U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will cut short his first diplomatic trip to Africa on Monday to return to deal with urgent work in Washington, his spokesman said. The top U.S. diplomat will now spend just a few hours in key ally Nigeria on Monday evening rather than the
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Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) is ever ready to defend the peace of the country at any cost. These remarks were made by Maj. General Stephen Tumusiime Rwabantu, the Deputy Commander of the Reserve Forces Monday morning at UPDF Headquarters in Mbuya, at a ceremony held to decorate the 62
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Newly promoted Major General, Presidential Adviser on Security in Buganda region, Kasirye Gwanga has missed the ceremony where he was expected to be officially pipped. Last week, Gwanga was elevated from the rank of Brigadier to Major General. It is not clear why the celebrated military general missed the occasion
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Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has been named "Eternal Supreme Guide" by his political party. The move means no one in the governing CNDD-FDD is allowed to disagree with his choices, Secretary-general Evariste Ndayishimiye said. "He is our leader. Therefore in our party... no one is comparable to him," Mr Ndayishimiye
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Police have uprooted a three-acre farm of marijuana in Bulwanyi, Ssisa Subcounty,Wakiso District and have arrested two suspected cultivators. The two suspects arrested are Umar Ssentongo aged 28 years and Hakim Kibwiika aged 35 yrs believed to be involved in the cultivation of the illicit drugs and are being questioned
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed how he earns Shs64m from half an acre. “I encourage all of you to Invest in fish farming. I get Shs.64 million from four fish ponds at my farm in Kawumu in half an acre. If we don’t utilize our resources, we are denying God’s
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It was joy over the weekend as Fortebet rewarded its customers in Gulu town with lots goodies. All customers that were found in all Fortebet centres which include; Gulu main, Buganda pub, Gulu SB & Gulu, Gulu Amigos, Gulu Layibi and Lacor got various gifts ranging from company pens, wristbands,
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The MTN Group on March 8, 2018 released financial results for 2017. The results indicate that at 31 December 2017, MTN Group had 217 million subscribers based on the “new modernised definitions”. We will provide comparisons for full year 2018 using the new base. The results further indicate that MTN
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Employees of the troubled retailer Nakumatt have moved to court seeking to stop the planned lay-off of 1,400 workers, Business Daily reports. In a suit filed on their behalf by the Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers (Kucfaw), the workers say the firm’s receiver had signalled his intention
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The Uganda shilling weakened on the back of significant demand for dollars from commercial banks squaring their positions, and elevated import demand during the week ending 9th March 2018. Trading was in the range 3652/3662, ten shillings above last week's closing range. In the interbank money market, overnight funds traded
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