The fight over the ownership and management of Rhinos at the Nakasongola based Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary has taken a new twist by drawing in top government officials in the saga. The fight is between Flight Captain, Joseph Charles Roy (JCR) and his family trading as Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
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The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has attacked Ministry of Finance officials, accusing them of derailing Parliament work by seeking to amend details in the 2019/2020 national budget eight days before the August House approves the Shs40 trillion budget. Oulanyah’s remarks followed a corrigendum worth Shs1 trillion tabled
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Pregnant women in northwest Tanzania who do not give birth in health facilities are being fined between $9 (UShs33, 843) and $22 (UShs82,730), privately-owned newspaper The Citizen reports. The paper says the women are forced to pay the fine when they visit medical centres for other services like vaccination for
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Uganda’s police plan to use radio appeals to identify the victims of a so-called "miracle cure", made from industrial bleach. The dangerous substance, marketed as Miracle Mineral Solution, is believed to have been supplied through a network of Pentecostal churches in western Uganda. According to an article published by the
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Uganda Airlines is expected to record its first profit after 10 years of operation, a team of experts hired by Government has revealed. The revelation was made by Cornwell Muleya, the Technical Advisor to the Uganda National Airlines Company, , who had appeared alongside the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works,
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Huawei has built its own operating system for smartphones and computers in case it’s blocked from using U.S. software from Microsoft and Google, the Chinese company confirmed to CNBC on Friday. On Monday, it was reported that Google — which makes the Android operating system that Huawei uses in its handsets — has suspended the transfer
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The Uganda Government has set dates for vanilla harvesting to conform to the international practice. Addressing the press about Vanilla harvest dates at Uganda Media Centre today, Christopher Kibanzanga, the State Minister for Agriculture, who led a team from the Directorate of Crop Resources, said government is taking precautions on
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Africa has become the world's most rapidly urbanizing continent. In sub-Saharan Africa, the urban population has doubled since the mid-1990s, and reached 400 million people in 2016. According to experts, 40 percent of the region's total population resides in cities, compared to 31 percent in 2000. During the next 15
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Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday that recent attacks on Saudi energy assets had put security of oil supply at risk but not affected his country’s output. He also called on Saudi Arabia’s partners to condemn the attacks. Four commercial ships were sabotaged off the coast of
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that dialogue is a good method of resolving political issues and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) believes in it. In a statement posted on his official facebook page, Museveni said: “In 1979 when fighting Amin, we met in Moshi and through dialogue formed UNLF
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