A young Somali man who married two women on the same night has told the BBC that he will encourage other men to do it. Bashir Mohamed said he courted both women for about eight months, and convinced them to marry him. "I used to bring them together to socialise
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A report on Sexual Harassment at Makerere University has called for the installation of Closed-Circuit TV (CCTV) in order to curb sexual harassment that has ravaged the institution. The new report was unveiled on Monday at the University after the installation of the Committee by Barnabas Nawangye, the University’s Vice
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An investigative report of Sexual Harassment at Makerere University has exposed the deadliest spots at the University, where cases of sexual harassment have featured most with the office of the Academic Registrar being among the top breeding grounds for the vice. The five member committee appointed to investigate sexual harassment
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Police has uncovered another fake street beggar asking for cash in the city. The suspect identified as Shafik Bakulu Mpagi was today arrested by Mini Price Police following a tip off from his close friend who saw him begging at the entrance of Mukwano Arcade with a faked amputated hand.
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It was fun over the weekend as the inaugural Kabira Country Club Football Tournament recoganized by FUFA kicked off at the popular corporate Club. The tournament organised under the six-a-side system to enable very many companies to participate aims to promote fitness and close cooperation among corporate companies. Many corporates turned
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A man in Kenya has allegedly confessed to killing more than 1,000 cats since 2012, and selling their meat to samosa-makers, local media reports. Angry residents assaulted the middle-aged man after catching him skinning a slaughtered cat in an open field outside Nakuru town, west of the capital, Nairobi. He
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Bank of Uganda (BoU) has expressed disappointment that no financial institution has applied formally for a license to offer Islamic Banking services in Uganda. Dr. Louis Kasekende, the Deputy Governor, BoU said the Financial Institutions (Islamic Banking) Regulations, 2018 are now in place. “These regulations permit the BOU to issue
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Analysts at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) have revealed Africa’s most indebted countries based on their debt to GDP ratio. In its latest Economic Insight Report for Africa released on June19, 2018, ICAEW placed Mozambique as the number one most indebted country in Africa after
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Uganda's National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has launched mobile Apps to ease access to information on agricultural research. The NARO digital platforms were launched on Saturday morning by Dr. Imelda N. Kashaija, the Agricultural Technology Promotion's Deputy Director General at the Uganda Media Center. The platforms launched include: NARO SMS
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South Sudan offered to allow a rebel representative to join its government on Friday, but ruled out Riek Machar, saying they had “had enough” of the rebel leader after five years of civil war. “Machar cannot be part of government. We have had enough of him,” Information Minister Michael Makuei
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