The Indian Community in Uganda is divided over the upcoming visit of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Uganda, with some members threatening to boycott the event. Modi is slated to visit Uganda on 24 July this Year accompanied by a huge business delegation. At the heart of the crisis
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that his brother Muhoho Kenyatta should carry his own cross if found guilty of illegally importing duty-free sugar, reports the Standard. Speaking for the first time about the on-going probe on corruption involving the flooding of duty-free sugar imports into the Kenyan market, President
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Young women who were abducted by extinguished Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in 2003 have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and Education minister First Lady Janet Museveni, arguing that they are living an isolated life. Most of the girls who were abducted in sub regions of Teso, Acholi and Lango
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Rwanda is set to send an all-female formed police unit for deployment in South Sudan under the UN peacekeeping mission, the Rwandan police said Tuesday, Business Daily reports. The contingent is the first female team to be sent on a foreign mission by the country. The female police peacekeepers expected
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The Finscope Uganda 2018 report has revealed that only 3 percent of the Uganda’s adult population borrow money from a commercial bank. The report was launched Wednesday morning at Kampala Serena Hotel. The Finscope survey found that the breadth of access to financial services is quite wide in Uganda, with
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The South Sudan rebels now want amendments to the Framework Agreement penned in Khartoum on Tuesday. The rebel movement’s director of information and public relations, Mr Mabior Garang de Mabior, said that they were opposed to the dividing of the country into three regions, the invitation of foreign forces and
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is currently in a second security meeting with Members of Parliament (MPs) at Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) offices. This is a private meeting where the press isn’t allowed. However, sources at Parliament say the meeting has been boycotted by many MPs both from the
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Tanzanian multi-millionaire tycoon Said Bakhresa is on the verge of launching a mobile network throughout the country within the next few months. According to a report by Tanzania's Citizen newspaper, Azam Telecom (T) Limited, a company that is owned by the Tanzanian businessman, recently won spectrum in the 700 MHz
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dfcu Bank in partnership with NTV Uganda and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) have launched Season II of the Investment Clubs Challenge dubbed ‘Battle for Cash.’ Battle for Cash is a nationwide campaign targeted at instilling a savings and investment culture in Uganda. In 2017, dfcu Bank held a six-month
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Huawei, one of the leading information and communications technology (ICT) companies, has appointed Liu Jiawei as its new managing director for their Uganda Operations. Liujiawei, who replaces Stanley Chyn comes with a working experience of approximately eight years in senior management positions in countries such as South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland,
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