By Kusiima Treasure Peter on March 12, 2021
Former Kenya Prime Minister, Kenya, Raila Amollo Odinga
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Former Kenyan Prime Minister who is also Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Amollo Odinga 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 […]
By Kusiima Treasure Peter on March 11, 2021
Imports and exports, Kenya, maize, uganda
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Kenya has backtracked on a ban it imposed on import of maize from Uganda and Tanzania. This is a relief to Ugandan farmers, traders and Government though the lifting of the ban has been accompanied with strict conditions. On March 5, the Kenyan government imposed a ban on imported maize, saying that they were seeking […]
By Kusiima Treasure Peter on March 10, 2021
Burundi bans maize imports from Uganda, East Africa, Kenya
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Burundi has joined Kenya in banning the importation of maize grain and flour imports for the next six months. In a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday, March 8, 2021, indicated that the maize they recently imported was “not good” and could affect people’s health. “While this grain and flour is […]
By Kusiima Treasure Peter on February 5, 2021
Burundi, EAC Presidents to meet in Arusha, East African Community, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, uganda
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Preparations for the extraordinary heads of state East African Community (EAC) summit have been concluded, with leaders expected to convene in Arusha on February 27. The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Patrick Mugoya, on Monday confirmed the summit, saying leaders are now discussing whether it will held virtually or physically owing […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on January 12, 2020
AggreyBagiire, desert locusts, Eriteria, Ethiopia, FAO, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, uganda ministry of agriculture
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Uganda’s ministry of agriculture has announced that it is on high alert over an eminent threat of desert locusts that have invaded the East African Region especially the neighboring Kenya. The revelation was made on Friday by Aggrey Bagiire, the State Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries during a press briefing at the Ugandan […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 22, 2018
East African Community, International Monetary Fund, John Munyes, Kenya, Kenya hold talks on oil and gas sharing, Kenya National Oil Company, Kenya Petroleum and Mining Cabinet Secretary, Kenya Pipeline Company, National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOC, uganda, Uganda National Oil Company
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Uganda National Oil Company has held talks with Kenya National Oil Company and Kenya Pipeline Company on how the two countries can benefit from oil and gas discoveries. In the talk session hosted by the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOC) , the companies shared experiences and ways of maximizing the benefits that come with […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 11, 2018
Babu Owino, Bobi Wine, Citizen Television, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, Jeff Koinange, Kenya, Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Moi day, nairobi, No problem with being friends with president Museveni – Bobi Wine, President Yoweri Museveni
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Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has revealed that he can actually be friends with President Yoweri Museveni if he upholds the will of Ugandans. Bobi Wine said this during his interview with Jeff Koinange and Babu Owino on Citizen Television in Kenya on Wednesday night. “Do you see […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 5, 2018
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On third day of solo tour of Africa, US First Lady Melania Trump has enjoyed carrying baby elephants on a safari in Kenya. The first lady fed one of the baby elephants with bottled formula at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi. Mrs.Trump is in Africa for first solo trip to four countries which […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 3, 2018
Egypt, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Melania Trump communications director, Melania Trump solo trip to Africa., Stephanie Grisham, US First Lady Melania Trump, US government's foreign aid organisation, USAID
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As announced, US First Lady Melania Trump arrived on Tuesday in Ghana for the first session of her solo trip to Africa. On her second day in Ghana, the first lady has decided to visit a former slave fort in Ghana. At Cape Coast Castle in the 17th Century slaves were stripped naked before being taken to […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on October 1, 2018
Burundi, East African Community, Hoima-based oil refinery, Irene Muloni, Kenya, multinational General Electric., Rwanda, Tanzania, uganda, Uganda oil sector, Uganda’s Energy Minister
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The Uganda oil sector is likely to spend quite more money than the anticipated $4 billion for the construction of the Hoima-based oil refinery following the failure of the East African Community to buy the whole part of the share it was allocated. Although Total SA has taken up a total share of 10 per cent […]