Kenya’s President, Mwai Kibaki has arrived inUgandatoday afternoon to receive a certificate of an Honorary Doctorate of Laws fromMakerereUniversity. The Kenyan president will pick the transcript on Tuesday this week. Kibaki will collect the certificate on the last day of the 62nd graduation ceremony ofMakerereUniversity.MakerereUniversity observed that Kibaki has distinguished himself as a visionary Kenyan […]
A number of major Indian companies have expressed willingness to invest their huge capital in East African Community. Sources inUganda’s Ministry of Trade and Industry have informed our reporters that delegations have Indian business persons have toured East African countries and have already expressed willingness to put more capital inUgandaamong other EAC states. Trade Minister […]
Southern Sudan has become the sixth member of the East African Community after Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. Its application to enter into the bloc was accepted last month according to president Museveni. The new African country was allowed into the EAC because of the factor of proximity. The EAC act provides that any […]
You have already read stories or heard media reports that the members of the East African community (EAC) rejected Sudan’s entry into the regional bloc. The EAC countries: Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania rejected Sudan during their 13th East Africa Heads of States Summit recently. There were two main reasons why the EAC presidents […]
It seems Uganda Revenue Authority is copying a seed from National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). This is because after NWSC closed all its cash offices across the country for electronic payments, Uganda Revenue Authority is also phasing out its cash offices. Electronic payments are a new phenomenon in Uganda. In fact it was launched […]
It now seems Rapper Keko is one of the luckiest hip-hop musicians in East and Central 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 […]
Uganda might again be at the limelight of the struggle against HIV/AIDS if hopes by Makerere University to find a drug for HIV are come to pass. Makerere University under the umbrella of the inter university council of East Africa led by its college of Agriculture and environmental sciences has begun a research to find […]
Christian Aid has launched an emergency humanitarian appeal to help people across the east and Horn of Africa after two failed rainy seasons have left ten million on the brink of starvation. Drought and displacement combined with rising global food prices have left Kenya and Ethiopia in particular facing severe food shortages, with UNOCHA reporting that […]
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation has released a report indicating that Uganda has the highest number of school dropouts in the East African region. According to UNESCO, out of 100 pupils who join primary one in Uganda, only 25% reach primary seven while in Kenya, 84%, Tanzania 81% and Rwanda stands at […]
Eastern Africa action network on small arms has listed easy accessibility to small arms and ammunition as the leading contributor to death by gun violence. In this call the Uganda Action network on small arms on this issue warned against gun violence and misuse of ammunition in the world. Addressing journalists during the launch of the global […]