The move to criminalise marital rape in the Sexual Offences Bill 2019 failed after proponents of the Bill backed off the plans. The MPs wanted to criminalise what they termed as marital as marital rape as a way of fighting against domestic violence in Uganda. Fronted by Monicah Amoding (Kumi Woman MP),
Read MoreCID headquarters detectives are holding a one Odaka Jimmy-alias Governor aged 28, for defrauding people over 500 Million through fake Gold transactions. Charles Twiine , PRO CID says the suspect who is a resident of Mirumu Town Council in Abim District was arrested today 8th Feb.2021 from a hideout in soroti. This
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President John Magufuli declared the country virus free An unidentified illness has been reported in south-western Tanzania by local media where patients are said to vomit blood. Health officials in Chunya district are quoted as saying that some victims died within hours. The health ministry said it had sent a
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Rwanda's national carrier Rwandair has temporarily suspended flights to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The airline cited the new Covid-19 variants reported in southern African countries. All flights to and from the cities of Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lusaka and Harare have been suspended effective Monday. The airline urged customers to
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Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy investigation in China and have found “important clues” about a Wuhan seafood market’s role in the outbreak. Peter Daszak, a New York-based zoologist assisting the World Health Organization-sponsored mission, said he anticipates the main findings will be released before his
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Many private businesses work in Cuba's tourist industry which has been hit hard by the pandemic Cuba has announced it will allow private businesses to operate in most industries, in what is a major reform to its state-controlled economy. Labour Minister Marta Elena Feito said the list of authorised industries
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The embattled Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Sylvia Nabatanzi Muwebwa was spotted at Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga’s office in what some said was a last minute attempt to persuade her sweet-talk President Yoweri Museveni to renew her expired contract at the commission, as corruption charges
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Hajjat Aisha Lubega Basajjanaku, the Deputy Chairperson, Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission conducted Local Government Councils Elections countrywide for City/District Chairpersons and Councillors; Municipality and City Division Chairpersons and Councillors; Councillors representing Special Interest Groups to District/City Local Government Councils; and Sub County/Town/Municipal Division Chairpersons and Councillors. However, some electoral
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The Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, 2020 has revealed Africa’s most countries. Released on January 28, 2020, the report ranks Sudan, Somalia, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea and Libya as Africa’s top corrupt countries. Others are DR Congo, Guinea Bissau, Congo, Burundi and Eritrea. The least corrupt countries are Seychelles, Botswana, Cape Verde,
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The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by expressing its "strong support" for Nigeria's ex-finance minister. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (pictured) was frontrunner for the role until the Trump administration last October said it wanted another woman, South Korea's Yoo Myung-hee. Ms Yoo has
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