Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Government has given a green light to cement wholesalers to start their own factory to supplement production, amidst the high cement prices that are said to be caused by the scarcity of cement in the country. Speaking to the cement wholesalers in Kampala, the Minister …
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THIS WEEK: Government is recruiting priests to spy on us, Lwanga Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | During prayers on Good Friday at Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala, the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala Cyprian Kizito Lwanga appealed to President Museveni to beware of individuals and agencies that give him false …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC), a local non-governmental organization based in Kampala has urged government to further engage the public on vital information on matters of service delivery. While releasing results conducted under the project ‘Financing for development’ at Golf Course Hotel on April …
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Around 230,000 people have been driven from their homes in Democratic Republic of Congo, the government estimated Friday, a vastly different figure from the reports of humanitarian groups in the conflict-torn country. Kinshasa put the figure at “231,241 internally displaced people” compared with the …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Parliamentary Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation has challenged government to increase the budgetary allocation towards disaster response and management programs as a way of protecting Ugandans against floods. Addressing a press conference at Parliament Monday 26, March 2018, organized by Civil Society …
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Kidal, Mali | AFP | Mali’s Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga made a landmark visit to the restive northern town of Kidal on Friday, the first since 2014 by a head of government to an area still in the hands of former rebels. Five French soldiers were wounded in Kidal …
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have exposed more than 200 unqualified magistrates, an official source said Tuesday. A commission of enquiry formed in October to probe the qualifications and recruitment conditions of more than 3,000 magistrates found that hundreds “should not be …
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Agen, France | AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled Tuesday a series of court overhauls aimed at finding alternatives to jail, a bid to tackle chronic overcrowding at the country’s prisons. His proposals came on the heels of nearly two weeks of protests in January by prison guards angry over …
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The government is yet to decide on whether or not to terminate the motor vehicle inspection deal Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The Uganda government is in a fix. Suspend and cancel the contract awarded to the Switzerland based firm, SGS, to carry out a motor vehicle inspection and possibly …
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THIS WEEK: Police deep in debt, seek government intervention Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At a function held at the marine police headquarters in Kigo on Feb25, Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura revealed that the force is grappling with Shs125billion debt for utilities. Kayihura who asked government to …
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