Botswana has the best police in Africa and Nigeria the worst, the World Internal Security and Police Index reveals, reports this is Africa site. Globally, Uganda, Kenya and the DRC were ranked 124, 125 and 126 respectively, out of the 127 countries ranked. Botswana with a population of 2 million
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Months after Tanzania and Uganda inked a 1,445-kilometre billion dollar crude oil pipeline deal, President John Magufuli has pledged speedy implementation of the line that will run to the port city of Tanga. Addressing a public rally in Ruzingwa, Uganda Thursday before laying the second foundation stone for the project,
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The Catholic Church has warned ‘rebel’ priest Fr. Jacinto Kibuuka against misleading the innocent faithful with false doctrine. In a statement dated November 10, 2017 signed off by Most Rev. John Baptist Odama, the Archbishop of Gulu and Chairman of Uganda Episcopal Conference, the Catholic Church says Fr. Kibuuka can’t
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There was a battle of brands during the official handover of the Jinja Storage Terminal by the energy ministry to the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) last week. The Storage Terminal managed by a private firm, One Petroleum operates under UNOC and received funding from Equity Bank Uganda to refurbish
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More than 400 representatives of youth, business, education practitioners and policy-making from 44 countries across the African continent as well as European partners have called for improving job perspectives of the African Youth through employment oriented education and skills development. The call was made at the recently concluded “Africa Talks
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President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to make sure that they prepare to benefit and earn from the Hoima- Tanga crude oil pipeline. This was during a rally President Museveni and his visiting Tanzanian counterpart. John Pombe Magufuli addressed Thursday at Kyotera Local district headquarters. “We have brought wealth to
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The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart, John Pombe Joseph Magufuli Thursday jointly commissioned the Mutukula One Stop Border Post (OSBP), bringing the number of OSBPs in Uganda to four. The One Stop Border Post is an integrated border system that brings together all the border
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Kenya Commercial Bank’s (KCB’s) regional subsidiaries have registered profit on the back of relative currency stability, helping the lender absorb the impact of the interest rate cap back at home, reports the Standard. The six subsidiaries, including Uganda and Tanzania, collectively contributed Sh586 million in the January-September period, up from
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The Government of Uganda has asked striking doctors to return to work, arguing that their grievances are being handled. In a statement dated November8, 2017, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health and David Karubanga, the Minister of State for Public Service thanked ‘Patriotic’ Doctors who remained at work
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MTN Uganda Wednesday announced the winners of the MTN Innovation Awards 2017 at a gala dinner on hosted at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Nine innovations were recognized, each walking away with $3,000 and a plaque. The nine winners were selected by a panel of judges from a nominee list of
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