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The Chief Political Commissar in the Uganda Police Force, AIGP Asan Kasingye has warned police officers of looming dismissals from the force for anyone implicated in corruption scandals. He was speaking to officers from Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa on Thursday. Kasingye had began his rectification and ideological orientation tour in the Sipi policing region. He warned that the force is ...

Raila Odinga, former Kenyan Prime Minister who is also Kenya’s opposition leader has tested positive for Covid-19. Odinga’s personal physician Dr.  David Oluoch-Olunya in a statement released on Thursday evening confirmed the positive results. “We have confirmed Odinga has SARs-2 Covid-19. He is responding well to treatment he is receiving at the Nairobi hospital and remains upbeat,” Dr. Oluoch-Olunga said. ...

A desperate husband is lamenting and asking for help after his wife gave birth to quintuplets.  The desperate man is from Oyo State Nigeria and is appealing to the public for help. Apparently taking care of the kids and the wife is becoming difficult. The man is a farmer and has been married to his wife, Oluwadara Funmilayo. Funmilayo was ...

Uganda has been approved to host the Africa Water and Sanitation Academy that will offer training to staff in the water and sanitation sector in all utilities in Africa. Silver Mugisha, Managing Director at National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) explained that the African Water Academy is an institution of the African Water Association of all the utilities of Africa ...

Kenya has lifted the ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania under strict terms. Kenyan local media has reported. The development comes almost 4 days after Kenya’s Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) directed a ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzania over food safety reasons. AFA’s Acting Director-General Kello Harsama signed an official press statement this week. He ...