The Criminal Investigations Directorate and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) have started fresh investigations into the assassination of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The process includes the reopening of the file, reassessing the scene of the crime and tracing any possible witnesses to the shooting
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India will extend over USD 400 million (1.4 trillion Shillings) in lines of credit to Uganda and Rwanda during the ongoing African Tour by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi's visit kicked off in Rwanda on July 23 before heading to Uganda for a two-day visit which started today. The tour
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Congolese opposition leader and former warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed in May, will return to the country next week to submit his candidacy for president, a party official said on Monday. His homecoming after serving a decade in prison at The Hague could dramatically shake up
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By THE EAST AFRICAN Rwanda is stable and its people are happy, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on his first official visit of the country. The Chinese leader paid a two-day State visit to Kigali that began on Sunday. At a press conference on Monday, President Xi said he has
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A section of youths under the Youth Power Research Uganda have petitioned Abdu Katuntu, the Chairperson of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), asking his Committee to ensure that Finance Minister Matia Kasaija revokes the reappointment of Justine Bagyenda, the former Executive Director in charge of
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Indian Prime Minister Norendra Modi will visit Uganda beginning tomorrow July24, 2018. Ahead of his visit, Business Focus looks at the bi-lateral relationship between the two countries. Firstly, India earns millions of dollars from her exports to Uganda. According to latest figures released by Bank of Uganda (BoU), Uganda spent
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Uganda’s new envoy to the Republic of Ghana, Amb. Nelson Ocheger has called for the scaling up of commercial cooperation between the two countries so as to spur investment in agriculture and animal husbandry, mining, fishing and infrastructural development. Amb.Ocheger stated this while meeting the President of the Republic of
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The seventh edition of the AFRICA CEO FORUM, the largest international gathering of CEOs and investors from the African private sector, will be held on 25th and 26th March, 2019, in Kigali, Rwanda. With Africa swinging into action to strengthen regional integration, the choice of Rwanda, a country at the
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Islamist militants have attacked a military base in southern Somalia, detonating a suicide car bomb and sending in gunmen. An al-Shabab spokesman said 27 soldiers were killed in the raid at Baar Sanguni, near Kismayo. But the claim cannot be independently verified and the Somali government has not yet commented
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A Bill that will culminate into law regulating food consumed in Uganda is in the offing. This was revealed by Kitagwenda County MP, Abasi Agaba, who is also the Chairperson Parliamentary Forum on Food Security and Population while meeting Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on Monday. “As Parliament Forum on Food Security,
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