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Uganda: Senior Officer Fined Shs50m for Selling Stolen Car to Wife
In her judgment of June 10, Justice Lydia Mugambe of Kampala High Court, held that the alleged auctioning of the car in question, a pick-up, was done at the time when its search was on and that the Assistant Commissioner of Police was fully aware of its
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We are clearly not ready to roll out the Grade Six examination
With the way now cleared for a new administration, I write to support and reiterate the call made in a letter by Omchand Madhu titled `Incoming Minister of Education should postpone National Grade Six Assessment’ that appeared in our
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Sudan: Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan Discuss Dam in Blue Nile
Khartoum — Khartoum hosted a tripartite meeting between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan about the Renaissance Dam that Ethiopia is building in the Blue Nile 15 kilometers from the border with
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Equity applies brakes on expansion after Mara flop
Equity Group Holdings (EGH) has halted its cross-border expansion bid after the failed acquisition of four banks in Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique last
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Tanzania closes opposition leader’s newspaper
The Tanzania government revoked the publication and circulation licence for Tanzania Daima, a daily newspaper that is associated with opposition leader Freeman
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Malawi holds presidential re-run
Malawians return to the polls on Tuesday for the second time in just over a year to vote for a new president after Peter Mutharika's re-election was annulled over
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Kenya: Please Don't Touch Our Cash, Pensioners Say
In a separate memorandum to Parliament, a pensioner's lobby group says the removal of the pension tax exemption for retirees above 65 will make them receive significantly lower
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Simmon says no concern about Holder’s fitness, Gabriel close to 100 per cent
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has sought to give the assurance that there is nothing to worry about as far as the fitness of captain Jason Holder is concerned, and he will be ready for the Wisden Test series beginning next
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Six new COVID-19 cases recorded
Guyana has now recorded 215 cases of the novel coronavirus disease as six new cases were recorded
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Uganda: Kasaija Under Fire Over Budget Figures
Finance minister Matia Kasaija has been summoned to appear before Parliament for presenting wrong figures in the Budget
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China Harbour breaks ground for St Catherine housing scheme
THE Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) on Wednesday officially broke ground for the 1,650-unit Catherine Estate housing project, to be developed in St Catherine, as a joint venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), a company known for building roads and
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‘Murder emergency’ as gangs spread wings - SOEs blanket Kingston as Gov’t vows to protect highway project from extortionists
The entire capital is now blanketed under SOEs as the Government moved to include Kingston Western and Central, pushing to 10 the total number of police divisions under emergency
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Hundreds not on PATH list get payouts
The auditor general urged the ministry to “review its systems to ensure that the controls in place to enforce the eligibility requirements for PATH beneficiaries are operating effectively to reduce the risk of irregular or erroneous
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
PAHO chief urges Caribbean to prepare to manage COVID-19 for next two years
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — Director of the Pan American Health Organisation, Dr Carissa F Etienne is urging Caribbean countries as well as those in the Americas to prepare to manage the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic closely for the next two
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Uganda: How Government Will Finance Shs45 Trillion Budget
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One more case of COVID-19 recorded
Another person has been confirmed positive for COVID-19 after 60 more persons were
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Hamilton takes seat in Senate
ATTORNEY-AT-law Tova Hamilton yesterday took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking the oath of
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Uganda: Govt Explains Quick Recovery COVID-19 Patients
The government has attributed quick recovery of Covid-19 patients to psychological preparedness among infected people, skilled health workers and excellent treatment
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Kenya: COVID-19 - National Tally Rises to 3,594 After 137 More Test Positive
He said that the number of samples tested so far stands at 115, 336, adding that Nyeri has nine persons infected by the virus including three health workers who contracted the disease from a patient who died after undergoing surgery
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Immaculate Prep under fire for blocking online classes
A group of 27 parents of grade one and kindergarten students at Immaculate Prep in Kingston have expressed outrage at the school board’s denial of their pleas for discounted fees for online classes and for barring children’s access to the Zoom portal for
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One in 97 people around the world forced from their homes in
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Source: The East African
'Real reduction' in missing children reports, says registry
FEWER children have been reported missing over the past two years, resulting in the lowest numbers since the launch of the Ananda Alert system in May 2009, The National Children's Registry has
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Trinidad nationals stuck in Canada again beg to come home
I tell them Trinidad owns an airline and the Government can very easily fly us home without opening borders,” Bayne said
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15 new COVID-19 cases confirmed
Guyana yesterday recorded 15 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease
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Nigeria: Stakeholders Advocate 'Newborn Screening' for Sickle Cell Disorder in Nigeria
In commemoration of the annual World Sickle Cell Day, the coalition of Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) nongovernmental organisations have tasked the legislative arm of government to implement the 'Newborn Screening' procedure policy in order to tackle the burden of the disease in
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Half of Ugandan banks fail pandemic liquidity test
More than half of Uganda’s commercial banks would have collapsed if the Central Bank had enforced a three-month customer loans repayments holiday at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the sector regulator has
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Youth need help to navigate the Covid crisis
Away from economic lockdowns, the pandemic is having a big impact on young people and the youth sector in a manner that urgent support services and emergency response and recovery funding are required now and in the
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We need to increase Covid-19 testing
The level of testing in the Ten Administrative Regions should be increased to a level where it is statistically significant as a percentage of the population in each
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Rwanda: City Authorities to Auction Properties Left in Gikondo Wetland
The City of Kigali has ordered former occupants of Gikondo Industrial Zone to remove their machinery, old cars, and heavy steel and other materials remaining in the wetland within seven days or risk losing
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