The lawyer of bedridden Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake Butebi has dismissed reports that the legislator has been cleared to travel abroad to seek medical attention, URN reports. Zaake together with the Kyaddondo East legislator Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine were stopped from traveling on Thursday at Entebbe
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A girl from Samburu County in Kenya has been rescued from an early marriage by a Catholic priest after negotiations by elders to return dowry, reports the Standard. Lilian Nabaru, 15 was married off by her uncles in 2015 while she was only in Standard Eight. She was married to
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On one of the last patches of land along the Nile River in central Cairo, Egypt is constructing Africa’s tallest building. In a difficult feat of engineering, the project will twist from a thin triangular base to form a rectangular skyscraper, rising 70 stories and providing a panoramic view of
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Accessible only by ferry services, Kalangala District still struggles with ensuring adequate access to healthcare. With the closest national referral hospital being in Masaka – on the mainland of Uganda -, Kalangala District Local government officials are looking to have the status of Kalangala Health Centre IV elevated to hospital
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The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, has asked Ugandans to respect Police officers and leave the men and women of uniform to carry out their duties, saying Police will not hesitate dealing with Ugandans that stand in the way of Police. In a two paged document that
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By Ben Sebuguzi Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU) is a government programe intended to increase the consumption of locally made goods and services. According to Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU) government policy passed by cabinet in 2014, it aims at ensuring a vibrant diversified domestic trade in goods and services
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Local suppliers are likely to earn over 150 billion shillings from supply of goods and services to the oil and gas sector in 2018. Petroleum Authority Executive Director, Dr Earnest Rubondo confirms that the Authority approved work programmes for local companies to the tune of $400m (Shs1.5 trillion) for the
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Security forces in Uganda's capital, Kampala, have deployed in a suburb which is seen as the stronghold of musician-turned-MP Bobi Wine, local media are reporting. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was prevented from leaving the country on Thursday night. He was hoping to travel to get medical
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) conducts regular market surveillance inspections to determine the level of compliance to Uganda Standards to protect consumers and the environment from dangerous substandard products. In the month July 2018, the market surveillance inspectors picked 249 samples which were submitted to UNBS laboratories for
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The Uganda shilling held steady against the dollar due to subsiding demand activity on the back of end month inflows that provided adequate supply during the week ending 31st August 2018. Trading was in the range of 3750/3760. In the interbank money market, overnight funds traded at 6% while one
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