UCAA Faces Further Scrutiny In ‘COSASE’ Report On Airport Operations

Updated at 2115 EAT on 11th March 2022. The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has directed the Auditor General to conduct a value for money audit on the ongoing expansions of Entebbe Airport and on the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) generally. This followed debate on the report of the Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions,…

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EU, UK antitrust bodies prob Alphabet, Meta Jedi Blue deal.

Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1631 EAT on Friday 10/03/2022. European Union and British antitrust authorities have launched parallel investigations into a 2018 online display advertising deal between Google and Facebook, adding to a long list of regulatory challenges facing the United States tech giants. Alphabet unit Google and Facebook, whose parent company is…

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Ukrainian woman aged 90 relives painful memories.

Retired nurse Nadia Tyvoniuk says Russia’s war represents the second time Moscow has invaded Ukraine in her lifetime. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1615 EAT on Friday 10/03/2022. Kyiv, Ukraine – For 90-year-old Nadia Tyvoniuk, the current war in her country represents the second Russian invasion she has witnessed in her long life. On February…

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Pause needed in Iran nuclear talks, EU says.

Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell blames ‘external factors’ for the delay in reinstating Iran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1603 EAT on Friday 11/03/2022. The European Union’s foreign policy chief says “a pause” is needed in ongoing talks over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers, blaming “external…

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Health Ministry Investigating Flu Virus In Schools

Updated at 2053 EAT on 10th March 2022. The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has asked the public for patience with the COVID-19 taskforce as it investigates the mysterious human flu virus in institutions of learning. Aceng was responding to a matter of national importance raised by the Bugiri Woman MP, Hon. Agnes…

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Kampala Youth Leaders Meet KCCA ED

HICGI News Agency – Updated at 1329 EAT on 10th March 2022 On Wednesday, Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka met and interacted with Kampala City Youth Executive and Division Chairpersons at City Hall. Kisaka said was delighted to share the vision of a smart city with the youth “They are…

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Boda-Boda; The enduring menace of Kenya’s motorbike taxis.

Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1155 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. In our series of letters from African writers, Kenyan broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura reflects on the latest outrage allegedly carried out by riders of motorbike taxis and asks why it seems so difficult to take action against them. Anyone driving in Kenya’s capital knows they…

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Top Russia, Ukraine diplomats in Turkey for first talks.

Negotiations mediated by Ankara are the first high-level contact between the two sides since Moscow’s invasion of its ex-Soviet neighbour. Published by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1127 EAT on Thursday 10/03/2022. The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine are set for face-to-face talks in Turkey in the first high-level contact between the two sides since…

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