Pakistani reports first polio case in 15 months.

PM Shehbaz Sharif to hold emergency meeting after authorities detect a case of the disease in North Waziristan district. Published at 1448 EAT on Saturday 23 April 2022. Pakistani’s prime minister says he will chair an emergency meeting of a national task force for polio radication after authorities detect the country’s first case of the debilitating neurodegenerative…

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Property tax: KCCA approves Valuation court.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 13:00 EAT on Saturday 23 April 2022 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) council has approved the city’s new Valuation court.  The City Valuation court has powers similar to those of a Magistrate’s court. It is responsible for receiving complaints from those aggrieved by the property tax valuations from the…

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Helpless’ DPP regrets failure to find Joan Kagezi after 7 years.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1246 EAT on Saturday 24 April 2022. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Jane Frances Abodo has expressed regret over the unsolved murder of former principal state attorney Joan Kagezi. Kagezi, the lead prosecutor in the trial of 15 men accused of a deadly twin bomb attack by the…

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Discrimination: Reaction to Wimbledon’s Russia, Belarus ban.

Wimbledon has banned entry to players from Russia, Belarus due to the war in Ukraine. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1629 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. Wimbledon’s ban on Russian and Belarusian players is “complete discrimination” and does not make sense, Andrey Rublev said, while world number one Novak Djokovic said he “cannot support”…

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ERA targets 50,000 homes to shift from charcoal to power.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1611 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. The Electricity Regulatory Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uganda Prisons Service to kickstart a pilot project that intends to convert the cooking services in prisons from the use of charcoal to electricity. The pilot study is expected to kick…

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Uganda Virus Research Institute investigates low Covid-19 cases

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1203 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has started a study to investigate why the country and some of its neighbours are reporting low COVID-19 cases. The study is expected to last four years and will look at what contribution the different COVID-19…

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France issues international arrest warrant Carlos Ghosen.

Ghosn staged an audacious getaway, being smuggled out of Japan in an audio equipment case on a private jet, in 2019. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1144 EAT on Friday 22 April 2022. France has issued an international arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn, the auto tycoon who jumped bail in Japan and fled to…

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Russia Captures British Fighters in Ukraine

Two British men captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine are being “taken care of”, Russia has said. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were captured last week while defending the south-eastern city of Mariupol. In footage shown on Russian state TV, both appeared to have facial bruising, prompting their families to call…

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