Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has halted a proposed parliament investigation of Bank of Uganda (BOU) in relation to circumstances leading to the closure of Crane Bank. He cited sub judice. Oulanyah made his ruling Tuesday afternoon after Budadiri East MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi …
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Nairobi, KENYA | JUMUIYA | The East African Community Election Observation Mission to Kenya’s 8th August 2017 General Elections has been launched in Nairobi, Kenya, with an appeal to all Kenyans to vote calmly and uphold peace and tranquillity for the betterment of all Kenyans and the East African region …
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Kampala, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kuteesa on Tuesday August 1, 2017 met the visiting Serbian State Secretary Nemanja Steavnovic at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Kampala. The purpose of his visit is to deliver a message to President Yoweri Museveni from the new …
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Why Jack Ma went to Kenya, Rwanda with 38 Chinese billionaires in tow RWANDA |PEREZ TIGIDAM| Jack Ma, Asia’s richest man and founder of Alibaba Group recently completed a two-day trip to East Africa, visiting Kenya and Rwanda with 38 fellow Chinese billionaires, all no doubt poised with expensive fountain …
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AMISOM recognizes Ugandan police officers for their contribution to stability in Somalia Mogadishu, Somalia | AMISOM MEDIA | –The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has feted a contingent of Formed Police Unit (FPU) from Uganda who have completed one year of service in Somalia. The officers were decorated with African Union …
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VIDEO: Youth roughs up MP Simeo Nsubuga at Kabaka Coronation Anniversary Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kassanda South MP Simeo Nsubuga is smarting from humiliation after a youth activist assaulted him during the Kabaka’s coronation anniversary in Mubende district. The activist held the MP by his collar as he …
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Kampala, Uganda |JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s price of goods and services somewhat reduced to 5.7% in the year ending July 2017 down from 6.4% recorded in the same period in June 2017, according to data from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) released on July 31. The statistics body said the decline was attributed …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | An official charged with overseeing Kenya’s electronic voting system was found dead just over a week before the country goes to the polls, the commission’s chairman said Monday. The body of Chris Msando, a top information technology manager at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda has confirmed that 12 of her solidiers, part of the African Union (AU) troops in Somalia, were killed in an ambush by Shabaab militants on Sunday. “From the battlefield, it is now confirmed that UPDF lost 12 gallant soldiers with 7 …
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The National Social Security Fund’s move to shut down its old e-collection system and adopt a more advanced tech savvy portal last year coupled with increase in compliance has boosted its capability to collect more employee contributions, according to its Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba. KAMPALA, UGANDA |ISAAC KHISA| Byarugaba, who …
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