Delays in resident compensation by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have stifled progress to the completion of the Mpigi- Kanoni road. This according to Milivoje Millisavijevic, the managing director ENERGO Uganda has affected the work progress on the 64km road that stretches through Seeta, Kabasanda-Gombe. ENERGO is the company that was awarded the contract […]
EALA has deferred debate on the East Africa Community Electronic Transactions Bill 2014 to pave way for stakeholders to make additional input. The adjournment came after a request for deferment of the debate by the Chairperson of Council of Ministers, Dr. Abdallah Saadaala was approved. In his ruling, the Speaker, Daniel F Kidega directed that […]
East African Legislative Assembly has passed a motion that prevents trafficking of persons, protects victims of crime of trafficking and prosecution of the culprits of trafficking in persons in East Africa. The motion has been moved by Uganda’s EALA representative Dora Byamukama and seconded by EALA Burundi MP Frederick Ngenzebuhoro during a session chaired by […]
Kigali’s central business district (CBD) has been declared a car free zone by authorities. The President, Paul Kagame, earlier proposed that Kigali’s central business zone be freed from traffic in a tweet in response to an oped by The New Times which stated: “From what Sunny had to write…in today’s TNT (The New Times) about […]
3.7 million Rwandans on Tuesday chose to remove the two-term presidential limit in a signed petition to parliament supporting a constitutional change. This will allow President Paul Kagame a third term run in 2017. Hundreds of Rwandans turned up at the Parliamentary Building to follow the long-awaited debate on the presidential term limits according to […]
In February 2015 the Kenyan government implemented the biometric registration system for all citizens 12 years and above. This system was meant to help prevent the duplication and mismanagement of funds for social services. In a follow-up step His Excellency the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyata, launched the Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) on 11th […]
The signing of an agreement aimed at bringing back peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo will take place in Addis Ababa on Sunday and it would attract observers from Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Congo Brazzaville, Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya. Others to attend the signing ceremony include the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Hon. Ban […]
The Commonwealth will observe Sierra Leone’s National and Local Government Elections on 17 November 2012. Former Ugandan Foreign Minister Olara Otunnu will lead the Commonwealth Observer Group, which will be made up of nine observers, supported by five Commonwealth Secretariat staff. Mr Otunnu, a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Children […]
Ugandan president Gen. Museveni and Rwandan president Paul Kagame are planning to deploy troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the different rebel groups in the eastern part of the country. Other African heads of state that want to deploy in DR Congo are, Tanzania’s Jakaya Kikwete, Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, and […]
Orphans of Rwanda (ORI) works with orphanages, youth-focused community groups, and other local organizations to identify motivated and talented children and young adults and ensure that they succeed through secondary school and university. In collaboration with its partners, ORI provides holistic support to these students that goes beyond tuition to include healthcare, nutrition, housing, mentoring, […]