US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken/Bloomberg Two United States Senators have written to the Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking detailed information about US Policy on Uganda.Senators Cory Booker and Jim Risch who are both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations expressed concern about the state of
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has announced that government will release over 51 people arrested during the November 2020 protest and review files of those already taken to court.The president made the revelation today at Kololo Independence grounds after chairing the 3rd Summit of the Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD.Museveni says the
Read MoreParliament is considering sitting on weekends to enable the 10th parliament complete business before the the swearing in of the 11th parliament in May this year. The move is aimed at finishing the remaining bills and business which include the Budget Framework paper, ministerial policies, bills as well as approval
Read MoreThe Head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema The Anti-Corruption Unit of State House has so far arrested 19 people who have been impersonating staff of the unit and extorting money from members of the Public. According to the head of the unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema,
Read MoreIt is discriminatory to leave the family of late former Ugandan President family Idi Amin Dada struggling to survive, Ibrahim Ssemunju Nganda (pictured), the opposition chief-Whip, has claimed. His remarks comes at a time when one of Amin's wife Amin Madinah is suffering in hospital and failing to pay medical bills
Read MoreThe Tanzania drugs authority is investigating a company that has reportedly been collecting urine from pregnant women to make human medicine, local newspaper The Citizen reports. The Tanzania Medicines and Drugs Authority (TMDA) is quoted as saying it does not recognise and has never registered Polai (Tz) Co Ltd - the
Read MoreUmeme officials inspect a transformer The government said it will not yield to pressure to allow the importation of electricity connection materials that can be produced locally, as the implementation of the free Electricity Connection Policy (ECP) resumes.The policy, which enables Ugandans to get connected to the national grid for
Read MoreFr Kitima said the church was not allowed to test for Covid-19 at its 500 health centres/TEC Sixty nuns and 25 priests have died in Tanzania in the last two months after showing symptoms of coronavirus, the Catholic Church in the East African nation says. The church, which has been
Read MoreJudith Nabakooba, the Minister of ICT & National Guidance Uganda’s Cabinet has again approved the borrowing of funds from the International Development Association of the World Bank Group. The amount to be borrowed hasn’t been specified. This revelation is contained in a statement issued by Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of
Read MoreSoldiers have been urged to adhere to public health measures Image caption: Soldiers have been urged to adhere to public health measures The South Sudanese military has announced the death of three generals who died after becoming ill with Covid-19. It identified the three as David Manyot Barach, Elijah Alier
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