Mityana Municipality lawmaker Francis Zaake has vowed to begin from where he stopped when he returns from the United States of America (USA) where he has been undergoing treatment for injuries he suffered in a parliamentary scuffle. Zaake who says he has been given glasses to aid his vision warned
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By Peter Abaanabasazi He is 75 years old, but he goes about his farming activities with ease. Sedrach Mwijakubi Munyema, 75, is one of the leading model farmers in Kigorobya and neighboring Sub-Counties-for he is earning over Shs20m annually from mixed farming. In summary, he is already living President Museveni’s
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A tribal militia killed at least 43 people in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, local officials said on Wednesday, extending a spate of tit-for-tat revenge killings. Raiders from the Murle ethnic group killed 20 men, 22 women and one child, and injured 19 people in the village of Duk Payel on
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Israel will pay the Rwandan government $5,000 for every African asylum seeker it accepts from Israel, Channel 10 reported Sunday. A senior government official confirmed the report to Haaretz. The Israeli government will additionally continue to pay asylum seekers who voluntarily leave the country a grant of $3,500, as well
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Shocking details have emerged why Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu met with Uganda President and other African leaders on the day Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta took oath for a second term in office. Netanyahu flew to Kenya on Tuesday morning for a lightning visit that included meetings with 11 African leaders.
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Employers have welcomed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Tuesday announcement that Kenya is opening its borders to Africans, arguing it is a step in the right direction, reports the Daily Nation. Kenyatta announced, shortly after he was sworn in for a second term, that any African wishing to visit Kenya will be
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Uganda’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has disputed media reports that government has agreed to cut sugar prices. This follows Daily Monitor’s story of Tuesday 28th November that read; “Cabinet agrees to cut sugar prices”. Addressing the press on Wednesday at Uganda Media Centre, Kyambadde stated that:
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Harun Ahmed is one of thousands of young Ethiopians who have attempted the journey across the Sahara to Libya - and from there to Europe. He eventually made it to Germany, but only after surviving months of torture and starvation at the hands of three separate slave traders who bought
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Ethiopian Airlines Group hit another major milestone after British flight auditing company Skytrax feted it with a 4-Star ranking in London on November 8. The airline company received the certification, which the Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam attributed to their surge in delivering quality services to their clients over the
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Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende has said the Central Bank regulations can’t stop banks from collapsing. Kasekende made the remarks on Wednesday while giving a key note address at the 7th Annual International Leadership Conference organized by Makerere University Business School (MUBS). His address centered on
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