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One of the winners (L) receiving his award from N9nister Kanyike (C) and UHRC boss Irumba Amooti Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has awarded over 8 university student for participating in the human right essay competition that was conducted on various topics including police brutality, respecting human rights for all

He was praised for defending democracy Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga, who created history by presiding over the annulment of the 2017 presidential election, will officially retire on Friday. He has been praised for restoring faith in the independence of the judiciary since taking office in October 2016. Justice Maraga

Uganda has applied for more than two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as the number of cases in the East African nation tops 25,000. "The Ministry has quantified and applied for the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine through the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Gavi) and the process is at an

The minister of state for microfinance, Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has encouraged boda boda cyclists to take on the culture of saving if they are to create wealth. Kasolo made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with the cyclists from around Kampala division at the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)

Terror groups are expanding operations and scaling up attacks in Africa, straining governments ill-prepared to battle extremism as the coronavirus pandemic drains much-needed resources, Verisk Maplecroft said. Rising violence has made sub-Saharan Africa home to seven of the 10 riskiest countries in the world, according to the risk consultancy’s quarterly

The Board of East African Breweries Limited (“EABL”) has today announced that Mrs. Jane Karuku (pictured) will be taking over as the new Group Managing Director for EABL. Mrs. Karuku, who has been a member of the EABL Board and the current Managing Director for KBL, will replace Mr. Andrew

Lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have voted to remove the parliament's speaker. The result is a victory for President Félix Tshisekedi, who's been involved in a power struggle with supporters of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila. Earlier this week police had to intervene to break up fights between rival

The outgoing US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has warned Uganda that Uncle Sam is watching the electoral process in the run up to next year's general elections. Pompeo's remarks are contained in a tweet on Thursday in which he also said, "We expect our partners to live up to

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will host the National Thanksgiving Prayers on Friday, at #Entebbe State House, starting 2pm. Friday's service will be held under the theme; Blessed are the peacemakers, they shall be called sons of God, taken from the Biblical scripture of Mathew chapter 5 and verse 9. The