Job Opening Posting Title: Coordinator, Urban Planning and Design Branch (UPDB) Job Code Title: PRINCIPAL MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAMME ANALYST Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 14 September 2016 – 12 November 2016 Job Opening Number: 66121 Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

It is exactly four months before 2016 winds up but climate scientists have already noted that there is a 99% chance that this year will be the hottest ever recorded. The US-based NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] recently released a mid-year climate analysis for the first time showing that …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | Samsung said Wednesday it was doing its best to push through a challenging recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, as it offered a software fix to jolt users into returning defective devices. The success of the recall is seen as crucial to Samsung …

  The Hague, Netherlands | AFP |  Congolese former rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda on Wednesday again refused to attend his war crimes trial on the seventh day of a hunger strike which is posing a legal dilemma for international judges. Ntaganda is protesting his treatment in detention and has said …

  COMMENT: By Rajab Kakyama Second-hand clothes – Mwenda shouldn’t be in hurry to displace workers in this sector to become beggars on the fringes of great cities Refer to: “America’s harmful threats” (The Independent Aug.26). Unfortunately, I do agree with Mwenda on principle but disagree with his method of …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart President Yoweri Museveni on Sept.05 launched the inaugural Global African Investment Summit in Kigali, Rwanda.   Dubbed the Global African Investment Summit COMESA & Government of Rwanda (TGAIS-Rwanda), the meeting brought together African leaders, heads of State, senior policymakers and influential business leaders …

National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has threatened to cut off water supply to several government institutions unless they clear their huge bills in the next one week. NWSC Managing Director Dr Silver Mugisha revealed Tuesday that Mulago Hospital, Ministry of Defence and Uganda Prisons are among their leading defaulters. It …

  Look anywhere in Uganda and you will most likely see most people busy on their phone. They could be chatting on Whatsup, getting a feel of the newest happenings on their Twitter account, catching updates on Facebook, or transacting on mobile money, writes  Nicole Namubiru. For anyone who witnessed …

CECAFA WOMEN football results:  Tuesday Uganda 9 Zanzibar 0 Kenya 4  Burundi 0 Wednesday Ethiopia v Rwanda – 4 p.m Earlier results Zanzibar 1 Burundi 10 Uganda 0 Kenya  4 Rwanda 2 Tanzania 3 GROUP A: Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Zanzibar GROUP B: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda   Hasifa Nassuna grabbed four goals as Uganda’s …

Impala Housing Estate in Namungoona, Kampala, which adds 133 housing units and 192 apartments to the country’s housing sector, has been launched. Set up by the National Housing and Construction Corporation (NHCC), this is the 4th phase in the Namungoona area and is an addition to the existing 200 units …