Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully reattached the severed hand of 17-year-old Joseph Thairu from Kiambu County, the Standard Newspaper reports. Thairu's arm was accidentally cut off while cleaning a chaff cutter. He had just finished feeding their cows The highly delicate procedure lasted seven hours. It involved
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London-based oil explorer Tullow on Wednesday said it had pumped additional $2.9 billion (KSh293 billion) into the operation targeting full-scale export of Kenya’s oil to begin in four years’ time, reports the Daily Nation. Tullow, which has already spent more than $1 billion (Sh101 billion) in exploration activities over the
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MTN Group Ltd. plans to raise about $500 million (Shs1.8 trillion) from the sale of shares in its Nigerian business during the first half of the year, fulfilling the terms of a deal struck with the West African nation to settle a record fine, according to people familiar with the
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Over 30 employees will soon be out of work after online classified OLX confirmed it was shutting its Kenya office, reports the Standard. The e-commerce company will also close its Nigeria office, in what is a dent to the growth of e-commerce in Africa. “We made a difficult but important
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Fuel pump prices have already hit the Shs4,000 mark in some parts of the country, a development that has seen many Ugandans ask why the sudden rise. Against the above background, on 31st January, 2018, Mohammed Nsereko, the Kampala Central MP raised concern on the floor of Parliament over the
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The Parliament has ordered Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to give and renew operating licenses to a number of media houses, arguing that denial to do give out licenses is costing the country revenue from license fees. The issue came up during the scrutiny of the 2018/2019 National Budget Framework paper
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In Uganda, 63 schools run by the Bridge International Academies, a private chain, have opened for the new academic year, the BBC reports. This is despite the government's previous insistence that the schools will remain shut. Bridge academies - supported by foundations such as those set up by Mark Zuckerberg
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The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has impounded two tonnes of deadly used ladies' garments. However, there are concerns that used underwear spread diseases including skin infections. It is for that reason that officials have been toying with the idea of banning their importation. Although locally a decision is yet to
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The National Drug Authority (NDA) has for the first time spoken out on the fake cancer drugs that have flooded the Ugandan market. This follows media reports that there are unscrupulous people or quacks who dupe cancer patients with fake concoctions that flush out cancer cells. In a statement sent
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There’s increasing uncertainty about the drilling and production of Uganda’s oil, with some locals in the oil-rich Bunyoro suspicious of the ongoing activities. On Wednesday, Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, raising a matter of national importance regarding the revenue accruing from petroleum resources on the floor of Parliament, revealed that
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