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Nakumatt Supermarket has closed its Junction branch in Nairobi, even as the retailer banks on cash injection from a new strategic investor to address its frequent stock outs at its outlets, reports the Daily Nation. In a public notice released Sunday, the cash-strapped retailer said it had relinquished its rights

James Kakooza, the Kabula County Member of Parliament in Lyantonde district has survived lynching for supporting the scrapping of the presidential age limit. Kakooza is one of the mourners who turned up at Nakawanga village in Kisekka Sub County in Lwengo district for the burial of 76-year- old Vincent Nsamba,

Social Media is awash with speculation about the likely cause of death of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) official, David Ntege with many claiming he could have succumbed to a broken heart. According to a statement issued by KCCA, Ntege died at Nsambya Hospital in the capital, Kampala although the

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in a mass shooting at an open-air country music festival in Las Vegas. The city's famous strip was on lockdown after prolonged automatic gunfire, which reportedly came from a top floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. Thousands of people

The U.N. refugee agency warns that funds for humanitarian assistance for hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees have dried up, leaving only enough cash for the most essential needs. More than 420,000 Burundians, who have sought refuge in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, are in

U.N. peacekeepers have deployed to a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after clashes between armed groups and the Congolese army. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, MONUSCO, said it sent troops to Uvira to protect civilians and deter any attack on the city, located near the Burundian

Business Focus showed a few days ago that for conflict of interest by sidelining his supervisors to confuse the Health Service Commission on his suitability for the job of Director General- Medical Services at the Ministry of Health, Prof Anthony Mbonye had been fired on orders of the Inspector General

President Yoweri Museveni has told defence students from the Zambian staff college, who are currently on a one-week visit to Uganda that patriotism is a vital principle in development. “Uganda has succeeded in many aspects because NRM has practiced and maintained the principle of patriotism that has enabled Uganda to