dfcu Bank has flagged off ten (10) women entrepreneurs traveling to Nairobi on an all-expense paid study excursion from 16th to 19th January 2018. The women entrepreneurs were part of eighty (80) women who responded to call for business proposals under the Rising Woman initiative that run from July to
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Maize farmers in the North Rift, Kenya have lost millions of shillings to fraudsters who have flocked the region to buy produce on credit at attractive prices, ostensibly on behalf of the Word Food Programme (WFP) and other humanitarian agencies, but close shop before making payments, Business Daily reports. Security
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The American State Department has confirmed the identity of the US citizen killed in the terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday. Jason Spindler, a member of the American Jewish community and CEO of a consulting company, was killed in the attack Tuesday, while working at an office inside the
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The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kahinda Otafiire has blamed Ministry of Finance for delaying to release funds to facilitate the process of reviewing the constitution. His Ministry wants Shs13bn for this exercise. Otafiire made the revelation today during a meeting between his Ministry and MPs on Committee of
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has revealed his government's commitment to remunerate university staff in a bid to match global standards. Museveni made the commitment on Tuesday during the 69th graduation ceremony of Makerere University. Below is his full speech Presided over the 69th graduation ceremony of Makerere University, where I
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Trade between Uganda and South Sudan is on an upward trend following recent years of conflict and turbulence. Traders, many of them informal, who ply the Kampala-Juba trade route, say business has picked up significantly, although not up to pre-2015 levels. Davin Angutia, a logistician at Arua Park business hub
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In the latest casting news, Ugandan-born actress and composer, Sheila Atim is among the cast of 8 rising stars featured in the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel, due for release in April 2019. Apart from her extensive theatre portfolio, the actress has also featured in productions such as Twelfth Night (2018), Bounty
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President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday morning declared the terrorist attack at the 14 Riverside Drive over, with all the terrorists having been killed, Daily Nation reports. He did not specify the number of the gunmen that had stormed the building complex, which houses the up-market DusitD2 Hotel, among others. A
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The top leadership of Parliament led by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have agreed to leave the current leadership of the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) led by Abdu Katuntu as Chairperson to complete investigations into closure of seven defunct banks by
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The move by Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to obtain Shs250bn for the acquisition of 446 acres of land to expand the Kampala Industrial Business Park located in Namanve-Mukono district has been rejected by MPs on the Finance Committee. The team from UIA led by Lawrence Byensi, the Acting Executive Director
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