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Rebecca Kadaga, Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs has protested the way the recruitment of staff has been going on at the East African Community Secretariat. Following the 42nd Extraordinary Meeting of the East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers held in May 2021 where several vacant positions in the…
Following the release of Uganda’s advanced certificate of education (UACE), several students are struggling to find their way into higher institutions of learning but worry no more because Uganda’s leading education hub, Victoria University has got you covered with all the Online Distance E-Learning (ODeL) and physical learning you need. Even during the pandemic, Victoria…
The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has called on legislators to work towards faster integration of the East Africa Community. Oulanyah who was launching the Parliamentary Forum on East African Affairs on Thursday, 23 September 2021 said that MPs need to employ all necessary means to support the EAC. “The history of the Community is…
The Ugandan government has deported 15 Rwandan nationals who have been under security arrest, according to a highly placed security official. The Rwandan nationals were deported through the Uganda, Rwanda border of Mirama Hills in Ntungamo district on Wednesday. According to the source, the first batch of eight personnel was deported at 11 am while…
Our spy in Kenya has unearthed some of the sources of wealth for the country’s Deputy President William Ruto that have seen him growing from grass to grace. Ruto makes Shs1.5 million a day from his Koitalel poultry farm that shelters over 200,000 chickens. Further, Ruto owns 8,000 shares of Kenya Airways and also 400,000…
It was a strange development as a 39-year-old man, James Mutua was seen to have developed a lady-like breast after having a romping session with a neighbour’s wife. Mutua, from Kenya confessed to developing a sagging breast after ignoring several warnings from the neighbour’s husband. Mutua who is now looking for a cure, is of…
What was set to be a blockbuster legal battle could end on a whimper after last week’s Supreme court ruling dismissed an application by the Bank of Uganda to amend its appeal Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Ltd. The protracted legal war, which started in 2017 after BOU’s closure of Crane bank, had a significant…
Sandra Nansambu has been crowned the winner of the Pearl of Africa (POA) Star Search competition walking away with UGX 60 million grand cash prize. Nansambu,19, was announced the winner at the grand finale of the competition’s first edition on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at Speke Resort Munyonyo. She also becomes the new tourism ambassador of Uganda. The…
General Ibingira is the Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Staff (Reserve Force), General Fred Ibingira and Lieutenant General (Rtd) Muhire, a former RDF Reserve Force Chief of Staff and Air Force Chief of Staff, retired from active service in 2014 have been taken into military custody at different times over separate Covid-19-related violations in capital…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government has suspended new internet data packages issued on Friday by telecommunication firms, saying they are expensive and need to be revised. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) issued a statement late on Friday, stating that it made the decision following complaints from consumers that the cost of data, in…
