Durban, South Africa | AFP | Lebogang Motsumi, 27, still remembers the moment when she learnt she had contracted HIV from a man a decade her senior. “It was August 15, 2009, at 1:00pm,” she said, recalling the instant when her life changed traumatically. “I was so ignorant,” she said. …
Read More »BOU confident as Uganda maintains mid-level credit rating
S&P keeps Uganda at B/B credit rating, Central bank governor happy over assessment Increased investment in the infrastructure projects has helped Uganda to maintain its credit rating, according to the latest Standards and Poor report which maintained the country’s B/B rating. That is a mid-level assessment which is way …
Read More »Turkey’s Erdogan tells French FM to ‘mind own business’
Tayyip Erdogan declares a three-month state of emergency emergency in Turkey in order to hunt down all those deemed to be behind an attempted coup. Ankara, Turkey | AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault “to mind his own business” after he warned …
Read More »Uganda’s Kiplimo wins bronze at world junior athletics
Jacob Kiplimo got Uganda off to a fine start on the first day of the World U-20 Athletics Championship in Bygdgoszcz, Poland by snatching bronze in the 10000m final. The 15-year-old Olympic-bound runner came third Tuesday in 27:26.68 behind Kenya’s Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi, who stamped his authority on this race from the …
Read More »Fight over Museveni’s business bailout money
Inside the Shs1 trillion rescue plan for loan stressed companies On July 9, President Yoweri Museveni summoned top officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for a meeting at State House, Entebbe. Amongst those who attended what has been described as a high …
Read More »Kampala tenants flee city centre
Rent drops but top property agency sees short-term gloom before long-term boom Rent for office space in prime locations in Kampala city has taken an almost 30% fall as tenants flee the city’s Central Business District (CBD), according tothe latest report from the property agency Knight Frank. Rents have dropped …
Read More »High cost of intrigue in Kyambogo VC search
Shs500m spent on recruitment and university still has no vice chancellor An unusual quietness pervades the Kyambogo Universitycampus at Banda near Kampala with most students away on recess. But the quiet belies the anxiety over the apparent failure to streamline its management, starting with the appointment of a substantive head; …
Read More »South Sudan violence tops African Union summit agenda
Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Renewed fighting in South Sudan that has claimed more than 300 lives dominated discussions at an African Union summit that opened Sunday in the Rwandan capital Kigali. A shaky ceasefire has held since late Monday following the fighting that raged for four days in Juba, …
Read More »Another Masaka road tragedy, traffic police officer among dead
Uganda’s road conditions, traffic rules and drivers indiscipline continued in the spotlight for another weekend as three people, including a senior traffic police officer, were killed in separate accidents at the same spot on Masaka road Sunday morning. Just two weeks back, over 20 were killed on the same road …
Read More »South Sudan dominates Museveni meetings pre-AU Summit
The situation in South Sudan has dominated President Yoweri Museveni’s meetings at the sidelines of the ongoing 27th AU summit, in Kigali, Rwanda. Museveni first met the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki Moon soon after arriving Saturday, and this was followed by meetings with the Ethiopian Prime Minister and …
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