Uganda President Elevates Dorothy Kisaka To PS Status

KAMPALA: President Museveni has directed Head Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet Lucy Nakyobe to include Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka on the list of the permanent secretaries she directly supervises because that’s the level at which she is according to section 17 of KCCA Act. During a meeting on Thursday…

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Back in Command: State House Renews Dorothy Kisaka Contract at KCCA

By Viola Nabbale updated at 1114 EAT on Friday 21st July 2023 Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last night renewed contract for Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA bosses following expiry of their 3 years contract on Sunday 23rd July 2023. These are Dorothy Kisaka, KCCA Executive Director, Eng David Luyimbazi Deputy ED and Grace Akullo…

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Putin Not Coming to South Africa For BRICS Summit – Presidency

By Jerry Chifamba Harare — Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, won’t be attending the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit in Johannesburg in August, the presidency said. The Presidency announced that instead of Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be in attendance. Earlier, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had declared that any effort to…

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Kenya Schools, Shops Shut Before National Protests

Residents of Nairobi, Kisuma and other cities are being urged to bang pots and pans in protest against the high cost of living in the country, and what opposition leader Raila Odinga describes as an illegitimate government. Meanwhile, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) said it’s very concerned over reports of police in Kenya…

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Israeli Man Kills Wife in Uganda after DNA Results Showed Child Was Not His

Waeed Taheed, an Israeli businessman based in Uganda, suspected his wife, Monica Nabukenya, cheated on him His fears were confirmed when he took their six-month-old child for a DNA test, as he was not the father Taheed then took Nabukenya’s life before reporting her missing, but detectives unravelled the murder Negative DNA results led to…

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Africa’s Biggest Port to be Partially Privatised

In a first for South Africa’s national ports business, the largest harbour in Africa, Port of Durban, will be operated and controlled in part by International Container Terminal Services Inc. of the Philippines. “Private sector participation in Pier 2 is a key catalyst for repositioning the Port of Durban as a container hub port. We…

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Commonwealth Games: 2026 event in doubt after Victoria cancels

The 2026 Commonwealth Games are in doubt after the Australian state of Victoria cancelled its plans to host due to budget blowouts. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) struggled to find a host city before Victoria volunteered in April 2022. But the premier said the projected cost had now tripled and become “well and truly too…

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