Mogadishu, Somalia | AMISOM | The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) troops have launched a massive operation to flush out Al-Shabaab militants in Lower Shabelle region and secure main supply routes in the area. According to Lt Col, Israel Kaheru Bagenda, the Commanding Officer of 11 Infantry Battalion of Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Nakawa Court Grade One magistrate Noah Sajjabi has released on bail seven of the 22 suspected to be behind the murder of former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and two others. Reports however indicate that two of the suspects were later re-arrested by security operatives. …
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How an oddly timed outbreak is testing emergency strategies Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | On Oct.11, a woman died in Chemuron village, Kween District in an Eastern Uganda. She had a fever, headache, and was bleeding from several places. Doctors attending to her had feared the worst and sent her …
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VIDEO: Doctors reject PM Rugunda’s assurances, start strike Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The President of the Uganda Medical Workers Association, Dr. Ekwaro Obuku on Monday said that Doctors at public hospitals countrywide have begun their strike over low pay and poor working conditions. He made the comments as Doctors …
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Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Stanbic Bank has become the first lender to venture into insurance business after Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda granted it a bancassurace license on Oct. 25. The lender said it has already signed business deals with seven insurance companies including Sanlam Life, Sanlam General, UAP …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been commended for prioritizing infrastructure development especially energy and the road network which is a recipe for boosting regional trade. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Council of Ministers meeting opened by Vice President of Zambia Inonge Wina in Lusaka …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Businessman Frank Gashumba, his brother Innocent Kasumba together with a tour and travel guide officer Ismail Kiyingi have been granted bail after they were arraigned before Buganda Road Court on 16 counts including impersonation, conspiracy to commit a felony, unlwaful possession of narcotic drugs, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Journalists from the Investigator Online Publication have been charged before the Kampala City Hall Magistrate Court with libel and offensive communication against the Inspector General of Police General Kale Kayihura. Stanley Ndawula and Robert Ndawula appeared before Grade one Magistrate Beatrice Khainza and …
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A rights activist view on the tension between the government and NGOs Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | The government’s renewed determination to tightly monitor Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Uganda is meant to stifle other than enable civil society organisations do their work. The NGO Act passed in 2016 just …
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Kenya in chaos: With broken institutions and a reeling opposition, what’s next for Kenya? ANALYSIS | Dominic Burbidge | I remember walking through the rubble of burnt out buildings some months after Kenya’s 2008 post-election violence. Houses owned by ethnic Kikuyu were razed to the ground in the city of Kisumu. …
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