HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS: Museveni and irrigation, MPs tax-free bill and Kadaga speaks on expenditure President Museveni fetched water in a jerrycan to show Luwero peasants how to irrigate their crops. The Bill exempting MPs from paying taxes has been sent back to the President without amendment. …
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HUMOR – THE WEEK THAT WAS: Trump defiant, IGP seeks citizens help Donald Trump refuses to pledge to respect a Clinton win in U.S presidential race. I.G.P. asks police officers to seek financial assistance from citizens that will buy fuel.. Bank of Uganda takes over crane Bank. Share on: WhatsApp
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She was working by age 15, has worked at her current job for 10 years, and is doing something she always wanted to do from childhood. Sanyu FM radio presenter ‘Crystal’ Angella Newman Kavulu is living her dream, partly because of sheer determination. But it has not always been like …
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Karen Melik Simonyan is the President of Russian African Foundation for Science, Culture and Economic Development (RAFSCED), an initiative aimed at furnishing both the African and Russian Business communities about the business opportunities that do exist in both countries, as well as other African countries. He spoke to Nicole Namubiru …
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Read More »Commercial banks lower lending rates
The major commercial banks in the country have released statements, lowering their prime lending rates, the lowest lending rates for the best customers to between 21% and 23% per annum. This is in response to Bank of Uganda’s recent decision to lower the Central Bank Rate last month from 14% …
Read More »JOBS: Principal Security Adviser, UN Kinshasa
Job Opening Posting Title: Principal Security Adviser (D1) Job Code Title: CHIEF SECURITY ADVISER Department/Office: DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND SECURITY Duty Station: KINSHASA Posting Period: 05 November 2016 – 03 January 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Security-DSS-66300-R-Kinshasa (X) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Ortega: reclusive, Machiavellian
Nicaragua’s shrewd power couple Managua, Nicaragua | AFP | Nicaragua’s first couple, President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, breezed through elections on Sunday that have extended their rule over one of the poorest countries in the Americas. Ortega, a former rebel who first took power after a Marxist …
Read More »Human antibody shields mouse foetuses against Zika
Paris, France | AFP | An antibody produced by the human body shielded unborn mice against Zika, a study said Monday, raising hopes for thwarting the virus known to cause brain damage in human foetuses. The antibody neutralised all known Zika strains in lab experiments, and “markedly reduced” virus levels …
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