General Constantino Chiwenga, who led the Zimbabwean military ouster of long-term leader Robert Mugabe, will quit the army, the government said. Chiwenga will depart while awaiting “redeployment” to another position, according to an emailed statement by the government on Monday which didn’t give further details on his next assignment. General
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has selected Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the party's leader, reports BBC. The country's deputy president defeated former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mr Zuma's ex-wife, after a marathon voting process. Mr Ramaphosa is in a strong position to become president
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The troubles of Brian White Kirumira have worsened with police denying ever assigning him Police body guards. Kirumira has been moving around with four armed police officers. Kirumira was picked up last week for shooting and injuring Victor Bitwire, outside his home in Buziga, a Kampala suburb. A police search
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The recently released Local Government scorecard indicates that district councillors affiliated to opposition parties are performing relatively better than their counterparts in the ruling National Resistance Movement party. According to the 2016/17 Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment, councillors affiliated to Uganda People's Congress (UPC), the Democratic Party (DP) and Forum
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The speaker of Uganda's parliament has suspended a crucial sitting to debate removing presidential age limit. Much of the session so far has been disrupted by those opposed to extending President Yoweri Museveni's stay in power. [caption id="attachment_7075" align="alignnone" width="1080"] Allan Sewanyana was suspended[/caption] The current age limit is 75
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Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga is in hot seat as the August House debates the Controversial Constitution Amendment (No2) Bill, 2017 today. Brought by Igara West MP, Raphael Magyezi, the Bill seeks to amend article 102 (b) of the Constitution so that a person above 75 years of age
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By Eng. Moses Magogo (FUFA President) Globally, Football is that industry that did not come to its knees when the Credit Crunch hit the world economy in 2007/8. It was the case of rising revenues for the top industry earners when Airlines and Banks were closing. The natural resource for
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Regional bank, KCB Group (KCB) is set to introduce a biometric access system that will allow customers to use their fingerprints and voice to securely log into their accounts, including getting services at ATMs, reports the Daily Nation. The tier-one lender has placed a tender inviting qualified technical experts to
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Ecobank Rwanda will invest more funds in agency and e-banking as the lender seeks to increase uptake of its digital products and bring on board the unbanked population across the country, official has said. This comes ahead of planned closure of five of the bank’s branches across the country next
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Men with more kilos than necessary are at greater risk of infertility, shows a study that also says they could suffer low sperm count and poor quality seed, the precursor to infertility. The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction last week, found that greater body mass index (BMI) was
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