Rajiv Ruparelia, the managing Director of Crane Management Services (CMS), a subsidiary of Ruparelia group, has donated millions of shillings in cash and gifts to People with Disabilities (PWDs) at the Skills and Talent Expo 2018. The expo is organised annually by the Rena community Development Association. This year’s expo
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Kyadondo East Lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has been blocked from traveling abroad where he was due to seek medical attention. According to reports, Bobi Wine was intercepted by Uganda Police at Entebbe International Airport on Thursday evening. Sources say he was driven out of the airport in a
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The new Radiotherapy Machine used by Cancer patients has broken down, the Uganda Cancer Institute has said. “The cancer institute is experiencing technical glitch,” Dr. Jackson Orem, the Executive Director at Uganda Cancer Institute said in a statement dated 30th August, 2018. He added: “The computer system that operates the
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A Trump administration official is visiting Africa this week to promote government acceptance of genetically engineered crops. Peter Haas, a State Department trade-policy specialist, told a three-day biotechnology conference in South Africa that use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in agriculture can help meet the continent's food needs while also
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Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a deal with the United Kingdom to boost fight against corruption in the country. At a joint press briefing in Nairobi on Thursday, the two leaders disclosed a pact that will see repatriation of assets and proceeds of crime to Kenya. The tough
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By Mirror: Unai Emery has taken fruit juice off the menu at Arsenal as he clamps down on the players’ diets as part of a major fitness shake-up. New Gunners boss Emery has got tough in the canteen as well as out on the pitch to try to improve the performance of
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Nigeria’s central bank has fined four leading banks a combined sum of $16m (£12.3m) after they were accused of helping the country’s largest mobile phone operator, MTN, to illegally transfer $8bn abroad, BBC reports. The banks and MTN have been ordered to refund the money. The banks under fire are
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Uganda’s state-controlled pension fund, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) offered China Railway Group Ltd. a $110 million (Shs413.8bn) deal to construct a 32-story office tower in the capital, Kampala, Bloomberg reports. Construction will begin next month and will be finished in two to three years, National Social Security Fund
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Ailing Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake has reportedly been blocked at Entebbe International Airport from traveling abroad to seek better medical treatment. The embattled lawmaker was brutally beaten along with Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine and others on the eve of the recently concluded Arua Municipality
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By Felix Oketcho Patrick Bitature, a respected businessman has urged Ugandans to pay taxes in an effort aimed at supporting government raise revenue needed for infrastructure developments like roads, hospitals and electricity provision. Bitature, who ranks among the top country’s richest men says this is the only way government will
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