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The African Union (AU) has urged Kenya and Somalia to engage in dialogue and ensure peace at their border. Chairperson Moussa Faki tweeted that peace at the border was important for regional stability: Fighting broke out at Baled-Hawo, a town in the south-western region of Gedo in Somalia, on Sunday

Uganda’s Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development  has warned Parliament against creating new administrative units in the next Financial Year on grounds that there will be no room for flexibility to reallocate funds from one entity to  another. Kenneth Mugambe, the Director in charge of Budget at Finance Ministry made

The Government of Uganda  has been advised to revisit all regional trade treaties. This was after the Parliament’s Trade, Tourism and Industry Committee submitted its report to the Parliamentary Budget committee showing that Uganda’s trade has declined in the from financial years 2017/18 to 2019/2020. According to the report,  Uganda

Finance Minister Matia Kasaija will have to devise to get the money as many priorities remain unfunded Government is set to spend Shs165bn to buy cars for  Members of Parliament in the 11th Parliament.  This means that each MP will receive Shs321m as motor vehicle allowance. The next Parliament will have over

Soldiers have left the house of the Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. On Monday a Ugandan court ordered the military and police to leave his house. But, as we reported in an earlier post, soldiers did not leave his house straight away after the court order. He had not left his house

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that its entire fleet of aircraft used to combat a swarm of desert locusts in East Africa could be grounded entirely if it doesn’t get funding of about $38m (£28m). A new wave of the crop-devouring pests has invaded Ethiopia, Kenya

The Electoral Commission has reminded Ugandans that it appointed  Wednesday  27th January 2021 (tomorrow) as the  date for  Elections of  Councilors representing Persons  with Disabilities (PWDs), older persons, Workers and Youth to City /district Local Government Councils and Kampala  Capital City. According to Paul Bukenya (pictured), the Acting EC Spokesperson,

Government has assured Ugandans that  the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Uganda between March and April 2021. This was revealed during a meeting between Parliamentary Health Committee and Ministry of Health officials led by Health State Minister, Robinah Nabbanja and PS Diana Atwine. The meeting was meant to discuss

Soldiers are seen here by the walls of a neighbour's compound a day after the election/AFP The US embassy has called on both Police and Army to honour the court ruling to vacate from Presidential Candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi’s home in Magere- Wakiso district. The relations between the United States of America and