Uganda's former Inspector General of Police (IGP), General Kale Kayihura is appearing before the General Court Martial in Makindye. Kayihura who was arrested in June and detained at Makindye Military barracks is expected to be charged with abuse of office. The former police chief who was sacked in March this
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Global music and video streaming platform, TIDAL in partnership with the leading communications operator in Uganda offering mobile & fixed telecommunications, MTN Uganda, have today announced an exciting, first-of-its kind collaboration. The partnership provides MTN Uganda customers a variety of options for a data-inclusive TIDAL membership as part of their
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Rights activists in Kenya are demanding officials in neighboring Uganda release Robert Kyagulanyi, a Ugandan politician and musician popularly known as Bobi Wine. Kyagulanyi has been held by Ugandan authorities since his August 14 arrest in the northwestern town of Arua, where campaigning was taking place for the municipality parliamentary
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Equity Bank’s three-year-old subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become its most profitable subsidiary, the lender has disclosed, underlining the potential in the resource-rich central African nation. According to Business Daily, Equity Bank Congo made a KSh700 million (UShs26bn) profit before taxation in the six months ended
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Ugandan police have surrounded the homes of several opposition politicians and lawyers after receiving what a police spokesman said was information that they would “incite people to riot” over a court hearing for a detained opposition lawmaker. The detention of lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi and four other politicians critical of President
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The Chairman of the UPDF General Court Martial (GCM), Lieutenant General Andrew Guti Thursday morning set Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine free after the state dropped 'fire arms' charges against him. However, the freedom didn't last even 5 minutes as the lawmaker was re-arrested on treason
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Commercial banks and microfinance deposit taking institutions have been advised to lower interest rates and other bank charges in a bid to allow Small and Medium Enterprises get credit to boost their businesses, Writes Felix Oketcho The State Minister for Cooperatives, Frederick Gume says current interest rates offered by banks
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President Yoweri Museveni has issued a new statement, noting that he doesn’t have powers to free detained Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine. “On the issue of releasing Bobi Wine and the others , the President of Uganda does not have such powers. Once somebody is arrested,
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Nike Inc. temporarily closed South African stores after the husband of an employee was caught in a racism row over a video he posted while on vacation, Bloomberg reports. The sportswear giant’s decision comes eight months after Hennes & Mauritz AB shuttered outlets in the country following protests against an
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Europe’s transformative digital lunch scheme provider is looking to sign in more companies across Africa after a successful two-year test run in Kenya. The firm, Sodexo Kenya has rebranded to Apptivate Africa as it rides on growing demand of the scheme by local firms seeking to improve their overall business
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