JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — Female lawyers in South Sudan are urging the government to shut down an online auction for marriage rights to a 16-year-old girl. Monica Adhiue, acting executive director for South Sudan's National Alliance for Women Lawyers, calls the auction shocking and sad. "The practice is a gross
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IPP Group, a conglomerate owned by Tanzanian multi-millionaire tycoon Reginald Mengi, is partnering with Touchmate, a computer products manufacturing company based in Dubai, to establish a smartphone manufacturing plant in Tanzania, Forbes reports. According to a report by IPP Media, the plant will initially manufacture 1,200 smartphones and will employ 2,000 Tanzanians,
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Uganda says it will start to vaccinate some of its health workers against Ebola on Monday, amid fears that the viral haemorrhagic fever could spread from Democratic Republic of Congo which is battling an outbreak. The East African country has suffered regular outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg over the years,
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While people will always need banking and other financial services, how they interact with and access these services has changed dramatically with the advent of technology. We spoke to William Sekabembe (in featured photo), Chief of Business and Executive Director at dfcu Bank who gave us key take aways from
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The District Health Officers (DHOs) under their umbrella body, the Association of District Health Officers of Uganda (ADHOU) have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga demanding for salary increment. Led by David Ivan Kamya, Chairperson of the Association, the team called for increment of their monthly pay to Shs4m,
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Government has been tasked to scale up its family planning efforts if it is to achieve the 2040 vision. Speaking at Hotel Africana yesterday during the Public Health Youth Symposium organized by Public Health Ambassadors Uganda (PHAU), Hope Nzeire (in featured photo), the Senior National Program Officer National Population Council
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Government and telecom companies have revealed that effective November 1, 2018, the validity of daily Over-the-Top (OTT) tax of Shs200 has changed from midnight to 24 hours. Ian Rumanyika (in featured photo), the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), says that the decision follows engagements with
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The Uganda communication commission (UCC) has called for a collaborated effort with the Ministry of Education and Police to end theft of computers in Government aided schools. Appearing before the Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Friday, Abdul-Salam Waiswa, the Head of Legal at UCC blamed the
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Kenya based telecom firm, Telkom Kenya has issued a 30-day notice to relevant authorities and company stakeholders on its plan to lay off 500 employees, the Standard reports. Since 2016, Telkom has rebranded, invested Sh14 billion into its business to expand its network coverage, launched 4G services and its MFS
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The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has blamed the National Information and Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U) on slow implementation of the Prosecution Case Management Information System (PROCAMIS). The revelation was made by Amos Ngolobe, the Deputy DPP while appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to respond to queries
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