Uganda secures Shs 1.1 trillion to rehabilitate Kampala-Malaba railway
A Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) locomotive The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is providing $301 million (about Shs 1.1 trillion) to overhaul the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway (MGR). The railway line is part of the East African Community’s northern corridor linking the capital, Kampala, to...
EU gives Rwanda €20m for Cabo Delgado peacekeeping mission
Rwanda deployed its army and police personnel to Cabo Delgado in July 2021 under a bilateral arrangement at the request of Mozambique, and currently has around 2,500 troops engaged in joint operations with Mozambican forces.
MTN’s Golden Directors get recognized for their contribution to society
MTN’s Golden Directors get recognized for their contribution to society MTN Uganda Chairman, Charles Mbire (L) and NED Awards Organising Committee Chairman James Serugo receiving the award for Lifetime Achiever Award during the Non-Executive Directors Awards on behalf of the MTN foundation chairman , Dr....
Pope Francis to visit DR Congo and South Sudan early 2023
Monsignor Balestrero made the announcement after meeting President Felix Tshisekedi on Thursday in Kinshasa. He said that Pope Francis will make the already announced trip to DRC from January 31, 2023 to February 3. He will visit Kinshasa and South Sudan on an ecumenical pilgrimage...
EA pastoralists fault governments for slow pace of land reforms
At the East Africa Indigenous Peoples’ Land Summit held in Nanyuki, Kenya, representatives from seven countries said that while various land reform programmes had been launched to enable pastoral communities own and manage natural resources, there was lack of political goodwill to complete the processes.
If you love football, welcome to its anime tourneys
Sports anime do not paint an accurate picture of sports; they make real sport look more enticing than it actually is. I could not care less about basketball, but when I first watched Kuroko no Basuke, all I could think was, “Basketball is the coolest...
Botswana detects new Covid-19 Omicron sub-variants
In a statement, the Botswana government also said that the sub-lineages of BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been detected following routine genome sequencing of Covid-19, adding that the impact of the observed changes remains to be established.
Questions abound in minister Babalanda’s ‘dubious’ Shs 650m land sale deal
Florence Namubiru Verida Kajungu Degeya formerly a resident of Lubaga Division in Kampala was in September found dead in River Mpanga in Fort Portal city. This happened about two months after she allegedly sold her land measuring 0.25 acres with four houses at Shs 650...
Stream The Immaculate Room on Hulu
Mike (Emile Hirsch) and Kate (Kate Bosworth) must survive 50 days in complete isolation to win 5 million dollars. Initially, the couple is confident in their ability to tolerate the sleek, white room, not to mention the disembodied voice that occasionally communicates with them. But...
Kenya anti-tobacco crusaders fault President Ruto’s South Korea deal
The Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (Ketca), an umbrella body of civil society organisations fighting tobacco use in the country, said the trade deal threatens to undo the progress made in reducing tobacco farming in the country.
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