The year 2018 began with a reassuring gun action against robbers by the police following a foiled robbery at Azam Factory in Namanve. The three robbers identified as Akampa Jimmy, Bwakya M. Roben and Ibrahim never lived to smell the scent of the new year at the hand of Bweyogerere
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The Archbishop of Kampala, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has wasted no time in responding to President Yoweri Museveni's harsh criticism against the clergy in his New Year's message. On Saturday Museveni said religious leaders are behaving as if they are an authority on everything, speaking in favour of people they fancy
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has said he has a nuclear launch button on his desk at all times so the US "will never be able to start a war", reports BBC. In a televised New Year speech, he said the entire US was within range of North Korean nuclear
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In his New Year Message delivered at his Country Home in Rwakitura on December31, 2017, President Yoweri Museveni blasted religious leaders for failing to do what they are supposed to by meddling into politics. “Some of our religious people are so full of arrogance. They talk most authoritatively on all
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Kenya’s economy expanded at the slowest pace since December 2013 as a government-imposed cap on commercial lending rates, a drought and disputed elections weighed on growth in the world’s largest exporter of black tea, reports Bloomberg. The gross domestic product in East Africa’s largest economy expanded by 4.4 percent from
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Tanzanian president John Magufuli has been feted the overall winner of the Mandela Peace Price by controversial Paris-based Mandela Institute. Magufuli beat 4,955 applicants to bag the award for what the award’s jury termed as his immense contribution to the promotion of peace and social equality in Tanzania. He took
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Huawei Technologies Co. warned of its slowest revenue growth since 2013, despite making headway against Apple Inc. in global smartphones, reports Bloomberg. Revenue at China’s biggest telecommunications gear maker probably rose 15 percent to 600 billion yuan ($92 billion) in 2017, rotating Chief Executive Officer Ken Hu said in a
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If you've had enough of disappointing first dates, this new app could herald a new era of dating where you have sexual chemistry with every person you meet. A genetics-based app called Pheramor has pinpointed 11 genes that link to our pheromones and therefore whether we are sexually compatible with
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Former US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January. He warned that such actions were distorting people's understanding of complex issues, and spreading misinformation. "All of us in leadership have to find ways in which we
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A top Kenyan tycoon, the owner of Suyian ranch Gilfred Powys was Wednesday trampled to death by an elephant in news that has shocked residents and ranchers in the region, reports the Standard. The owner of Suyian ranch in Laikipia North was patrolling the ranch when he was attacked by
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