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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  A British man has been shot dead on his ranch in central Kenya, a local official said Sunday, blaming heavily armed herders responsible for land invasions in the area. Thousands of herders — some armed with spears, others with AK47s — have invaded private ranches …

Suspended controversial Makerere University lecturer Dr. Stella Nyanzi has been reinstated, although she will no longer be based at the Makerere Institute of Social Researcher (MISR). Nyanzi who was directed by the University’s appointment board to report to duty by Feb.27 was suspended from the institute in April last year …

Lawyers say president has no right to dish out money The parliamentary committee investigating the Oil Cash Bonanza is in the final stages of completing its hearings with Ministry of Finance officials being the last batch of civil servants to appear. By press time, committee chairperson Abdu Katuntu said they …

  Ahead of the annual Kabaka birthday run scheduled for April, the Prime Minister of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga on Feb.24 addressed a press conference at the Ministry of Health headquarters in Kampala where he revealed that this year’s proceeds will go towards tackling sickle cell disease. While previously …

Traders at Park yard market in down town Kampala were on Feb.27 left stranded as police sealed off their work station in the wee hours of the morning. This came after the police engaged in running battles with traders a week before as they demonstrated against their eviction, something that …

Buganda Land Board, the body that manages land under Buganda Kingdom has introduced an electronic land electronic card system aimed at cutting down crimes related to land. Speaking at the launch of the initiative on Feb.25, ICT Minister Frank Tumwebaze said use of the card will make transactions secure as …

After reporting to Nakawa court several times for a mention of his treason case only for state to always say they are still doing investigations, Opposition Leader  Rtd Col. Kizza Besigye vowed never to go back even as high court had given him a condition of reporting to court every …

Responding to complaints by parents over exorbitant school charges, Minister of Education Janet Museveni has said that her Ministry is set to appoint an independent committee to critically analyze what schools are currently charging, a thing that will give them direction on an appropriate action to be taken. “As the …

liament Kasanda North legislator Patrick Nsamba was on Feb.24 granted leave of parliament to introduce a private members bill on local content. The bill according to Nsamba seeks to address issues of job creation through use of local expertise, value addition and also provides for the establishment of the National …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  The Democratic Republic of Congo announced Saturday that it had detained the spiritual leader of the Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) movement, an outlawed group that has called for an insurrection against the government. A policeman and three BDK fighters were killed when the police …