By Kusiima Treasure Peter on October 29, 2020
Elections Tanzania, Tanzania, Tundu Lissu
Africa, Featured, Gossip, Politics, Stories Unusual

Tanzania’s main opposition presidential candidate, Tundu Lissu, on Thursday said he would not recognize the outcome of this week’s election, declaring the vote “marred by irregularities at all stages” “Whatever happened yesterday was not an election, and thus we do not recognize it. We do not accept the result,” Lissu told reporters in Dar es […]
By Kusiima Treasure Peter on October 26, 2020
polls, Tanzania, Tanzania Elections
Africa, Celebrity gigs, Featured, Gossip

Voters on the Tanzanian mainland and semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar will cast their ballots for a president and lawmakers. Tanzania’s incumbent President and presidential candidate of ruling party CCM John Magufuli (left) and Tundu Lissu, the presidential candidate of Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party. Tanzanians head to the polls on Wednesday in an election set […]
By Herman Nnyanzi on April 30, 2019
Tanzania
Football, Sports

Cameroon claimed their second U17 Africa Cup of Nations championship after their 5-3 on penalties victory over Guinea at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday, April 28. Normal playing time initially ended in a goalless draw which sent the game to was said to be an intense penalty shootout. Steve Mvoue, Nassourou […]
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
Business & Finance, Business news, Featured, Latest Uganda News, Oil, Uganda Oil & Gas

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 […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on September 12, 2018
African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), Ethiopia; Makerere University, Ile-Ife, Kwa-Zulu Natai, last week. Makerere University has entered a partnership together with other fifteen African Universities to carry out research purposed towards eradicating poverty. Through the research, Makerere University, Nigeria; Rhodes University, Nigeria; University of Dare’es Salam, Senegal; University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, South Africa; University of Cape Town, South Africa; University of Cheikh Anta Doip, South Africa; University of Ghana; University of Ibadan, South Africa; University of Rwanda; University of Stellerbosch, Tanzania, the universities intend to address issues of huge unemployment and other associated problems that have eaten-up the whole of Africa. The universities included; Addis Ababa University, the University of Lagos, Uganda; Obafemi Awolowo University, Universities' representativesa and other participants at the launch and research agenda setting workshop of ARUA in Lagos
Africa, Education
Universities’ representativesa and other participants at the launch and research agenda setting workshop of ARUA in Lagos, last week. Makerere University has entered a partnership together with other fifteen African Universities to carry out research purposed towards eradicating poverty. Through the research, the universities intend to address issues of huge unemployment and other associated problems […]
By Agnes Tumuheire on August 9, 2018
East African Crude Oil Pipeline, Henry Okello Oryem, John Pombe Magufuli, Joint Permanent Commission (JPC), State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tanzania, uganda, Yoweri kaguta Museveni
Latest Uganda News, Politics & Governance, Regional, Relationships

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has visited his counterpart in Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli to straighten trade relations between the two countries. President Museveni was , today, welcomed by Magufuli himself at the Julius Nyerere International Airport from where they headed to State House Dar es Salaam for talks. Last week, Tanzania announced it would […]
By Benard Kabwijukya on December 18, 2017
EALA, East African Community, Rwanda, Tanzania
General, Latest Uganda News, Politics, Politics & Governance, Regional

The new EALA Speaker to guide the Assembly over the next five years taking it a notch higher in the integration dispensation is expected to be sworn in tomorrow According to a tweet from the official EALA handle “Election of the Speaker adjourned for tomorrow” it stated Election of the Speaker adjourned for tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/DBKZ43pDht— […]
By Isaac Senabulya on October 30, 2017
East Africa, Exim bank, Kenya, kisumu, Mombasa, Rwanda, SGR, Standard Guage Railway, Tanzania, uganda
Politics

Okoth said that the delay could be the intention to sabotage Uganda to join the SGR in Kenya quickly when the Uganda’s SGR reaches malaba after the Exim bank gets the funds for this project. Kenya’s standard gauge Railway was built from Mombasa to Nairobi and its second phase is to stop at Kisumu leaving […]
By Ultimate Admin on August 24, 2017
African Development Bank, African heads of state, African Mining Vision, Cameroon, diamond mining area, Dr. Paul Jourdan, East African Legislative AssemblyPan African Parliament., economic development on the African continent, Ethiopia, exploitation and child labour, Hon. Anifa Kawooya (Uganda), Hon. Bernadette Lahai (Sierra Leone), Honourable Geoffrey Lungwangwa (Zambia), industrialisation, legislators, Lesotho, Mozambique, natural resource governance, Tanzania, uganda, Yaounde
Africa, Latest Uganda News

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON: There is renewed interest by academics, civil society and legislators over the continent’s extractive sector and want a common mining law. The legislators are concerned over natural resource governance and economic development on the African continent and are pushing for legislation that addresses issues of transparency and accountability by the governments and mining […]
By Isaac Senabulya on August 4, 2017
Jinja, Kenya, Peter Lokeris, state minister for minerals, Tanzania
Latest Uganda News

Government has assured Ugandans of a stable supply of fuel in the country as Kenyans prepare to go to polls on Tuesday August 08, 2017. The assurance was given by the state minister for minerals, Peter Lokeris, while presenting a statement on fluctuating fuel prices in the country and the state of preparedness in case […]