Women activists and civil society organisations in the country are mourning the death of the Girls Not Brides coordinator, Phiona Kabahubya who passed away in a fatal car accident. According to a message posted on the JOY FOR CHILDREN - UGANDA, Facebook page, Phiona breathed her last on Sunday morning.
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President Yoweri Museveni has praised Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Councillors especially from Opposition for defying their leaders to attend a one-week leadership training programme at National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi. Museveni made the remarks on Saturday while addressing a group of over 200 KCCA Councillors following their completion of their
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Kenyan multi-millionaire businessman Narendra Raval, popularly referred to as ‘Guru’, has pledged to donate at least half of his fortune to charity. In a conversation Forbes on Wednesday in his offices in Ruiru, Nairobi, Raval, 55, promised to donate half of his net worth to causes in education and health,
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that multi-lateral agencies such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund don’t work to advance developing countries, revealing that they are agents of colonialists. Museveni made the remarks on Friday during the 25th Joseph Mubiru Memorial Lecture held at Serena Hotel,
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A US court has rejected bail for former Hong Kong home affairs secretary Patrick Ho Chi-ping, saying there was a high risk he would attempt to flee the country and prosecution lawyers had “strong evidence” he had colluded with African officials. The prosecution said Ho faced more than a decade
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It is exactly two weeks since robbers entered the strong room of a Kenya Commercial Bank branch in Thika, Kenya and stole over UShs1.8bn. However, the circumstances under which the heist was executed still remain a mystery. Three people — two brothers and a friend — have been charged with
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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made changes to his cabinet a day after announcing his executive team, Chief Secretary to Cabinet Mischeck Sibanda said. “Adjustments have been made to ensure compliance with the constitution and considerations of gender, demography and special needs,” Sibanda, said Saturday in a statement to reporters
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Celebrated 'elite farmer,' Bettina Tumuhaise aka Praising has come out to explain rumors surrounding her 'Open Letter' to Kyadondo East lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Following her letter to the legislator seeking his support for Mapeera Bakateyamba's Home, Blogs have been awash with reports that she is a desperate
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Kenya Airways has made good its threat to fire 140 engineers and technicians who had been on a go-slow, threatening to ground the national carrier’s operations, reports The Standard. The airline on Wednesday evening issued dismissal letters to the employees. It said they had ignored three warning letters to explain
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Barclays will sell a 7 percent stake in Johannesburg-based Barclays Africa Group on December 5, the British bank said on Friday, the latest and likely last in a series of such sales as it ends more than 90 years as a major presence on the continent. Barclays said after the
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