starts a new journey as a legislator. Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, a stage name he has used throughout his music career, was appointed to the committee
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