The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has urged the Electoral Commission to review the on-going voter verification exercise to ensure all eligible people vote in the 2021 general elections. Oulanyah made the appeal on Wednesday after Arua Woman Member of Parliament Maurine Osoru raised a matter of national importance. Osoru noted
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle Desmond Tutu has been admitted to hospital for the treatment of an infection, his office said on Wednesday. “The Archbishop has been hospitalised several times over the past few years for treatment of a similar condition,” the Desmond &
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Two tropical storms are expected in East Africa late on Thursday and Friday, according to latest weather reports. Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland is bracing for what authorities have described as a category two storm. Weather experts say at least nine countries in the East African region are experiencing heavier
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The death toll in Bududa, eastern Uganda following the landslides caused by heavy rain on Tuesday has risen to eight as two more bodies have been recovered from the mud and debris. The number of those missing has been revised down from 50 to 40. Rescue efforts have been hampered
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Today, the 5th of December 2019, Uganda joined the Global community to commemorate the World Soil Day. In a statement issued by Christopher Kibazanga, Minister of State for Agriculture in commemoration of the day said that Government appreciates the work of Soil Scientists at Makerere University and other Universities for
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The State Minister for Agriculture, Christopher Kibazanga Wednesday 4th December 2019 commissioned the Egypt- Uganda joint model farm project in Gomba district. Also present was the Egyptian ambassador to Uganda, H.E Ahmed Abdel Aziz Mostafa. The project is being managed by National Enterprises Corporation, the Enterprise arm for the UPDF
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Uganda’s national debt has hit a record high of Shs45.8 trillion, the Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati (pictured) has said. The details are contained in a motion tabled by Bahati seeking Parliamentary approval to borrow Euros600M from both Stanbic Bank and Trade Development Bank totaling to Shs2.4 trillion
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Young African entrepreneurs urged to make their voices heard in business policy-making across the continent and called on governments to implement friendlier tax policies, improve access to finance and boost support for youth-led businesses to create jobs. Speaking at the 2019 African Economic Conference in the Egyptian resort of Sharm
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Chicken, pizza and burger dominate delicacies that are ordered online amid health concerns about fast foods, which have been associated with lifestyle diseases, Daily Nation reports. A report of food analysis released by Jumia Food Kenya Tuesday indicate that fried chicken has been leading in the last three years. These
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The Democratic Republic of Congo's army says it has arrested a powerful Rwandan rebel commander, Nshimiyimana Asifiwe, in the eastern city of Goma. His arrest was proof that the military's campaign against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in its forest hide-outs was yielding results, and some
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