The town of Namugongo, north-east of Uganda's capital, Kampala, is witnessing an unusual sight today. For decades every 3 June, hundreds of thousands of worshippers have visited a shrine in the town to honour the Christian martyrs killed for their faith by the King of Buganda between 1885 - 1887.
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By Douglas Zhihua Zeng, Senior Economist, World Bank The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hit African economies extremely hard. According to the World Bank biannual Africa’s Pulse report, as a result of the pandemic, economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline from 2.4% in 2019 to between -2.1% and -5.1% in 2020,
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By Isa Kato (Pictured above/Courtesy photo) Dear Ugandans and fellow Quarantined Citizens! Allow me to express my worry about the rate at which the plight of a Common Person continues to be absent in the thoughts of our Leaders and Policy Makers. We thank the almighty God who is continuing
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a blessing in disguise to some people. The latest information gathered indicates that highly connected people in the East African region are taking advantage of the COVID-19 situation to make multimillion deals through smuggling gold from Congo and Burundi via Uganda to Asian and Arabic World.
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Uganda’s Parliament Tuesday passed a new rule for rules of procedure of Parliament that provides for a virtual parliament debate through digital platforms. This is after parliament adopted the report of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline on the proposed Amendment of rules of procedure of Parliament to provide
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URA Head offices in Nakawa By Denis Jjuuko Over the weekend, several senior managers at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) tendered in their resignations ostensibly to pursue other careers. Social media as is usually the case went overboard with some people claiming it was a purge that the officers didn’t
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The Ministry of Health has confirmed 18 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested on 02 June 2020. The total confirmed cases are now 507. “4 cases are truck drivers who arrived from South Sudan via Elegu. 2 cases are from Malaba. 12 cases are alerts and contacts to previously confirmed
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday gave his backing to the head of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina (pictured), in his re-election bid despite allegations of improper conduct. Adesina, who served as Nigeria’s agriculture minister before taking the AfDB’s top job in 2015, has been accused of abuse
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Peace Kabunga, the Executive Director at Housing Finance Bank Experts and analysts have urged investors in the housing and mortgage sector to redirect their search for opportunities in the residential sub-sector due to the shrinking demand for space in the commercial office and trade spaces brought about by the increasing
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa (pictured) has revealed that Government has at long last agreed to allow the over 2,400 Ugandans stranded abroad to return to Uganda. However, all returnees must present the negative certificate to Coronovirus before being allowed back into the country. While briefing Parliament today
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