Provides the latest RSS feeds for Uganda News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kenya Star.com http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/cat/faaba65027d16d8c/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 04:13:35 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:13:35 -0400 30 Serbia-born Sredojevic Milutin has been confirmed as the new coach of Uganda's national football team. He signed a two-year contract Tuesday and will start his work with an away friendly game to Libya June 1, reports Xinhua. The Federation of Uganda Football Association, the country's football governing body, unveiled the coach at its headquarters in the capital here. The appointment follows ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214689407/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 09:50:01 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214689407/scat/faaba65027d16d8c MentorMob have found a model for improving online education for everyone and at the same time they're working to rescue victims of trafficking and abuse in Uganda through ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214708184/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 02:52:53 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214708184/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Internal affairs minister Hillary Onek has clarified that the Government did not close down Red Pepper, the Daily Monitor, Kfm and Dembe FM, but only asked to halt operations as the Police search for the letter authored by Gen. David Sejusa. Delivering a statement to parliament yesterday, Onek said the search will go on until the letter and other documents relating to it are found. Onek told ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707589/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:32 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707589/scat/faaba65027d16d8c A National Transport Master Plan including that for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) has been launched. The plan is to set out a framework for development of the transport sector for over 15 years. State Minister for works John Byabagambi noted that the plan constitutes an essential element for overall planning for the transport sector in the medium-term to foster economic and social ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707588/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:32 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707588/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Mobile money agents have become victims of organised attacks from thugs who are now targeting the booming business, write Charles Etukuri and Simon Masaba Business was booming for 33-year-old Kaita Kitanda, an airtime and mobile money agent, who was operating a series of shops around Kampala. He had made it a tradition to collect all the money from the shops every Saturday and after counting ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707587/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:31 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707587/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Police's continued closure of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper is not only affecting Ugandans but has now crossed the borders into Rwanda, The Observer has learnt. Two Rwandan Kinyarwanda newspapers, Rushyashya and Impamo, which print from Monitor Publications, claim that their already printed copies are part of the documents that police won't let go out of the premises. "I am very ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707306/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:29 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707306/scat/faaba65027d16d8c recently chose this important tool to symbolize their movetowards greater heights in their activities to improve the lives of the poor in Uganda. "We build ladders. Unique, very special ladders. On these ladders people climb to a better life," says the foundation's management in a report. " As a development organisation whose goal is to eradicate poverty, the ladders are the ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707398/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 01:21:28 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214707398/scat/faaba65027d16d8c IBM ) today announced that they have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Republic of Uganda that makes the country the first in Africa to become a member of the ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214706544/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Thu, 23 May 2013 00:25:44 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214706544/scat/faaba65027d16d8c The government is seeking sh200b in supplementary budget for on-going road works, the works state minister, Eng. John Byabagambi has revealed. The request arises from the over performance of contractors yet the funds allotted to the works and transport ministry in the 2012/13 FY were absorbed before the financial year winds-up in June 2012. "The contractors worked ahead of schedule," ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214694779/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:05 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214694779/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Rubaga Girls Primary School pupils had assembled to listen to an HIV awareness talk.The school always created an opportunity for the pupils and their parents to learn about different issues, including HIV. Among the visiting experts to address them was Dr. Lutakome. To start his discussion he asked, "What does being HIV infected or affected mean?" The class burst into murmurs which ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214693520/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:51 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214693520/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Screening of prisoners as they join cells has reduced Tuberculosis infections in prisons, the in charge of medical services at Luzira Upper Prison Dr. Joshua Oluka has said. According to the Prisons medical service, previously, TB prevalence in prisons was estimated at 10% compared to the 6.4% national prevalence rate of which more than 100 prisoners were on TB treatment annually, however, to ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214693519/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:51 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214693519/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Uganda's veteran journalist Ben Bella Illakut preaches caution in the fight for media freedom but still insists government must not tell journalists what to write. The fight for media freedom is not easy because "the political forces are powerful," Illakut said yesterday, in the wake of the closure of Daily Monitor and Red Repper publications, and KFM and Dembe FM. "These ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214691918/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 11:12:10 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214691918/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - A Captain in the US Air Force, President and founder of the Uganda-American Sickle-Cell Rescue Fund, Lukiah Mulumba has organized the first Sickle Cell Anemia conference. The one-day event to be attended by patients and doctors from all over the country is scheduled for July 11, 2013 at Hotel Africana in Kampala. Sickle Cell Anemia is a big health problem in Uganda but has hitherto ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688754/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:13 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688754/scat/faaba65027d16d8c The premises of the The Red pepper publications and The Monitor newspaper, Uganda are still being occupied by police for the third day after a raid by officers on Monday. The dailies offices were taken raided after the papers last week published a press release sent to them from General David Sejusa's lawyers purporting that there was a plot on the lives of individuals opposed to President ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688756/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:13 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688756/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Ugandan journalists say their right to protect the identity of their sources is under siege, as police halt work at a number of newspapers and radio stations, demanding the release of a controversial letter. A police raid at two Ugandan newspapers, The Daily Monitor and Red Pepper, went into a second day on Tuesday ( 21.05.2013) and journalists working for these two dailies were again barred ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688755/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:13 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688755/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Tourism minister, Mrs. Maria Mutagamba, has asked the government for new custom-built tour vehicles and professional drivers to ease transportation of tourists. Mutagamba said lack of government vehicles to transport tourists increases the cost of traveling to upcountry national parks. She said although the tourism sector is dominated by the private sector there's need for the ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688753/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:13 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688753/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP) is this July launching another third Phase I trial to develop an HIV vaccine since 1999 when the first trial was launched. Phase I is the first stage in developing a candidate HIV vaccine and involves a small number of uninfected participants at a low risk of acquiring HIV. This year's trial, according to MUWRP's Executive Director Dr ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688757/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:12 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688757/scat/faaba65027d16d8c As government prepares for the construction of an oil refinery in Hoima district, plans to build a petroleum distribution terminal at Buloba, outside Kampala, have been mooted. Irene Batebe, a petroleum officer in charge of refining at the Petroleum Exploration and Production department (PEDP), told journalists recently that a pipeline from the refinery would deliver oil products at Buloba, on ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688758/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:12 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688758/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Increase in the share price of certain counters at the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) have boosted trading levels at the bourse. There have been huge volumes of shares traded on the Stanbic Bank Uganda and Umeme counters as a result of the increase in their share prices. According to market analysts, increased demand for the shares on these counters increased the share price and ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688759/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:12 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688759/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Uganda signed a bilateral trade partnership with the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka last week. President Mahinda Rajapaksa was in Uganda to hold talks with President Yoweri Museveni and meet a cross section of the business community. He also officially opened the new Sri Lanka High Commission in Kampala. This is expected to strengthen the diplomatic and business ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688432/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:08 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688432/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Housing Finance Bank Limited (HFBL) has gone into partnership with Umeme, the electricity distributor to ease payment of bills. HFBL is offering its MCash electronic platform for more customer convenience. Its attraction is that it allows you to save and transfer money to other people or make payments at participating outlets. MCash is an electronic wallet of money that you can access ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688428/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:08 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688428/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Turkish Airlines, the two time winner of Europe's Best Airline Award and the people behind the popular ad of Lionel Messi dueling with Kobe Bryant, say they are ready to work with Uganda's Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders to promote the country's attractions. Speaking to the East African Business Week in an exclusive interview last week, Erbil Akgun, the ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688098/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 08:41:07 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214688098/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala (uganda) / Brussels (belgium) - European banks and pension funds are funding palm oil giant Wilmar International, a company implicated in land grabbing in Uganda, according to new research released today. [1] British, Dutch, French and German banks give over one billion euros of financial assistance to Wilmar and European and American financial institutions own shares in the company ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214687380/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 07:31:02 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214687380/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - The World Bank has approved $100 million for Uganda to improve its growth and competitiveness. The International Development Association (IDA) credit for the 'Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP)' has been approved by the Bank's Board of Executive Directors. "Uganda has considerable potential to achieve higher growth and create new jobs, but ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214686105/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:57 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214686105/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Pool Association of Uganda (PAU) last week sealed a three-year sponsorship deal worth Ush1.71bn ($641509) from beer company Nile Breweries under their flagship brand, Nile Special. Nile Special brand manager Timothy Kayondo, emphasized the brand's commitment towards growing sports in general. The PAU chairman, Farouk Wamala Kisuze said "We shall leverage our partnership with ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214686104/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:57 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214686104/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Reporters Without Borders is appalled by raids, on Monday (May 20), by police on two Kampala-based newspapers, the forced closure of their printing presses and the closure of two radio stations. The raids were carried out in the morning on the headquarters of Pepper Publications, which publishes the newspaper Red Pepper and two other weekly magazines, and the headquarters of Monitor Publications ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214686106/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:56 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214686106/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - James Tumusiime, the Managing Director of Fountain Publishers Limited and founder of the Igongo Cultural Centre in Biharwe, western Uganda, has been appointed the new Chairman of the Uganda Tourism Board. He replaces William Byaruhanga who was the chairperson until his tenure ended in 2011. The new chairman together with his board will serve for the next three years. A new Board of ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685713/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:53 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685713/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Two Ugandan secondary school students will compete in this year's Certport Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship set to begin on July 31 and end on August 3 in Washington D.C. Majaso Limited, a long standing partner of Certport Inc the lead organizers, said students from twelve secondary schools will sit a qualifying Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Microsoft W0rd 2010 ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685580/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:51 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685580/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has suggested investors go into provision of high quality health services to limit medical tourism. Currently, India is the leading provider of these services. "You should also consider investing in specialized medical facilities to stop medical tourism," Museveni said recently while meeting potential tourism investors in London. He ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685757/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:51 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685757/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Uganda's Minister of Information and National Guidance has said the government is not interfering with press freedom after Monday's raid on the Daily Monitor publications. The minister, Mary Okurut, said the police's action at the Nation Media Group premises in Namuwongo, cordoning off of Pepper Publications in Namanve and taking KFM and Dembe FM off-air was because of national ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685150/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:15:22 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214685150/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Nairobi - Ugandan police surrounded the Kampala offices of two private newspapers for seven hours on Monday, barring access to the premises, disabling printing presses, and effectively halting publication indefinitely, according to news reports. The police said they had search warrants to find documents related to a letter written by an army official that described an assassination plot. One of ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214684727/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 05:15:18 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214684727/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Soldiers in Uganda's Battle Group 9+ contingent are returning home after completing a 13-month tour of duty under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Sunday (May 19th), AMISOM announced in a press release. The soldiers were presented with peacekeeping medals at a ceremony at Mogadishu's Aden Adde International Airport, attended by senior AMISOM officials and Ugandan ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214684120/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:08:49 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214684120/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Daily Monitor staff locked in and not allowed to leave by the police. The management of Monitor Publications Ltd strongly condemns the closure by Uganda Police today of its newspaper, The Monitor, and its Radio Stations, KFM and Dembe FM. About 50 armed men in Police Uniform stormed the company’s premises at Namuwongo at noon with a Search warrant, blocked all exits and insisted they ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214683677/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 04:08:47 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214683677/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Briton Bobby Williamson last month after Uganda lost further ground in their qualifying group for the 2014 finals in Brazil with a March defeat in Liberia. Sredojevich was also sacked last month by Uganda's neighbours Rwanda after a poor run of results but has built a reputation at club level in east Africa over the last decade. Uganda host Liberia on June 8 and a week later play Angola, ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682120/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 02:08:48 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682120/scat/faaba65027d16d8c United Nations - Armed groups in central Africa are using powerful weapons, some of which may be left over from the civil war in Libya, to kill elephants for their ivory, the United Nations said on Monday. In a report to the U.N. Security Council, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said elephant poaching was a growing security concern, particularly in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682123/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:20 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682123/scat/faaba65027d16d8c The Police have said they are yet to complete their search at the Monitor and Red Pepper offices. In a brief statement signed by Judith Nabakooba, the Police spokesperson, the force said: "On Monday, May 20, in pursuance of the search warrants, the Police cordoned off the Red Pepper and Monitor offices to conduct a search for press releases and documents purportedly authored by Gen. David ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682122/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:20 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682122/scat/faaba65027d16d8c SERBIAN tactician Milutin "Micho" Sredojevic is likely to be unveiled as Cranes coach today. Local soccer governing body FUFA has called a press conference where Micho's appointment is expected to be the big news. The Cranes job recently went vacant following the sacking Bobby Williamson. The Scotsman, a record four time CECAFA winner, failed on his key assignment of taking the ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682126/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:19 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682126/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Former local government minister Jaberi Bidandi Ssali remains in the intensive care unit at Nakasero Hospital where he was admitted following an accident in Kiwatule. Several relatives and friends were throughout the day blocked from accessing his room after doctors ruled that he needed rest. Relatives nursing him include his wife Susan, son Hajji Umar Kakonge and daughter Asia. Bidandi, the ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682128/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:19 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682128/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Embattled Iryn Namubiru's manager, Thadeus Mubiru, is being accused by the singer's family of setting her up by packing drugs in her luggage. This comes as the singer's worried family and fans await her fate this week. Iryn, whose fate will be decided on May 25, is being held at Chiba prison on drug trafficking charges. She faces not less than 8 years in jail should she be ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682125/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:19 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682125/scat/faaba65027d16d8c A man hacked his wife Monday morning accusing her of infidelity, before taking poison. The tragedy, that shocked residents of Ndejje Central Zone in Makindye Division, followed a bitter split between Martin Kazibwe, 32, and Justine Nanyonjo over issues of infidelity. Kazibwe is reported to have been sharing a house with Justine, but split with her accusing her of seeing another man. Justine, ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682127/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:19 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682127/scat/faaba65027d16d8c The U.S. on May.21 criticised the raid of two newspapers and closure of two other radio stations saying the disruptions, no matter the justifications offered, risk having a chilling effect on the freedoms of expression and speech enshrined in the Ugandan Constitution. "We understand Ugandan security authorities searched and disrupted operations at several of Uganda's leading media ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682124/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:19 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214682124/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Uganda police abused its power and the law by closing two independent newspapers and radio stations in the wildest media attack, The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) has said. Armed police raided and closed down The RedPepper, a tabloid, Uganda's largest independent newspaper, The Daily Monitor, and its sister radios, KFM and Dembe FM, following reports that the President was ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681873/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:15 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681873/scat/faaba65027d16d8c NIKO Insurance has reiterated that suspicions of fraud halted payment of sh1.1b that it undertook to pay as performance guarantee bond to Government in the supply of 70,000 bicycles meant for LC officials. The insurer's chief executive officer, Ronald Zaake, voiced the firm's stance Tuesday afternoon at the Commercial Court in Kampala. He was in court presided by Justice Christopher ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681880/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:12 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681880/scat/faaba65027d16d8c The Government has called for massive investment in the beef industry as a way of eradicating poverty. State minister for trade David Wakikhona said the livestock sector has big investment potential because of the high production in the country. Wakikhona cited forage seed production, animal breeding and supply of livestock, construction of abattoirs and vaccine development as some of the many ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681086/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:01 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681086/scat/faaba65027d16d8c AS Parliament is bracing itself for a heated debate on Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) report with both the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, and KCCA Executive Director, Ssemakula Musisi, underscoring the importance of the debate with their attendance. The parliamentary VIP gallery is packed to the rafters with pro-Lukwago and Musisi councilors eager to see where the pendulum on the contentious ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681085/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:01 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681085/scat/faaba65027d16d8c TELECOM companies are shifting focus to mobile-to-bank account services, ensuring that customers transfer money to and from their bank accounts to their mobile phones. Airtel money and Warid Pesa have already embraced the mobile-to-bank account service to provide banking convenience to millions of people. Brian Kimathi, head of sales at Warid Pesa noted that mobile technology has a critical ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681087/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:01 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681087/scat/faaba65027d16d8c The shilling depreciated 0.47% against the greenback as demand continues to outstrip supply, trader's note that the trend may carry on through the week. Faisal Bukenya, the head of market making at Barclays Bank notes that high demand from oil and manufacturing sectors coupled by high inter-bank rates have seen the shilling lose some gound. The local unit was trading at 2,574/2,584 buying ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681088/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:00 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681088/scat/faaba65027d16d8c As Africa waits for the launch this Sunday of Big Brother The Chase, which is the eighth season of the AfricaMagic reality TV show, something meant to take fans down memory lane is underway already. As you read this, Big Brother fans across Africa are already refreshing their memories with highlights from Big Brother StarGame, the seventh season of the reality show, which aired last year, with ... http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681089/scat/faaba65027d16d8c Wed, 22 May 2013 00:45:00 -0400 http://www.kenyastar.com/index.php/sid/214681089/scat/faaba65027d16d8c