The IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva The Kingdom of Morocco, the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced today that the planned World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings scheduled to take place in Marrakesh , Morocco, in October 2021 will be postponed by 12 months until 2022 due
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The former Director General of Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Colonel Kaka Bagyenda (pictured) snubbed appearing before Parliament’s Appointments Committee for vetting as Uganda’s Ambassador to Angola. Kaka was recently fired as ISO boss by President Yoweri Museveni. In a move to redeem his career that had been left in tatters,
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga (L), Minister Ssempijja (second, left) and officials from ISG, South Africa The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has tipped a South African based company; International Service Group (ISG) which is seeking investment opportunities in Uganda to interest itself in the mining sector. Kadaga said
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has been sworn in for a second term following his victory in last week's disputed election. President Magufuli and Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan took oath of office separately in Dodoma’s Jamhuri Stadium. The ceremony was witnessed by dozens of Tanzanians alongside foreign dignitaries. https://twitter.com/TZMsemajiMkuu/status/1324260525069475841?s=20 In
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) suspended political rallies as part of measures to curb the coronavirus, after a surge in cases followed easing of restrictions in September. The decision to suspend big political gatherings for 60 days comes as leaders jostle to mobilize supporters for a potential referendum next year,
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Uganda’s Electoral Commission Acting Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya has revealed that t he 14th day of January 2021 is appointed polling day for Presidential Elections 2021. According to EC, candidates will be allowed to campaign from 9th November 2020 up to 12th January 2021. This is after Uganda's electoral body on
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On Wednesday, as he waits to see whether he will serve a second term as president, Donald Trump (pictured) made good on his long-standing promise to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, making it the only country to withdraw from the international treaty designed to curb global warming,
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Troubled Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson, Silvia Muwebwa Ntambi (pictured) has been granted bail after spending six nights in Kigo Government Prison for alleged corruption, neglect of duty and conspiracy to defraud. Muwebwa was last week on 29th October charged before the Anticorruption court and remanded to prison by the Chief
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The Ministry of Health has revealed that COVID-19 tests done on 02 November 2020 confirmed 128 new cases. “The cumulative cases are now 13, 099,” the Ministry of Health said. The breakdown of the new cases are: 128 contacts and alerts: Kampala (92), Wakiso (7), Mbarara (12), Busia (6), Luwero
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani Closing down the Kenyan economy due to the current surge in Covid-19 cases is out of the question, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has said. Mr Yatani warned that if the measures put in place to address the spread of the contagious disease fail to
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