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A Pastor in South Africa has come under sharp criticism after starting a church where he is unconventionally baptizing congregants with their favourite alcoholic drink. Tsietsi Makiti, a 52-year old Bishop and Founder of the church also known as ‘Gabola’, claims to have been inspired by a scripture in the

Ruhaam County lawmaker,  William Zinkuratire Beijukye, has died becoming the fourth MP to pass away this year . According to local reports quoting parliament's communications boss, Chris Obore, the legislator passed away at Nsambya Hospital in the capital, Kampala. The MP who replaced First Lady Janet Museveni as MP for Ruhaama

The National Resistance Movement-NRM party Deputy Secretary General, Richard Todwong, says Article 102(b), which restricts the president's age to between 35 and 75 years was smuggled into the constitution. Todwong made the claim on Thursday when he and other NRM party members appeared before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee

Kampala Minister Beti Kamya has demanded for a "yes we can" attitude from the Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Jeniffer Musisi as the squabbles between the two officials continue. At the start of this financial year, Kamya ordered Musisi to hike salaries of Kampala political leaders by 30-percent but

US President Donald Trump's Twitter account briefly vanished on Thursday but has since been restored, the social media company said. An employee deactivated the @realdonaldtrump account, it said, clarifying that it had been their last day in the job. The account was down for 11 minutes and Twitter is now investigating. Tweets

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has warned the judiciary that there will be chaos if he is barred from standing in the 2021 election, saying they should not be a "copycat" of Kenyan judges who plunged the country into crisis after annulling President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in elections in August. Mr

Two city lawyers, Ian Gumisiriza and David Kamukama on Wednesday launched a campaign they hope will enable them raise enough signatures to have the age limit debate settled at a referendum. They launched the campaign at USAFI Park after receiving a letter from the Electoral Commission (EC) boss giving the

Uganda's Top 100 mid sized companies Survey report was released Thursday at the KPMG offices in the capital, Kampala. The Survey was conducted from July to September with a total of 242 participants. The report indicators promised growth of SMEs this year compared to the previous years. The report also