Huge heaps of banned, unregistered and expired drugs are on sale in most of the East African countries of Uganda, Kenya,Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. Some of the drugs sold in East Africa were recently banned by the World Health Organisation (WHO). They include fake ARVs, paracetamol, fake quinine tablets, fake quinine syrups and postinor. The […]
The Uganda parliament football team has today tabled a trophy which they won during the East African inter-parliamentary tournament 2011 in Burundi. The motion to table the trophy was moved by the team captain also the Aruu county MP Odonga Otto and seconded by Mukono monisparity MP Betty Nambooze. Uganda won the 2011 East African […]
Ultimate Media The East Africa Legislative Assembly MPs have today managed to pass the Inter University Council for East Africa bill despite heavy protests from the East Africa Council of Ministers. The bill, which was passed by the assembly today, will establish a regional body to accredit universities that wish to establish themselves in the […]
The council of ministers in East African Community have rejected a proposed legislation that was widely interpreted as a move by Uganda to sell its education colonialism to other countries in the region. Uganda working through its representative in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Wandera Ogalo thought an amendment of the Inter University Council […]
Ultimate Media The Ugandan representative to the East African Legislative Assembly Dan kidega has demanded the East African governments through the East African council of ministers to agree on the method of dealing with the problem of water hyacinth reported on lake Victoria again. This followed the EALA committee on Accounts on the East African community […]
President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya has called upon the youth in East Africa to put their countries’ interest before self. Kibaki says that the challenges currently facing African continent can be ended through a homegrown and borrowed traditions. His excellence Kibaki also applauded the youth studying at Makerere University for making the electric car, the […]
The members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) sitting in Kampalahave today discussed accounts for 2010/11. The session was presided over by EALA speaker, Abdirahin Abdi. EALA opened Kampalasession on January 24th and it will close on 25th February 2012. According on the agenda, the East African MP will on Tuesday debate the Inter-University […]
Ugandais to open an embassy in Ramallah inPalestine. The development was recently agreed upon byUgandapresident Yoweri Museveni and thePalestinehead of state, Sheikh Mahmood Abas. Abas is a close friend of President Museveni. And in fact Abas visitedUgandain April last year and held closed door talks with Museveni. LaterUgandastatehouse officials issued a press statement that indicated […]
It now seems Rapper Keko is one of the luckiest hip-hop musicians in East andCentral Africa. We have been told that she has got over seven juicy deals in which she can earn over 100 million shillings after the maturity of the deals. Keko has got a job at Vision Group’s X FM radio, nominee […]
The UN-Habitat has pledged to give more support to East African countries ofUganda,Rwanda,Kenya,BurundiandTanzania. Speaking inRwanda, the Executive Director of UN-Habitat Joan Clos said habitat wants to support the urbanization of East Africa starting withRwanda. Clos recommended East Africa’s implementation of the urbanization programme, and added that UN-Habitat will continue support eastAfrica’s development plans. All the […]