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Uganda courts US investors for high-return opportunities

Uganda, April 15 -- Uganda has stepped up its appeal to American investors, highlighting high returns, and expanding market access as key reasons to invest in the East African nation. Speaking during... Read More


Taxi driver who knocked Kikuube chairperson dead arrested in Moyo

Uganda, April 15 -- Police have arrested the taxi driver who allegedly knocked dead Kikuube District Chairperson, Peter Banura, and had been on the run since the April 4 incident. The suspect, identi... Read More


Insurers shift focus to SMEs as coverage hits 506,000

Uganda, April 15 -- Uganda's insurance industry has registered steady growth in coverage in the past one year, although a significant gap remains in reaching the wider population. According to recent... Read More


Museveni rejects MPs' bid to influence appointment of top civil servants

Uganda, April 15 -- President Museveni has rejected a proposal by legislators from his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party seeking to be greenlighted to also recommend names of individuals... Read More


State seek special session for Rakai school fire case

Uganda, April 15 -- Prosecutors in a case where nine lives were lost in a school fire at St. Bernard Secondary School Manya, Rakai District, in 2018 have asked for a special criminal session for the t... Read More


Explainer: What is happening after US "blockades" Strait of Hormuz?

Uganda, April 15 -- No vessel breached the US blockade on Iran in the first 24 hours, the US Central Command said on Tuesday, while ship-tracking data showed that several vessels continued to pas... Read More


7-day ultimatum: Opposition threatens protests over 'fuel scandal'

Nairobi, April 15 -- The opposition has demanded an urgent review of the government-to-government (G-to-G) fuel import deal and sweeping tax relief measures, warning it will mobilise nationwide protes... Read More


Millers raise concerns over increased aflatoxins in maize, nuts

Nairobi, April 15 -- Cereals Millers Association (CMA) has raised concerns over aflatoxin crisis in maize and other food products that requires urgent action. The association said cereal received or ... Read More


City Hall must get rid of Nairobi parking cartels

Nairobi, April 15 -- End violence * The increasing use of hired goons is worrying and needs to be quickly checked, says Koome Neri. "Quite alarming is having masked police officers working with armed ... Read More


Wanga: There will be no direct ODM tickets

Nairobi, April 15 -- In a calculated effort to stem defections and preserve its political dominance in Nyanza, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has assured supporters of free, fair and transparent... Read More