Kenya

Migereko wants a change of mindset for Ugandans if they are to achieve better housing.

Migereko wants a change of mindset for Ugandans if they are to achieve better housing.

Former Lands and Housing Minister, Hon. Daudi Migereko, says for Uganda to achieve better and quality housing units that are currently in a deficit, there is need for government to create a change in the mindset of the population. He says this will enable sector players and citizens to embrace the new housing projects initiatives […]

Kadaga appeals to regional speakers to empower their people on economic development.

Kadaga appeals to regional speakers to empower their people on economic development.

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has challenged regional speakers to use their positions to protect people from economic exploitation, vagaries of weather and bad governance. Opening the 9th Executive Council Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union – (IPU-IGAD), Speaker Kadaga said that her colleagues also have to think about using their traditional tools of legislation, oversight […]

Fifa World Rankings: Uganda tops East Africa,Kenya drop and Cote D’Ivoire best in Africa

Fifa World Rankings: Uganda tops East Africa,Kenya drop and Cote D’Ivoire best in Africa

Uganda is the best ranked country in the East African region with neighbours Kenya dropping in the latest Fifa world rankings released on 15th September 2016. This comes after Uganda ended a 38-year wait by qualifying to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon as one of two best placed runners-up. Uganda cranes coach Milutin […]

MPs ask government to look for alternative markets away from South Sudan

MPs ask government to look for alternative markets away from South Sudan

Members of Parliament have asked government to  consolidate its  expansion of markets into countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a way of increasing the country’s declining exports due to the on-going war in South Sudan where most traders would send their goods. The executive director of Uganda export promotion Board, Elly Twineyo […]

Buganda minister wants investors to tap into agric technology

Buganda minister wants investors to tap into agric technology

Buganda minister for finance and investment, Robert Waggwa Nsibirwa has called on investors to tap into more agricultural technology that encourages youth involvement so that they can realise high production of crops like coffee for exports. Nsibirwa made the remarks while briefing journalists on the upcoming coffee technology expo  organized by Braz –Afric group ,scheduled […]

UNRA compensations stalls work on Mpigi-Kanoni road

UNRA compensations stalls work on  Mpigi-Kanoni road

Delays in resident compensation by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have stifled progress to the completion of the Mpigi- Kanoni road. This according to Milivoje Millisavijevic, the managing director ENERGO Uganda has affected the work progress on the 64km road that stretches through Seeta, Kabasanda-Gombe. ENERGO is the company that was awarded the contract […]

World Bank report says Ugandans & Ethiopians more productive than Kenyans.

World Bank report says Ugandans & Ethiopians more productive than Kenyans.

The odd saying that one Kenyan can do a job worthy six Ugandans is about to change if we are to go by a new World Bank report on productivity in a work place. According to the The East African newspaper,the  World Bank report indicates that Kenyan workers are less productive than their counterparts in […]

Why age in African football remains major concern for scrutiny

Why age in African football remains major concern for scrutiny

When it comes to age in football, there is always an anecdote in most footballing federations to consider. It’s not like women preferring to always be younger than their actual age, in football terms its more about competition. In Africa its presumed that age in football especially is not a norm in most African countries. […]

Private sector tasks EALA to engage heads of states on sugar export to Kenya

Private sector tasks EALA  to engage heads of states on sugar export to Kenya

The private sector and business community have tasked  the East African legislative Assembly  to engage the two heads of state from Kenya and Uganda to resolve on the issue of exporting Ugandan sugar to Kenya. The private sector and business community represented by the members of the Uganda Manufacturer Association, Uganda Bureau of standards and Uganda […]

NCHRD-K and DefendDefenders condemn the killing of human rights defender John Waweru in Nairobi

NCHRD-K and DefendDefenders condemn the killing of human rights defender John Waweru in Nairobi

KENYA: The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders – Kenya (NCHRD-K) and DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) are outraged by the killing of human rights defender John Waweru on Monday 11 April 2016 in Zimmerman, Nairobi. John Waweru was the director of Githunguri Constituency Ranching Company and an avid and […]