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Huduma Namba; Here is everything you need to know about Kenyan’s attempt to consolidate its databases

Kenyans are a divided people right now, mostly due to misinformation surrounding a new government innovation, the Huduma Namba. So really, what is this Huduma Namba and why are many people so against it? Huduma Namba is conducted by the National Integrated Identity Management system (NIIMS) and involves collecting biometric data after which the systems generates a unique number (Huduma Namba)...

2019-04-28 18:46:36

Great African explorer discovers ‘River Gulu’ in London

A Ugandan ‘explorer’ has joined the vaunted list of European adventurers such as Johannes Rebmann and Johann Ludwig Krapf who are credited with discovering Mt Kenya in 1849. Milton Allimadi last week on April 23 made a nature discovery in London, UK and wasted no time in giving it a ‘proper’ name. Cheeky Allimadi said he had discovered a river in the heart of the...

2019-04-28 17:12:17

Kenyan Huduma Namba's online application charging KSh200 fees is a scam. Beware!

You must beware! Kenyan Huduma Namba's online application charging KSh200 fees is a scam On April 2, 2019, Kenya officially launched the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS), commonly known as Huduma Namba. The biometric system will capture and manage information about citizens and others living in Kenya. The program will help citizens access government services faster and...

2019-04-27 10:38:57

IDI AMIN MUSEUM STORY by Hussein Lumumba Amin

Story by Hussein Lumumba Amin. Photo: President Idi Amin. Let me start by saying that the first Ugandan leader to take tourism seriously in this country was President Idi Amin. Others never really thought of it until recently when foreign organizations started putting money in conservation. Anyone who remembers these same people in the 90's knows what I am talking about. Even the animals in...

2018-06-04 22:29:37

Uganda to tax social media use

The Uganda parliament has passed a law that imposes a controversial tax on people using social media platforms.It involves a daily charge of 200 shillings [$ 0.05, £ 0.04] on people using Internet messaging platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter.President Yoweri Museveni had pushed for change, arguing that social media encouraged gossip.The law should come into force on...

2018-06-01 13:22:10

Kenyan president gives the vote of confidence for the Huduma Card in guiding financial inclusion

The Kenyan government has expressed a confidence vote for the implementation of the Huduma Card in the country and its role in guiding financial inclusion. The announcement was highlighted during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2017 on Africa, and is in line with events focused on showing how Africa is ensuring that its citizens are enhanced through inclusion. Research conducted by the World...

2018-04-27 13:03:53

IGP Okoth Ochola Promotes Police’s Common Wealth Gold Medalists

The Inspector General of Police Esq Martin Okoth Ochola has this afternoon promoted the Uganda police athletes that represented Uganda at the Gold Coast Common Wealth Games in Australia. SPC Joshua Cheptegei who won two gold medals in 5000 and 10000 metres has been regraded to the police constable and then appointed to the rank of Inspector of Police in addition to a token of Ten Million...

2018-04-22 15:32:03

Queen and Prince Philip portraits released to mark 70th anniversary

First British monarch to celebrate platinum wedding anniversary is pictured with her husband at Windsor Castle. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been pictured in three more photographs as part of a series of portraits released to mark their 70th wedding anniversary. The photographs, taken by British photographer Matt Holyoak, show Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in the White Drawing...

2017-11-20 12:10:16

Robert Mugabe stuns Zimbabwe by failing to quit, as it happened

Here is a transcribed speech from Mugabe’s televised live address Fellow Zimbabweans, I address you today on the back of meeting I held today with the nation’s security command element. This meeting which was facilitated by mediating team led by Fr Fidelis Mukonori of the catholic church, followed an operation mounted by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in the week that has gone by and...

2017-11-20 05:53:55

Bobi Wine Banned From Performing At Music Concerts

Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine has been banned from performing at music concerts writes to fellow artists and musician. The letter follows below; Dear fellow artistes, I write to you today as your fellow artiste and as someone who has fought tooth and nail with you to promote the entertainment industry in Uganda. I believe that all of us are seeing the...

2017-11-19 15:18:29

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