Zimbabwe's land reform programme was condemned by Western nations Zimbabwe's government plans to hand back "a mere" 37 farms to foreign nationals covered by international agreements, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports. The farms were taken under the controversial land reform programme initiated by then-President Robert Mugabe to tackle colonial-era land
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UNCE has granted Victoria University permission to offer online lessons Victoria University, one of the fastest growing private universities in Uganda is embarking on online teaching after the National Council for Higher Education granted it a permit to formally conduct lessons online. The development was a confirmed by a letter
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Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) in collaboration with Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) hosted the national expert technical committee to discuss the draft East African Standards for Cocoa and related products. The national technical committee is supported under the European Union and East African Community Market Access Upgrade Programme
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Sheger Bakery The authorities in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa plan to distribute hundreds of thousands of loaves of bread for free as part of celebrations to mark the Ethiopian New Year, 2013. The one-day treat, on Monday 7 September, will start five days of celebration to mark the last month
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MP Angelina Osege Soroti district Woman MP, Angelina Osege has revealed why she quit Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) for Alliance for National Transformation (ANT). Speaking to journalists at Parliament today, Osege said she quit her former political party over its continued practice of what she termed as extremist politics
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The Minister of Health Dr Jane Aceng on Wednesday launched the Board of Directors of 'Malaria Free Uganda,' an innovative Public-Private Partnership recently established to sustain and accelerate the National Malaria Response. The launch which Aceng performed remotely on zoom from the health ministry headquarters, had a corresponding meeting with
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A Teacher who last week pleaded guilty before Nabweru Magistrate Court to killing his wife Viola Kakai; a former nurse with IHK hospital, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison. Chief Magistrate Patricia Amoko has sentenced 46yr old Simon Wanyakala for manslaughter which occurred on 1st / August/2020 at
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The Inspector General of Police has made fresh deployments, transfers and appointments of gazetted officers from the rank of SSP to ASP. According to deputy police spokesperson, Polly Namaye, the decision impacts on various offices including heads of departments, Regional Police commanders, district police commanders and others. "The officers are
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Sserwanja (R) receiving computers from Ruparelia Foundation officials Ruparelia Foundation through Kampala Parents’ School has today donated 10 computers to African Institute for Investigative Journalism to facilitate home-based learning as schools remain closed due to coronavirus. The donation was handed over to Solomon Sserwanja, the Institute’s Executive Director by Rajiv
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Police today blocked National Unity platform (NUP) meeting that had been organized to open their offices around Balintuma Road in Old Kampala. Kampala Metroploitan Police Spokesperson, SP Patrick Onyango (pictured), said NUP had erected nine tents and mobilised people to attend in large numbers. “They had also planned and hired
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