Total Uganda, one of the leading integrated oil and Gas Company has unveiled a new cashless payment solution for its customers. This is aimed at increasing convenience at all its 128 service stations countrywide and empower motorists to manage their spend better. The new Total card was launched on Wednesday
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Police in Kenya have launched a manhunt for a woman disguised as a nun who robbed a money exchange office and escaped with $35,000 (UShs126m), reports the BBC. The speed of the incident has baffled investigators. The whole robbery took less than ten minutes and even guards manning the entrance
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The body that monitors South Sudan's shaky truce is blaming rebels for a Christmas Eve attack that killed 15 people and wounded 26 others. The monitors, known as CTSAMM (Cease-fire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism), said Tuesday that rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar attacked the village of
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Kenya's government will over the next few years focus on ensuring its mineral wealth benefits the communities under a mineral royalty sharing scheme that will see ten percent of total revenue from mining going to communities where the minerals are extracted. By signing of community development agreements, mining firms will
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Freedom House, a Washington-based group which promotes democratic practices around the world, says freedom has improved in Uganda and The Gambia over the last year. The report highlights improvements in Uganda "due to the resilience of the media sector and the willingness of journalists, bloggers, and citizens to voice their
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Three Congolese soldiers have been killed while repelling an attack in the eastern Beni region by Ugandan Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, who are accused of killing 14 UN peacekeepers from Tanzania in December, the BBC reports. At the weekend, the DR Congo announced an offensive against the group
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Uganda will host Ambassador Yukia Amano, the Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 17th to 20th January 2018. According to Ministry of Enegy and Mineral Development, during his state visit, Ambassador Amano will hold High Level Consulatations with the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni on the
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) Monday warned the public against Lacatalis products following recall due to salmonella. This is after Lactalis Group, a French firm dealing in processing of dairy products, has notified its customers about a recall of its products believed to be contaminated with Salmonela, an
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More than 12 million boxes of French baby milk products are being recalled from 83 countries for suspected salmonella contamination. The recall includes Lactalis' Picot, Milumel and Taranis brands. The head of the French dairy Lactalis on Sunday confirmed that its products are being recalled from countries across Europe, Africa,
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Kenya is among five African countries bidding for the hosting of the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), which is currently hosted at the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The country's Mining Cabinet Secretary, Hon Dan Kazungu, has expressed optimism that Kenya is well placed to win the
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