Victoria University that is owned by Uganda’s richest man, Sudhir Ruparelia has taken its scholarship scheme to the grassroots so as to support the needy in rural areas access quality education. The scheme, run under Ruparelia Foundation’s “Support the Community Scholarship”, covers 50 percent of tuition fees of the students
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NASA leader Raila Odinga Raila Odinga won the August 8, 2017 General Election with 8,041,726 votes against Uhuru Kenyatta’ 7, 755, 428 votes according to figures the National Super Alliance allege are from the Independent and Electoral Boundaries (IEBC) servers, the Standard reports. During a presser on Friday, January
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With European soccer’s annual transfer window drawing to a close and star players from Alexis Sanchez to Virgil van Dijk changing hands at values higher than ever, Nike Inc. has a boots-on-the-ground advantage over rival Adidas AG, Bloomberg reports. The combined value of the 100 most expensive players in the
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US President Donald Trump is to meet Rwanda's President Paul Kagame at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It is the final day of the annual summit, which brings together global political leaders, businesspeople and economists. Some African attendees have threatened to boycott President Trump's speech later today over
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Police has recovered the body of Captain Aluma Ariko, the Assistant Private Secretary to the President on Security from a guest house in Kampala. Aluma's lifeless body was found lying in Kaguje Guest House near Usafi market where he checked in last night. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson,
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Bill Gates, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microsoft and one of the world’s richest men has cautioned the U.S. president Donald John Trump against damaging the country’s relations with Africa. Speaking at the annual World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland, Gates said the U.S. could lose Africa to China
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Kenyan tycoon Narendra Raval, who runs the Devki Group, East Africa’s largest building materials company, is constructing two new cement factories in the country worth millions of dollars, Forbes reports. According to a report by Construction Kenya, the first plant will have the capacity to produce 750 million tonnes of
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Fuel pump prices are increasing in Uganda, a development that has seen transport fares go up in some parts of the country. Currently, a litre of petrol in Kampala is averaging Shs3, 800, up from an average of Shs3, 600 a fortnight ago. In Western parts of Uganda, a litre
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Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has been named in shoddy deals that are threatening the heath sector. In their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Thursday at Parliament, pharmacy owners under their umbrella body, Uganda Pharmacy Owners Association (UPOA) want Parliament to have an immediate investigation and
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Nakumatt’s court-appointed administrator Peter Obondo Kahi has taken over management of the struggling retailer, which will now be shielded from its creditors in the short term as it tries to recover, the Daily Nation reports. Mr Kahi has organised a suppliers’ meeting on Wednesday next week, aiming to document their
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