Katuntu Promises Fairness As Zaake Hearings Start.

Updated at 0006 EAT on February 24th 2022. Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline has commenced hearings into MP Francis Zaake (NUP, Mityana Municipality)’s alleged unbecoming conduct, with Chairperson, Hon Abdu Katuntu promising fairness. Zaake, a Parliament Commissioner, is set to appear before the committee following comments attributed to a Twitter channel allegedly belonging…

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Erdogan seeks to boost ties with Africa in four-day visit.

The Turkish president wants to boost business ties with African countries. Updated on Wednesday 22/02/2022 at 1158 EAT. Turkey’s president has promised to boost relations with African countries as he visited the Senegalese capital Dakar during a four-day tour of Central and West Africa. “We will continue to enhance our relations with African countries on…

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Somalia funding at risk over election delays

Election delays could mean IMF’s planned reforms will not be endorsed in time for its review by mid-May. Published On Monday 22/02/2022 at 1128 EAT. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) could stop its programme in Somalia in three months if long postponed national elections encounter new delays, a senior official has told the AFP. The IMF’s programme…

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Street Preachers & Children Ordered off Kampala – Hudu Hussein

Updated at 06:00 EAT on Wednesday 23rd Feb 2022 HICGI News Agency KAMPALA – The Resident City Commission – Hajji Hudhu Hussein has ordered preachers on Kampala Streets to vacate or risk being jailed if they defy orders in the next 30 days. Addressing the media on Wednesday, Mr Hudhu said he is not spring…

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A perfect storm of weather extremes and inequality.

Updated on Tuesday 22/02/2022 at 1159 EAT. The town saw a month’s worth of rain – 240 mm (9.4 in)- in just two hours.  “The rain came down so hard,” Carine says. She was trapped at work, while her daughter was at home. “I had no idea that where I lived it was even worse.” …

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Canada’s Parliament Approves Trudeau’s Emergency Powers.

Updated at 0804 EAT on 22nd February 2022. OTTAWA, Canada’s parliament on Monday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that have blocked streets in the capital Ottawa for more than three weeks. The Emergencies Act was approved in parliament by 185 to 151, with the minority…

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Putin Orders Russian Troops To Ukraine After Recognising Breakaway Regions.

Updated at 0746 EATon February 22nd 2022. MOSCOW, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent on Monday, accelerating a crisis the West fears could unleash a major war. An HICGI witness saw tanks and other military hardware moving through the separatist-controlled…

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