Uganda: Museveni's Win Pushes His Rule to Four Decades

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Uganda: Museveni's Win Pushes His Rule to Four Decades

[Monitor] Kampala -- The Uganda Electoral Commission on Saturday declared Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni as the new president of the country, for the sixth successive elective term.

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Kenya’s mobile uptake leads region’s at 62pc

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Rwanda: World No Tobacco Day - Rwanda Focuses On Youth Protection

The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and its negative health

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Ugandans Join Global Push to Rename Colonial-Era Landmarks

Recognise historical figures who promote the values of freedom, dignity, peace and justice, says Ugandan lawyer

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Uganda: Top Clubs Ask Fufa to Defer League Reforms

The 14 StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) clubs are calling on Fufa to first pause their proposed reforms and instead focus on streamlining the existing competition

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Uganda: 69 in Isolation After Soldier's Wife Tests Positive for Coronavirus

At least 69 people in Magamaga Army Barracks in Jinja District have been quarantined after a wife of a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier tested positive for

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BPOs want work-at-home extension

“A request has been made to the Government to continue with this facility until the end of 2020 so that sites can continue to practise social distancing, but more importantly, keep workers safe and employed,” said Gloria Henry, president of the GSAJ, formerly the Business Process Industry

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Police killings in Trinidad up by 86% - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Guardian) The number of people killed by police in the last year has risen by 86 per cent, a figure that is of concern to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA). The article Police killings in Trinidad up by 86% appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Uganda: Six Companies Authorised to Make Facemasks As Govt Moves to Ease Lockdown

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has authorised six companies to produce non-medical facemasks for over 30 million Ugandans aged six and above as government moves to ease the virus induced

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Uganda: Kadaga Halts Tabling of Economic Stimulus Package, Cites Govt Delays

Kampala — The presentation of the stimulus package in which government seeks to tackle the economic impact of the Covid-19 has been pushed to the next session of Parliament after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga rejected it

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EAC presidents skip Nkurunziza’s burial

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Uganda: Journalists to Be Tested for Coronavirus

Kampala — The Ministry of Health says it is going to test all journalists who are covering Covid-19 related activities to ensure that they are safe and not transmitting the

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UoN to get lion’s share of Sh6.6bn salary raise

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Uganda: Court Petitioned to Compel NSSF to Pay 20 Percent to Members

A human rights activist yesterday petitioned the Constitutional Court in Kampala, seeking its orders to, among others, compel the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to pay out each of its members atleast 20 per cent of their savings to mitigate the pressures brought about by Covid-19

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Nigeria: At 20.89 Billion Litres, Nigeria's Petrol Imports Hit Six-Year High

In 2016, diesel importation was 4.6 billion litres, indicating a nine per cent slump in two

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Coronavirus in Africa: 135,375 cases; 3,923 deaths; 56,401 recoveries

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Dalley undaunted in Clarendon Northern

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Uganda: I Need Only 30 Ministers, 150 MPs in Government - Bobi Wine

[Monitor] On Monday Derrick Wandera interviewed the National Unity Platform presidential flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, about his 2021 presidential bid and his plan if he is elected president. Below are excerpts.

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Uganda: MPs Query Nytil Masks Contract

Members of Parliament have questioned how textile firm Nytil was awarded a contract to produce and supply facial masks across the

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Rwanda: Rayon in Talks With Defender Rukundo

Rayon Sports have reached advanced talks with right-back Denis Rukundo as the club continues to look for a replacement for Eric Iradukunda who crossed to Police last

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Uganda: All Cargo to Uganda to Be Switched to Rail From June 1

"All transit cargo destined for Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan will be transported either on standard gauge railway (SGR) for clearance at the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Naivasha or Metre Gauge Railway to

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Youth need help to navigate the Covid crisis

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Kenya's COVID-19 Fatality Rate Declines to 3.4% From 5.1% in April

Nairobi — Kenya's coronavirus case fatality rate declined to 3.4 per cent in May down from 5.1 per cent in April with 71 deaths having been reported as of Tuesday, June 2, out of 2,093 virus cases registered since March

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Uganda: Gang Attacks Two Police Posts, Take Three Guns

A gang of suspected thugs operating in Eastern parts of the country raided two police posts and took three

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Uganda: Why We Don't Have Government Masks

Daily Monitor understands that all the bidders that have applied for procurement of 33 million masks in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, have quoted prices above the government

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Uganda: 200,000 Remain Without Power As Umeme Pulls the Plug

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Africa: Water, Water Everywhere, Yet We Have Been Crying for Free Water...

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