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The seven countries of the East African Community (EAC) have agreed to set up a regional military force to try to end decades of bloodshed caused by militant activity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya said. Despite billions of dollars spent on one of the United Nation’s largest peacekeeping forces, more than 120 rebel…
President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced that retired President Mwai Kibaki has passed away. Uhuru announced in address at State House that Kibaki died on the night of Thursday, April 21. At the time of his death, the former president was 90 years old. As a leading figure in Kenya’s post-independence history, his excellency Mwai Kibaki…
An Aeroplane belonging to Rwanda Air has this morning veered off the runway as it was landing at Entebbe International Airport. According to the statement issued by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, the incident happened at 5:31 am as a Rwanda Air CRJ 9 aircraft, flight number 464, skidded off the runway. The CAA says…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers to join the East African Community (EAC) as the seventh member state. The EAC Council of Ministers, chaired by Kenya’s EAC Affairs and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed, gave the nod during an extraordinary meeting on Monday, November 22, in Arusha,…
The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has fulfilled his pledge of Shs100 million to the Church of Uganda. This is part of his contribution to the Church House campaign dubbed Love Gift which is aimed at clearing a Shs60 billion debt owed to Equity Bank. The Archbishop of Church of Uganda, Rt Rev. Stephen Kaziimba…
Uganda can work with the Democratic Republic of Congo to defeat the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels wrecking havoc in the expansive central African nation, President Yoweri Museveni has revealed. He was meeting a delegation from the United States of America led by Howard G. Buffet, the Chief Executive Officer of Buffet Foundation, a philanthropist and…
The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze is discouraging donors from giving his ministry cash. Tumwebaze said cash donations are tempting and also items to be procured could take longer because of the procedures that must be taken such as domestic and international bidding among others. He made the statement on Tuesday…
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…
