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Government Eases Curfew Restrictions For Air Travellers

Government Eases Curfew Restrictions For Air Travellers

BY OKELLO ALLAN KAMPALA, |SHIFTMEDIA| The worry regarding travelers leaving and entering Uganda via Entebbe past curfew time has been eased. The government has announced that all incoming and outgoing passengers will be allowed to…

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Flies To France For Trade Deals

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Flies To France For Trade Deals

PARIS, Uganda |SHIFTMEDIA NEWS| After receiving the French president in March last year, Kenya’s leader Uhuru Kenyatta is on a visit to Paris. The President will meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée…

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MV Kalangala Set To Resume Operations With Tight COVID 19 SOPs

MV Kalangala Set To Resume Operations With Tight COVID 19 SOPs

BY LYDIA AMUYA  KALANGALA- After eight months of waiting with connections to the islands of Kalangala tired up and so expensive, there is light at the end of the tunnel after pronouncements that MV Kalangala…

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Coronavirus: International Air Transport Association (IATA) Calls For Systematic COVID-19 Testing before Departure

Coronavirus: International Air Transport Association (IATA) Calls For Systematic COVID-19 Testing before Departure

BY OUR REPORTER AMMAN, Jordan, |SHIFTMEDIA| The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic COVID-19 testing for all passengers before departure as an…

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Kenya Airways Finally Cleared To Land In Tanzania

Kenya Airways Finally Cleared To Land In Tanzania

BY OUR REPORTER NAIROBI, Kenya|SHIFTMEDIA|Kenyan airlines have finally been allowed to land in Tanzania, bringing an end to the airspace feud between the two countries. This is after the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) announced…

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Uganda, Total Sign Crude Oil Pipeline Agreement

Uganda, Total Sign Crude Oil Pipeline Agreement

BY ROBERT KAMUKAMA ENTEBBE, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA|The official framework of the Lake Albert Development Project has been finalised following the signing of the Host Government Agreement for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) between Uganda and…

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Beer Lovers To Dig Deeper Into Pockets As Prices Soar Due to Digital Tax

Beer Lovers To Dig Deeper Into Pockets As Prices Soar Due to Digital Tax

BY DOREEN ASSASIRA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Beer lovers who had already started complaining of the increase in beer prices from the normal Ugx3000- 3500 and 3500- 4000 now have reason to remained contented after the beer…

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EAC States Missing Out On The Big Trade With DRC

EAC States Missing Out On The Big Trade With DRC

BY OUR CORRESPONDENT Dar es Salaam. |SHIFTMEDIA NEWS|Pressure for the East African states to tap the trade potentials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is growing – given the many missed trade opportunities the…

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Re-Elected As President of The African Development Bank Group

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Re-Elected As President of The African Development Bank Group

BY OUR REPORTER ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast|SHIFTMEDIANEWS| Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second fiveyear term as President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the…

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Kenya’s KCB Bank Half Year Profits Drop By 40 %

Kenya’s KCB Bank Half Year Profits Drop By 40 %

BY OUR REPORTER NAIROBI, Kenya|SHIFTMEDIA|Kenya’s largest bank, the KCB Group, has reported a 40 per cent drop in net profit for the first half of the year, hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. This is after…

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