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Tanzania President Samia eyes more Chinese loans at this year’s Focac

Tanzania President Samia eyes more Chinese loans at this year’s Focac

President Samia Suluhu Hassan will visit China in September for the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (Focac), where she is expected to sign new loan deals as Tanzania begins to implement a freshly revised foreign policy.According to the Ministry of Fore

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Why Russia is Uganda and Africa’s key ally in trade, security

Why Russia is Uganda and Africa’s key ally in trade, security

Over the past six decades, Uganda and Russia have nurtured a burgeoning trade relationship characterized by mutual benefits. In recent years, the trade volume between the two nations has shown a significant upward trajectory.In the global arena, strateg

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Vision named among top 'kiosks' bleeding the taxpayer

Vision named among top 'kiosks' bleeding the taxpayer

President Museveni authorised a late Shs14 trillion tax increment that Minister Kasaija added to the Budget Estimates, leaving Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda in a tiffFrom the standard gauge railway to Lubowa hospital and Kiira Motors to the Preside

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 Education reforms strive for quality, access

Education reforms strive for quality, access

In a bid to improve access to quality education for all Ugandan children, recent education reforms have been implemented, targeting key areas such as school infrastructure, teacher training, and curriculum development.These reforms, spearheaded by the Ugandan government in colla

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Equity Group registers strong recovery

Equity Group registers strong recovery

Equity Group Chief Finance Officer Moses Nyabanda, Managing Director and CEO, Dr. James Mwangi and Chief Internal Auditor Beth Kithinji during the Q1 2024 Investor Briefing eve

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We Applaud Sanctions on Ugandan Officials, Not Out of Hate, but Due to Impunity in Our Country

We Applaud Sanctions on Ugandan Officials, Not Out of Hate, but Due to Impunity in Our Country

The leader of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine of Uganda has emphasised the welcome international sanctions placed on Ugandan officials not because they hate them but rather because of a pervasive worry about the culture of impunity th

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Dr Lilian Matovu: From being S.3 dropout to getting a PhD

Dr Lilian Matovu: From being S.3 dropout to getting a PhD

At the 74th graduation of Makerere University, Namutebi Abishag Lilian Matovu was among the 132 students awarded the coveted PhD, climaxing a journey she never dreamt would end the way it did.Like many children born to peasant families, education is never assured. Perhaps, this explains wh

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Inside NRM charm offensive in Busoga

Inside NRM charm offensive in Busoga

What you need to know:President Museveni has been in Busoga sub-region twice in a period of 12 days. First, he was in Jinja City on January 26 when he presided over the 38th anniversary of the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) rise to power, and th

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Kampala City Lord Mayor and Finance Ministry Summoned Over AfDB Funds Issue

Kampala City Lord Mayor and Finance Ministry Summoned Over AfDB Funds Issue

The Parliamentary Physical Infrastructure Committee has issued summonses to Kampala city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and officials from the finance ministry. This directive was given by committee chairperson Dan Kimosho (Kazo County, NRM) on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.During a tense interactio

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Masaka City residents grapple with clean water scarcity

Masaka City residents grapple with clean water scarcity

Despite Masaka City's recent upgrade in status, residents in the newly incorporated areas from Lwengo and Kalungu Districts find themselves grappling with a pressing issue of the lack of access to safe drinking water.Many areas which are now part of Masaka City continue to rely on shallow

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