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Uganda recently joined the Fund for Export Development in Africa, known as FEDA. This investment organization belongs to the African Export-Import Bank. FEDA exists because Africa faces huge gaps in equity financing. The official joining happened Thursday when representatives signed papers at...

President Museveni spoke at a special event today about his friend Eriya Kategaya. He called Kategaya the first person who pushed for loving Uganda above everything else in politics. Kategaya worked as the First Deputy Prime Minister and handled East African Community Affairs until he passed...

Lawmakers from all sides teamed up Thursday against the government report about election troubles in Kawempe North. Every representative spoke out against police hurting members of the National Unity Platform party. Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa ran the meeting where General David Muhoozi talked...

The European guy who speaks for all those countries across the ocean dropped by to chat with Uganda's top military man today. Jan Sadek represents the European Union here and he sat down with General Muhoozi Kainerugaba at the special forces base outside the city. These two important figures...

Kenya sent its top guy to smooth things over with Uganda after a newspaper mess. Joash Maangi headed straight to see General Muhoozi Kainerugaba today. He brought Colonel Patrick Kaduda and other important Kenya embassy folks along. They met at military headquarters in Entebbe, where everyone...

Standard Chartered joined hands with Village Capital on March 6, 2025, expanding its program for women entrepreneurs across many countries. They plan to help businesswomen in Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan through the Futuremakers Women in Tech Accelerator. This program gives special...

The White Army tribal fighters say they have no ties to First Vice President Riek Machar or his SPLA-opposition forces. These Nuer militia members defeated government troops last weekend in Nasir near the Ethiopian border. They killed several soldiers from the national army and took others as...

The South Sudan capital city, Juba, faces serious problems after soldiers blocked First Vice President Riek Machar at his house. Army leaders arrested General Gabriel Duop Lam from the SPLA-opposition forces, plus a minister who supports the armed opposition leader. General Duop Lam serves as...

President Trump cut money for fighting Ebola in Uganda on January 20, 2025. Elon Musk later claimed they fixed this funding mistake right away during a February cabinet meeting. Medical workers across Uganda disagree with his statement. They report seeing absolutely no evidence that any money...

Kimani Ichung'wah pushed back against rumors about his proposed law changes during a meeting at the National Assembly. The top lawmaker denied wanting to kick out the Auditor General from her job. He explained that his proposed changes simply fix problems the High Court found with an older law...

Kenya sent a peace team to Kisii and Transmara after deadly fights broke out between local groups. Samuel Kobia leads the National Unity Commission and has teamed up with police and community members to fix the problem. He wants folks to talk through their issues rather than attack each other...

County leaders across Kenya want $547 billion for next year. They say this money helps them run local services properly. The amount comes from expected growth plus cash for jobs they handle. Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi talked about this at a Senate meeting Thursday. Treasury officials...

The cricket leaders from England and Wales apologized for making a joke about Pope Francis online. They posted a comment pretending the Pope was a fan of their famous cricket tournament, The Ashes. Their joke came right after the Pope shared something serious about Ash Wednesday religious...

Kenya's macadamia farmers and the Macadamia Nut Processors Association of Kenya have challenged claims that government rules caused prices to fall from 150 to 90 shillings. Jane Maigua, who heads MACNUT, said these rules actually help farmers earn at least 100 shillings per kilo. She blamed...

President William Ruto is still working hard to bring peace to the region, especially in South Sudan. He believes that talking things out is the best way to make the country safe and stable again. Ruto has been pushing for a stop to the fighting in the troubled African nation, which is the...

Kenya Power has released a list of areas across five counties that will have their electricity shut off on Friday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The company says they need to turn off the power in these places to do some maintenance work on the system. The affected counties are Tharaka Nithi, Vihiga...

Arrangements to send home the Kenyan officer killed in Haiti are moving forward, according to the Multinational Security Support Mission. Officials from MSS, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Ministry, Dominican authorities, and the National Police Service are all working closely together. Documents are...

Kenya millers pushed back against accusations they favored foreign wheat over local crops. Wheat farmers recently complained to the government that millers were importing wheat instead of buying from them first, leaving farmers stuck with 321,000 bags of harvested grain. The situation forced...

Kenya's second National Police Service Commission just completed its six-year run. Chairperson Eliud Kinuthia led this group from March 2019 until recently. They followed the first commission under Johnston Kavuludi, which wrapped up back in October 2018. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba...

President Ruto visited Bishop Edward Mwai last Thursday at the State House. They talked right after Ruto gave 20 million shillings to help build the Jesus Winner Ministry Church. Just days before that, Ruto said he would ask his friends to chip in another 100 million shillings toward the church...