The police have started investigations into the reported corruption at the National Planning Authority. The probe follows reports of gross mismanagement of public funds and illegal recruitment of workers at the National Planning Authority. The police probe preliminary reports indicates that the authority has been conducting irregular repair of vehicles without following the proper […]
Former Uganda army commander, Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu is set to receive his law degree course at Arusha University next year. Muntu, who is currently vying to replace Col. Kiiza Besigye as the president General of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). He is tussling it with two people, leader of opposition business in parliament, […]
An annual International Ethnomusicology Symposium took place yesterday at the Department of Fine and Performing Arts of the University of Dar es Salaam. This year’s event brought together over 200 scholars, musicians, students and others interested in the study of the music traditions of East Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa. The symposium coordinator, […]
The central bank of Tanzania has denied reports that Barclays Bank Tanzania is being affected by the recent interest rate-rigging scandal that hit its parent company in Europe. The Tanzanian local treasury experts told Tanzanians that they had all the reasons to worry over the problems Barclays Bank in UK went through. The Tanzanian experts […]
Some Ugandans wonder about the magnitude of reluctance president Museveni and his government officials have over Ugandan! Experts and political analysts in Uganda say that Museveni and his senior government officials travel almost on a daily basis to European developed countries than Uganda. They say that Museveni and his cohorts in government whenever they […]
Tight underwear or undergarments have been found to cause the testes to remain too close to the body, overheating them which may damage your sperms. Damaging sperms many times results in infertility and testicular torsion. There is also a long-term possibility that the testicles may become twisted internally. It becomes extremely painful when your […]
Shield your hand with paper sheet or envelop and enter the pin code under this cover! Ensure that the card slots are set within the body of the ATM machine and not protruding above it. A customer can easily spot any tampering if you are using a familiar ATM machine. So you may also […]
On 30th August 2012, as a result of the vigilance of a certain staff member of Stanbic bank at Nateete branch in Kampala, four Bulgarian nationals who had reportedly installed ATM skimming devices at the ATM machine were intercepted and handed them over to the police. Stanbic bank has a processes and procedures to […]
Stephen Kiprotich, who is the 2012 London Olympics Marathon gold medalist, has been promoted from the rank of Prison Warder to Assistant Superintendent of Prisons in recognition of his recent performance at the Olympics games. Kiprotich has gone into the books of history as the first Ugandan serving Prisons Officer to get promoted to […]
East African community (read Republic of Rwanda) could soon become a study centre for cervical cancer vaccine effectiveness and equity. Rwanda has become the world’s first East African and low-income country to attain universal coverage for the life saving vaccine. Research results of a national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme done in Rwanda […]