Ugandan security forces were deployed in the capital Kampala to stop sporadic protests over the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi - a musician and opposition lawmaker popularly known as Bobi Wine. Demonstrators burned tyres, threw stones and erected roadblocks, while soldiers and police officers were seen speeding through the city centre
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By Peter Abaanabasazi Homa The Uganda National Oil Company-UNOC has urged Ugandan investors to prepare and take advantage of opportunities in the oil and gas industry. UNOC is a state own company established under section 42 of the petroleum Act 2013 mandated to handle the State’s commercial interests in the
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Patients using insurance cards in Kenya are charged up to 50 times more than those paying in cash for the same procedure at the same hospital, reports Business Daily. The highly exaggerated cost of healthcare by health service providers when they bill patients with insurance cards is a cause for
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Legislators from across the African continent are urged to take a lead and ensure that there is security in their respective regions and across the continent. Parliaments also need to make laws that govern the defence and security sector, the procurement of arms and foster accountability and disclosure on the
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The MTN Foundation has today concluded the donation of hospital items in three hospitals based in Mubende, Kyenjojo, and Bundibugyo. The handover activities were concluded today at Bundibugyo Hospital in Bundibugyo where 25 beds, bed sheets, mosquito nets, and mattresses were received by the hospital administration. The other two hospitals
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Deputy President William Ruto has called on the youth to take their rightful positions in the society and shape Africa’s development agenda towards economic prosperity. Ruto was speaking in Kampala, Uganda during the 2018 edition of the Young Achievers Awards. The Deputy President said that if they were to
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Kenya’s Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has warned banks and mobile service providers over financial fraud, saying cases are mostly perpetrated by their own employees, reports Daily Nation. Speaking in an event held at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Friday, Mr Kinoti urged financial institutions to conduct thorough
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The former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan is dead. Information gathered indicate that the former Ghanaian diplomat died in Switzerland on Thursday after a protracted illness. Mr. Annan was the 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was appointed as the Secretary-General on 13 December 1996 by
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Uganda and neighboring Tanzania are set to hold the second Uganda-Tanzania Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) Ministerial meeting. The meeting will take place at Speke Resort Munyonyo from 21 – 23 August 2018. The JPC is an effective platform for enhancing and consolidating bilateral cooperation frameworks between the two countries. It
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Francis Zaake, the Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament has been dumped at Rubaga Hospital. Richard Lumu, Zaake's lawyer who is currently at Lubaga Hospital, says that Zaake was allegedly dumped at the facility on Friday morning by the army. According to Lumu, doctors at Rubaga have recommended that Zaake be
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