By Walakira on July 3, 2012
Kenya, Tanzania, truck, uganda
General, Latest Uganda News
Truck drivers peacefully staged a strike at the Busia Uganda Kenya border. No truck has been able to enter into Uganda or Kenya since morning of Thursday this week because of weighbridge! No taxi collections have been made at the Kenya-Uganda boader since Thursday last week by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Tens of […]
By Gerald Businge on May 11, 2012
help, seed, skin, Tanzania
Celebrity gigs, Gossip, Latest Uganda News, Stories Unusual
Sunflower is one of the plants grown in northern Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo among other countries around the world. And apart from people eating the plant as food, it can also be used to revive cracked skins according to new discoveries. Sunflower seeds contain healthy fats which provide our […]
By Gerald Businge on July 2, 2010
African Policy Network, Burundi, East Africa Common Market, East Africa Community, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Victoria Serunkuma Uganda
Business & Finance, Business news, Latest Uganda News
The Executive Director of African Policy Network Victoria Serunkuma has appealed to all the five East African Countries that form the East African Community bloc to ensure transparency to enable the success of the East Africa Common Market. The five member countries that form the East African Common Market which was operationalised on 1st June […]
By Gerald Businge on June 30, 2010
Africa’s deepest lake, American based Brown University, Burundi, DR Congo, Fishing industry in East Africa, Global warming in East African lakes, Jessica Tierney, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, University of Nairobi, Zambia
Business & Finance, Business news, Latest Uganda News
Scientists have indicated that the continuous warming of Africa’s deepest Lake Tanganyika threatens the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on it for food and employment because it reduces the fish populations. Over a million people in Tanzania, Zambia, DR Congo and Burundi directly depend on Lake Tanganyika for employment and food. The Lake […]
By Gerald Businge on June 26, 2010
African conflicts over water, Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, rive Nile water sharing agreement, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, uganda
Latest Uganda News, Politics
The Ethiopian Government is pressing Burundi and the DR Congo to sign the new River Nile sharing agreement to allow the upstream River Nile countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda and DR Congo use the River Nile water to develop infrastructure like Hydro-electric power dams without the consent of the River Nile lower […]
By Gerald Businge on June 24, 2010
Burundi, East African Common market protocal, East African Community, Eriya Kategaya, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, uganda, Uganda Ministry of East African Affairs
Business news, Latest Uganda News
The East African member states are working on a common identification system that will help facilitate free movement of citizens within the East African Community region. Free movement of persons is one of requirements of the East African Common Market Protocol that gets operational on July 1st 2010. The East African countries are Uganda, Rwanda, […]
By Gerald Businge on June 22, 2010
2010 South African World cup, Africa big brother participating countries, Africa Big brother season 5, Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, reality Television shows in Africa, South Africa, Tanzania, uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Business news, Latest Uganda News
M-net Television is slated to kick start the screening of another big brother TV reality show dubbed the 5th edition of M-net’s Big Brother Africa a few days after the 2010 South African World Cup show. The show which is popular with many East African youth will start on 18th July 2010. It will be […]