Uganda and Kenya's Presidents, Yoweri Museveni and Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday met and committed themselves to strengthening ties between the two countries. The two leaders met in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi where Museveni was visiting for an official visit. "Was in Nairobi, Kenya today on an official visit at the
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Bishop Reuben Kisembo Amooti of Ruwenzori Diocese has defrocked five priests for what he called immoral behaviour. Addressing the media at the Ruwenzori Diocesan Headquarters in Fort Portal today, Bishop Kisembo named the defrocked priests as Rev. Joel Manyindo who was parish priest Rwimi All Saints Church, Rev. Jonathan Kyangasha,
Read MoreThe former Secretary General of East African Community and founding National Resistance Army-NRA member, Nuwe Amanya Mushega, has warned against amending the constitution to scrap the presidential age limits. Mushega, a veteran of the bush war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power 31 years ago, says the ongoing efforts
Read MoreMinister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Adolf Kasaija Mwesige has said that article 102 (b) should be repealed, thereby removing lower and upper Presidential age limits because life expectancy has gone up in Uganda. “The constitution which we passed in 1995 was informed by circumstances of 1995; life expectancy was
Read MoreThe Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga is furious over the alleged invasion of Parliament by the army. “I issued security guideline; I said only Parliamentary Police should be securing this place. Any other deployment must be communicated to my office. In the course of the recess, I also received
Read MoreSouth Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) Monday selected Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the party’s leader. The country’s deputy president defeated former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Zuma’s ex-wife, after a marathon voting process. Ramaphosa is in a strong position to become president in 2019 polls. Ramaphosa
Read MoreUganda Revenue Authority (URA) has announced 125 companies and institutions that will be exempted from 6% withholding tax for the period January–June 2018. The list includes top companies and institutions such as City Oil (U) Limited, CNOOC Uganda Ltd, Bank Of Uganda, Hariss International Limited, Jesa Farm Dairy Limited, Kampala
Read MorePrivate Sector Credit (PSC) growth has continued to recover supported by Bank of Uganda’s monetary policy easing, Business Focus reports. The Monetary Policy Report for December says that average annual PSC growth for Quarter to October 2017 was 6.2% relative to 5.6% in the previous quarter. However, the report adds
Read MoreGeneral Constantino Chiwenga, who led the Zimbabwean military ouster of long-term leader Robert Mugabe, will quit the army, the government said. Chiwenga will depart while awaiting “redeployment” to another position, according to an emailed statement by the government on Monday which didn’t give further details on his next assignment. General
Read MoreIt’s now four years since Airtel Uganda took over the sponsorship of Uganda football senior team, the Uganda Cranes from MTN. Over this period, Airtel has enjoyed unprecedented publicity, thanks to the appealing brand of the Uganda Cranes. In November 2017, Airtel announced a new sponsorship deal worth Shs10bn (approx
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