Congolese rebels storm out of Nairobi Peace talks over unpaid allowances
The Congolese rebels stormed out of Nairobi Peace talks Drama ensued on Monday evening after representatives of armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stormed out of the closing ceremony of the Nairobi Peace talks citing unpaid allowances. The seven days dialogue...
40 cases in 40 days: Regional court settles EAC treaty violations suits
The president of the regional court, Nestor Kayobera, said the 40 days that the court held its session in Kampala at the Commercial Division of the High Court, saw a total of 40 cases disposed of.
Uhuru warns planners over delayed closure of DRC peace meeting
Without mentioning their names, a visibly angry Mr Kenyatta called out the organisers for delaying the closure of the meeting which he extended to Tuesday to give room for the funds to be made available as earlier planned.
Kenya’s Meru National Polytechnic shines in Africa Tech Challenge
Meru National Polytechnic students, who represented Kenya in this year’s competition, emerged third after Luyanzi Institute of Technology from Zambia, which took the first position, and Zambia’s Northern Technical College which was ranked second.
Postponing retirement is an exercise in futility
Elderly men having a good time Many years ago, if you graduated from university or even a technical school in some cases, you automatically landed a job in the public sector. A house in one of Kampala’s leafy suburbs was a given. If you worked...
‘Around 300’ dead in east DR Congo massacre blamed on M23 rebels
Around 300 people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel group, government minister Julien Paluku said on Monday.
Shelter Afrique targets East African bourses, pension funds in $500m housing bond
Shelter Afrique targets East African bourses, pension funds in $500m housing bond Shelter Afrique’s Ag. Managing Director Kingsley Muwowo (PHOTO/Courtesy). NAIROBI – Buoyed by the successful local currency bond debut in Nigeria early this year, pan- African housing development financier Shelter Afrique is planning to...
It started with the indifference
Do you, like my community, have a shop you refer to as ‘e wa Munyankore’, ‘e wa Mukiga’, ‘e wa Musoga’, etc? What about in church; do you have people you refer to by description as opposed to finding out their names? That is where...
Zombo district health supervisor gambles, loses Shs 7m polio cash
Nasser Kerim, a health worker from Zeu health centre III in Zombo district has been ordered to refund Shs 6.7 million that he allegedly lost to sports betting. The money was meant to facilitate village health teams (VHTs), local council chairpersons and other health workers during...
Nigeria police search for 13 worshippers abducted from mosque
A map showing the location of Funtua, Nigeria Nigerian police in northwest Katsina state say they have rescued four people abducted by gunmen from a mosque Saturday evening and are searching for at least 13 more still missing. Katsina state police spokesman Gambo Isah said...
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