Employers have welcomed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Tuesday announcement that Kenya is opening its borders to Africans, arguing it is a step in the right direction, reports the Daily Nation. Kenyatta announced, shortly after he was sworn in for a second term, that any African wishing to visit Kenya will be
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Uganda’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has disputed media reports that government has agreed to cut sugar prices. This follows Daily Monitor’s story of Tuesday 28th November that read; “Cabinet agrees to cut sugar prices”. Addressing the press on Wednesday at Uganda Media Centre, Kyambadde stated that:
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Harun Ahmed is one of thousands of young Ethiopians who have attempted the journey across the Sahara to Libya - and from there to Europe. He eventually made it to Germany, but only after surviving months of torture and starvation at the hands of three separate slave traders who bought
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Ethiopian Airlines Group hit another major milestone after British flight auditing company Skytrax feted it with a 4-Star ranking in London on November 8. The airline company received the certification, which the Chief Executive Officer Tewolde GebreMariam attributed to their surge in delivering quality services to their clients over the
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There has been a reported fight between Uganda people’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Uganda Police Force among other security agencies in connection to the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Even when these fights were shown on TV (video), Bright Rwamirama, State Minister for Veteran Affairs says
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Uganda’s public debt will soon hit the Shs40 trillion mark as government continues to borrow heavily to mainly fund infrastructural projects. On Tuesday, Parliament approved borrowing of US $14.4 million (Shs52.5bn) from the Africa Development Bank Group (ADB) to support multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communications and Transport Project. ALSO READ:
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North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of continental United States, BBC reports. State television claimed that Pyongyang had now achieved its mission of becoming a nuclear state. The Hwasong-15 missile, which it said was its "most powerful",
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The government of Uganda through National Drug Authority (NDA) has asked the public to go slow on a drug that is already on the Ugandan market, arguing that it presents the risk of abortion and birth defects . Victoria Nambasa, Director Product Safety at NDA says Fluconazole is the drug
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The Auditor General (AG) is set to carry out a comprehensive audit on Bank of Uganda (BoU) over the liquidation of defunct banks in the country. This is after Parliament Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authority and State Enterprise (COSASE) on Tuesday asked the AG to do the audits and report
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Law makers sitting on the Parliamentary Committee on Presidential Affairs Tuesday asked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago to resolve their bickering for good or risk not having the Authority’s budget for 2018/19 passed. The MPs asked the two key figures at
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