Uganda: Eight arrested, 1,600 SIM cards recovered in phone call scam
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), in a joint operation with police and telecom operators, have arrested eight people engaged in “SIM card boxing”. Addressing journalists
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Uganda, Tanzania still major tourist markets for Kenya
Uganda and Tanzania continue to be major tourist sources for Kenya after the USA according to the Tourism Sector Performance Report 2019. The country received
Uganda-Kenya milk war boils over with no end in sight of regional trade tiffs
The escalating trade dispute between Kenya and Uganda over milk exports, is just one of many facing all EAC partner states and underlines critical gaps
Spotlight on East Africa crackdown on rights, freedoms
From Lamu to Ngorongoro to Kaboong, East African governments are in the international spotlight for human rights violations, even as serious questions over resolve to
Regional experts draft confederation constitution
At least two constitutional experts and a legislative draftsperson nominated by each of the East African Community member states were expected at the consultation meeting
Row as Uganda protests milk seizures by Kenya
Kampala has sent a protest note to Nairobi demanding the immediate release of consignments of milk seized by Kenyan officials on alleged quality concerns, sparking
Uganda: Jailed Stella Nyanzi wins 2020 Oxfam Novib/PEN International award
Incarcerated Ugandan academic, writer and feminist activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi is this year’s winner of the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression. A
Cholera breaks out in eastern Uganda, 10 hospitalised
At least 10 people have been hospitalised following a Cholera outbreak in the eastern Ugandan district of Busia, a relief organisation said on Thursday. Fred
Masindi FDC boss arrested over petition to take Museveni to ICC
The Budongo Sub County Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) chairperson, Mr Esau Amanio has been arrested after he was allegedly found with petition forms to
Uganda leads in ratio of women doing business
Uganda leads Africa in countries that have a high number of women-owned enterprises as a percentage of total business owners despite poor entrepreneurial supporting factors.