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LAST week's newspaper circulation figures indicate that we may have joined the many countries seeing a rapid decline of the industry. Only one daily and one Sunday newspaper were the exception as sales plunged.
IN THE report on the results for the year ended September 30, the directors of Coronation Fund Managers ( Coronat ) emphasised how the performance of their funds had been driven on the criterion of absolute return.
THE genius that is former England and Arsenal striker Ian Wright had us rolling in the aisles the other day when he gave in to the compelling urge to add his bit to the raging debate surrounding the Thierry Henry handball incident.
THIS year the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Friends of FEPACI South Africa (FOFSA) honoured two women in the Media, Dorcas Hove and Linda Mvusi.
According to the NRM research team, the NRM should take heed of some of their recommendations which point to the need for NRM to dialogue with other parties and the public on the reform proposals already made.
I was quite tickled that Mr Tony Buckingham, the shrewd ex-mercenary and chief of Heritage Oil, is set to make £80million (Shs240 billion) from selling its lucrative oil fields in Uganda.
I am convinced that whereas it is not their intention, some media experts can seriously and very effectively disrupt police investigations and the latest example is the unsolved murder of former army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini. (See Gawaya Tegulle's Police equipped to crush riots, not investigate in Saturday Monitor of 21 November.)
Nothing seems to excite and bond Ugandans like sports. That was very much evident during the sixth edition of the MTN Kampala Marathon on Sunday. At the venue -Kololo Airstrip, I met a lanky white young man called Alexander, born and raised in Uganda. Like me, it was his first shot at the marathon and we both had registered for the 10km race. As the race picked rhythm, I noticed Indians, Koreans ...
It sometimes seems like Kenyans are programmed to resist any measure, even if it is good for them. Even Cabinet ministers see no contradiction in casually standing up in public to oppose policies initiated by the very same government they serve.
Most members of Parliament would rather not pay tax on their hefty emoluments if they had their way.
The revelation that about two million Nigerians face losing their jobs in the auto repairs sector is alarming even if logically predictable.
Kenya is still hunting for oil in Isiolo where a Chinese firm has pitched tent.
Surely, the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to make July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day is not a surprise to those who follow the sterling life and times of the former South African president.
It's now official. The oil find in blocks 1 and 3A in the Albertine region are gone to leading Italian multi-national company, Eni S.p.A. Heritage Oil Plc, hitherto operators of the wells, yesterday confirmed media reports it had sold its stakes here at $1.5 billion (Shs2.8 trillion). In a statement, Heritage says a final deal could be sealed by March next year subject to approval of transaction ...
At the end of the month-long FIFA Under-17 World Cup soccer championship last week, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the Federal Government was instituting an inquiry into the finances and conduct of officials of the game's Local Organising Committee (LOC).
Malaria has for a long time been the number one killer disease in Tanzania, as in most tropical countries.
British oil explorer Heritage has sold its fields in Uganda to Italian oil giant Eni SPA for between $1.3b and $1.5b.
IN BELVILLE on Friday, South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials had to call security to protect them from angry taxpayers who wanted to submit their tax returns even though the office was closing. In Germiston on Saturday afternoon, police were called to the SARS office because taxpayers were demanding that officials attend to them.
THE reduction of the Kwacha base-lending rate by Standard Chartered Bank, which will come into effect next month, is a positive move which will benefit the Zambian economy.
The first team of French jurists investigating genocide crimes committed by some Rwandan fugitives currently residing in France, have arrived in the country to carry out a series of interviews with various witnesses.
THERE are 32 days to go before we celebrate Christmas.
Nearly two years ago the world witnessed horrific images of murder and arson on a horrendous scale. We saw pictures of grim-looking, matchete-wielding young men roaming the dusty streets of shanty towns of South Africa hunting for foreign-looking Africans to hack to death.
The U-17 World Cup football championship has ended and contrary to expectations that Nigeria would win the championship for a record fourth time, the country's team failed to live up to this last-minute dream.
A recent incident has made Harun Otieno even more proud of the Pride of Africa that is Kenya Airways. He lost his iPod player on a November 3 flight from London to Nairobi, and had given up all hope. But a few phone calls later, KQ told him they had found it and asked him to go over and identify it. "And I'm once again listening to my favourite tunes. They've the best flight crew, best service and ...
November 17 will go down in history as the day Kenyans at last got an idea of how their future constitution will look like.
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