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UPDF commissions biometric system

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Group photo after the launch of the biometrics system at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs in Mbuya

The UPDF Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Wilson Mbadi has commissioned and launched the biometrics systems and Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Identity Cards at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) Headquarters at Mbuya.

In his remarks, the CDF commended the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs and the Chieftaincy of Integrated Resource Management Information System (CIRMIS) for the upgrade made on the biometrics. He noted that the dynamics of ICT are evolving very fast and this electronic system will make jobs easier. “Upgrading is going to make the system more efficient and effective,” he noted.

He urged the Joint Chief of Staff and the Permanent Secretary to always respond expeditiously not only in the procurement of IRMIS but also other areas that require focus especially those that work for all peculiarities not a “one size fit all”. He requested them to buy more printing machines for efficiency.

In his closing remarks, the CDF thanked the team for the perseverance and contribution towards the IRMIS and implored them to work on a few challenges to enhance output. “This will help people to spend less time on desks and engage in activities that enhance one’s health.” he concluded.

This is among the various interventions is meant to eliminate streamline personnel accountability at work. The system is online operated.

The system has an embedded biometrics component for verification and identity card printing designed to effectively identify the UPDF personnel. The Ministry under Secretary for Finance and Administration, Ms. Edith Butuuro who represented the Permanent Secretary, congratulated the Chief of IRMIS for the success achieved and the endurance. “Despite the hardships, he had the zeal for the work, competence and the skills. We wouldn’t have been here. I am glad that both mother and baby are well.” She complimented.

The Chief Integrated Resource Management Information Systems Brig Gen Baguma Mugume, in his remarks mentioned that the project will provide the institution with a smart and secure ID for identification, as well as reports of verification and roll call attendance.

He noted that the Human Resource Management (HRM) system or the Integrated Resource Management Information System (IRMIS) that integrates with the biometrics is long overdue for upgrade and therefore the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) and the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) needs to prioritize investing in systems as a way of improving work processes and service delivery. “We need only need to look back at how far we have come from and try to visualize where we would be without IRMIS system, to be able to understand what I am talking about.” He noted.

He thanked the CDF Chieftaincies and staff of the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs for their keen interest in the system, prompt facilitation, support, guidance accorded to implement the project

In attendance was the Joint Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda, Chief of Staff Air Forces, Brig Gen David Gonyi, Chief of Staff Land Forces, Brig Gen Bob Ogik and Brig Gen Mwanje Ssekiranda, the Chief of Staff, Reserve Forces among other Chiefs, Directors and Staff officers from the Joint services.

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MUBS seeks Parliament support to stop land squatters

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Prof. Wasswa-Balunywa

Makerere University Business School (MUBS) is on the verge of losing land to squatters, the University’s Principal, Prof. Waswa Balunywa, has said.

Balunywa said the university has failed to have physical possession of the two acre piece of land located in Kireka Hill View, 20 years after acquiring the land from Uganda Land Commission (ULC).

“We have been grappling with this land issue for 20 years now. People have been encroaching on our land and up to now we have failed to take charge of this land [in Kireka] because squatters have already built houses and it is not easy to get the squatters out of the land. Our engineers have been there several times and they have been chased,” Prof. Balunywa said.

He said this while appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (Central) to respond to Auditor General’s queries for Financial Year 2020/2021 on Wednesday, 07 September 2022.   

It should be recalled that MUBS owned up to 13 acres of land in Bugoloobi, a Kampala suburb which was given out to private developers by ULC. However, after an out of court settlement, the land commission compensated the school with 0.9 hectares of land (about two acres) located in the swampy part of Kireka-Butabika.  

Prof. Balunywa says that despite the university being in possession of the land title, efforts to take control of the land has remained futile due to resistance from the squatters. He added that management is stranded and cannot value, gazette nor develop the said land due to the challenge of squatters.

He appealed to the committee to assist them take physical possession of the said land.

“It is this same committee [PAC] that helped us to get compensated by the Uganda Land Commission. We seek for the same support to help us take possession of this land,” he said.

PAC vice chairperson, Asuman Basalirwa, advised MUBS management to drag the squatters to court since they have the land title to justify ownership of the land.

Ibanda North County MP Xavier Kyooma was quick to note that perhaps MUBS has not explored all options including writing to the squatters and securing an eviction court order to claim the land.

“Why wouldn’t they [MUBS] secure an eviction court order like others have been doing? And also this is an evidence based committee and I would be very happy to find out that MUBS has made all attempts and have finally got a court eviction and that Police has not helped them,” Kyooma said, adding that it is prudent that the committee helps MUBS to secure the land whether it is located on the wetland or otherwise.

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MPs pass Bill promoting local content

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Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) Henry Musasizi

Parliament has passed the National Local Content Bill, 2022 intended to foster promotion of local content in all but the oil, gas and petroleum sector.

Among others, the bill seeks to impose local content obligations on a person using public money or utilising Uganda’s natural resources or carrying out an activity requiring a licence to prioritise Ugandan citizens and resident companies owned by citizens in public procurement.

Key among them being section 4 of the bill that tasks a local content entity to give preference to goods which are manufactured in Uganda as well as services which are provided my Ugandan entities.

The bill was passed on Tuesday, 06 September 2022 during plenary chaired by Speaker Anita Among, following a request by the President to reconsider certain clauses to the bill passed by the 10th Parliament.

“The bill is in conflict with the East African Monetary Union. Under Article 13 of the Customs Union Protocol, the [East African Community] EAC partner states agreed to remove all existing non-tariff barriers to trade and not to impose any new ones,” said President Yoweri Museveni in his letter to the Speaker.

The President also expressed reservations on enacting a Local Content Department under the Ministry for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, in a bid to implement the law.

“It is not feasible for one department to approve local content plans from bidders, for each individual procurement for the whole country,” the President further stated in his letter.

The Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Keefa Kiwanuka, said that the oil and gas sector should be excluded because it is unique in characterisation of lengthy investment without profit which calls for international players.

He added that the law governing the oil and gas sector was cognisant of that and catered for a provision of local content.

“The government entered contracts with select companies in the sector using the prevailing legal regime and therefore, deviating from that may lead us into sanctions,” Kiwanuka highlighted.

Parliament further designated the responsibility of observing the local content law to the Department of Procurement Policy and Management under the finance ministry.

The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) Henry Musasizi, proposed an amendment which was adopted by the House on the role of developing and applying local content plans.

This application of the local content was left to the various Procurement and Disposal Units under Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure that efficiency in the procurement process is not undermined.

Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal, in support of the above submitted that evaluation of the entire system of procurement must be subjected to local content.

“This is a broader issue that should also focus on recruitment of personnel beyond just goods and services because some companies do not recruit locals at all,” she noted.

MPs agreed that government integrates the development of cooperatives in its local content promotion strategy and Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU) Policy.

Kassanda County North MP Patrick Nsamba who introduced the bill said that it will ensure that Ugandan products are consumed and that local firms are involved in public procurements.

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Burundi President Ndayishimiye purges cabinet after warning of coup

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President Evariste Ndayishimiye

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye sacked his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level purge Wednesday after warning of a “coup” plot against him.

He sacked his prime minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and his cabinet chief General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama in the troubled central African country.

At a hastily called parliamentary session, lawmakers approved the appointment of security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca to replace Bunyoni as prime minister in a unanimous 113-0 vote, the national broadcaster RTNB said.

Bunyoni’s departure came after Ndayishimiye, who has been in power for just over two years, last week warned of a coup plot against him.

“Do you think an army general can be threatened by saying they will make a coup? Who is that person? Whoever it is should come and, in the name of God, I will defeat him,” Ndayishimiye had warned at a meeting of government officials on Friday.

The fate of Bunyoni, a senior figure in the CNDD-FDD party, the former rebel group that has ruled the impoverished country for years, was not immediately known.

Nizigama was replaced by Colonel Aloys Sindayihebura, who until now has been in charge of domestic intelligence within the National Intelligence Service.

Ndayishimiye took power in June 2020 after his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza died of what the Burundian authorities said was heart failure.

His election in May 2020 had offered promise after the chaotic and bloody rule of his predecessor, although the country has failed to improve its dire record on human rights.

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Nkurunziza had launched a crackdown on political opponents in 2015 that left 1,200 people dead and made Burundi a global pariah.

The turmoil erupted after Nkurunziza launched a bid for a third term in office, despite concerns over the legality of such a move.

The United States and the European Union had imposed sanctions over the unrest that also sent 400,000 people fleeing the country, with reports of arbitrary arrests, torture, killings and enforced disappearances.

Earlier this year, both resumed aid flows to the landlocked nation of 12 million people after easing the 2015 sanctions.

Civil society groups have returned, the BBC is allowed to broadcast again and the EU — Burundi’s largest foreign donor — has commended efforts to fight corruption.

Ndirakobuca, the newly appointed premier, was among those sanctioned in 2015 by the United States for “silencing those opposed” to Nkurunziza’s third term bid.

Burundi’s history is littered with presidential assassinations, coups, ethnic massacres and a long civil war that ended in 2006 and left some 300,000 dead.

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NSSF plans to launch Housing Project on disputed Lubowa land, legal owners cry out

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Simon Kabayo
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NSSF MD Richard Byarugaba

A team of four Ugandans who include Lubowa Muhammad Kityo, Bogere Moses, Namanya Betty, Daphine Nakanwagi the lawful owners of land measuring over 186 acres located in Lubowa on block 269, plots 3234, 3235,3236,3237,3238,3239, and 3240 respectively have pledged to protect their ownership against whoever wants to grab their land.

The four owners have been battling in court with the National Social Security Fund – NSSF over the ownership of the land until the Court made a ruling in their favor and even ordered for compensation.

According to the documents tendered in court, the land owners dragged commissioner land Registration in court vide Misc cause No 227 of 2020 accusing him of illegally canceling of their title.

The case was before justice Ssekaana Musa who ruled that commissioner land Registration had no right to cancel the certificate of titles on the basis of forgery.

“In the premises I find that the respondent had no right to cancel the applicant’s certificate of titles on the basis of forgery and I hereby grant this application with costs to the applicants,” justice Sekana Musa’s ruling reads.

Justice Sekana says that the Court quashes the decision of the registrar and Registration canceling the certificates of title for the applicants.

The owners of the Land say they have been reliably informed that the NSSF intends to launch the commissioning of their housing project and they intend to invite President Museveni as the Chief Guest on their land without them as part of the development.

“We have gotten intelligence information that NSSF is launching the commissioning of their housing project which were built on our land which they have not yet cleared with and they have called the President of this country to be the chief Guest which is contrary to the court ruling and judgment that gave us powers on our Land,” the owners said.

According documents from the Internal office memorandum “MEMO” from ministry of lands housing and Urban development dated 10/05/2021, Under the Ref RE Land located in Lubowa of wakiso District Doubly Registered as Block 269 plots 3234- 3240 and also as Block 269 plot 1322, claimed by both National social security fund (NSSF) and some individuals seen and obtained indicate that Betty Namisango Kamya while still the Minister of lands, housing and Urban development directed the acting commissioner for land Registration to comply with the Court order and the ruling under Misc cause No 227 of 2020 dated 21st Dec 2020 by facilitating the quite possession and free enjoyment of ownership of plots 3234- 3240 by Lubowa Muhammad Kityo, Bogere Moses, Namanya Betty and Daphine Nakanwagi by allowing them to transact any lawful business of their choice on the subject land governed by the principal of justice delayed is justice denied.

Kamya added that she will be informing Col Edith Nakalema of these findings and her directive to comply with the Court order.

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Ham contests Land Commission directive over titles, cites bias 

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City businessman Hamis Kiggundu popularly known as Ham.

City businessman Hamis Kiggundu popularly known as Ham has contested a report of Commissioner Land Registration in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to cancel some of his titles on the contested land with Buganda Land Board.

“We act for M/s Kiham Enterprises Limited, the registered proprietor of the above land. Our attention is drawn to the decision your office issued yesterday in respect of the above matter where you directed the amendment of the above register which affects our client’s freehold titles. Our client is aggrieved by the above decision and has instructed us to challenge it on grounds of evident procedural impropriety and irregularities” reads letter from Muwema and Company Advocates addressed to Commissioner Land Registration which Eagle Online has seen.

Yesterday the Commissioner Land Registration Baker Mugaino issued a directive to cancel plots 23974,23976,23977 on block 278 saying they had been subdivided from plot 23720 in error.

“Not that there is a title overlay but Mailo titles were issued earlier. I note that the procedures of allocating land for freehold titles were flawed and had illegalities. Now therefore, by powers conferred upon me under S.91 of the Land Act having found that the certificate of titles in Kyadondo block 273 plots 23974, 23976, 23977 subdivided from plot23720 were illegally issued I hereby order that the same be cancelled and expunged from register book forth worth” Mr Mugaino wrote.

Through his attorneys says that they have observed that the Land Registration decision hijacked the public hearing process which was setup to investigate and handle the dispute\complaint of the alleged overlap of Ham’s freehold land titles on mailo land.

“We also observe that your decision is based on a minority report which contradicts the findings of the joint survey report made by the technical team commissioned by the tribunal. It is clear that the joint survey team which was staff from your department, surveys and mapping, Makerere University, NEMA and surveyors of the parties, concluded that our client’s freehold land titles are on public land.”

“It is, however, not clear on what basis the minority report could find otherwise and whether this report was intended to serve the interests of the truth or that of the complaint. We therefore request to be availed with a copy of the Ministry survey report and the typed proceedings of the public hearing to facilitate our next course of action” Counsel Muwema wrote.

Earlier this year, Buganda Land Board (BLB) petitioned police seeking its intervention to stop construction of a road and drainage channel through Plot 273, 38, 87, 99,110 and others allegedly belonging to Buganda Kingdom. The kingdom averred that Kiggundu illegally created official kingdom Milo land, free hold title composed of WAK 6104, FOLIO 25, Block 273, Plot 23977 and the same are under cancellation proceeding at the Ministry of Lands.

According to Kiggundu, the said land is a Freehold land granted by Wakiso District Land Board and the Freehold Land Titles were issued in November 2019 by Wakiso District Land Office. The subject land falls under ‘Public Land’ formerly Plot 20 and referred to as, ‘Total Lake Area’, originally measuring approximately 289.34 Acres.

According to an earlier report from the technical team constituted by the office of the Commissioner Land Registration, the team based on the findings on the examination and crucial analysis of historical maps, land tenure maps, cadastral sheets, extract of coordinates from land information system and copies of certificates of title of the subject land. It reveals that there was both Mailo and Public land in the area.

“The key finding from the investigation is that there is existence of both Mailo and Public land on Block 273 with respective areas of approximately 10587.021 acres and 183.179 acres. Additionally, Mailo and Freehold titles in the area of interest encroach on each other by the extent shown in the report” reads the investigation report.

However, later BLB contradicted itself and alleged that Ham’s land was theirs but under a wetland. Why would Ham’s contested land be under wetland while at the same time Miremba Villas, golf Course and Serena Hotel Kigo that fall under the same block aren’t.

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Amuriat, Doreen Nyanjura to attend this year’s Nyege Nyege festival

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FDC president Patrick Oboi Amuriat

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Kampala Deputy Mayor Doreen Nyanjura have revealed that they will attend this year’s Nyege Nyege festival slated for next week.

The four days festival which attracts over 10,000 people start on Thursday 15th September in Jinja on the Nile River’s banks at Itanda Falls.

Following the clearance of the event to proceed, Amuriat and Nyanjura said they will attend and asked to be furnished with where to purchase their tickets from.

“Due to this Nyege Nyege hullabaloo caused by Parliament; I’ve decided to attend this year’s festival. I hate making uninformed judgments. Nyege Nyege appears to behave like running water. Stand in its way, it’ll find its way,” Amuriat said on Twitter

“So where are the Nyege Nyege tickets sold, I want one for myself and for someone’s son,” Nyanjura asked.

This comes after the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, together with the organizers and the concerned government ministries, today cleared the festival to go ahead after Parliament had blocked it on grounds that it affects the morals of the children. Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi during plenary said the event is a breeding ground for sexual immorality.

Nabbanja however cleared the event to take place but within the strict guidelines to be developed by the Ministry of Ethics and Integrity.

 “It is too late to cancel the international event since thousands of international tourists have made the necessary payments for visas while some have jetted into the country,” she said.

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UNBS hosts the 24th CCAFRICA meeting to discuss strategies for strengthening food safety in Africa

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Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) on behalf of Uganda is hosting over 250 delegates from 49 African Countries and other global Partners for a Week-Long Hybrid International Conference to discuss Strategies for Strengthening Food Safety in Africa.

Uganda is currently the Coordinator and Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Health Organization (WHO) CODEX Alimentarius Commission, Coordinating Committee for Africa (CCAFRICA).

CODEX Alimentarius Commission was established by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1963 and is charged with the development of International Food Standards in order to promote the Quality and Safety of Food, with the aim of protecting Consumers’ Health and ensuring Fair Trade Practices in the Food Value Chains.  CODEX is currently comprised of 188 Member Countries and the European Union (EU). Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) is the CODEX Contact Point in Uganda.

Other key Ministries, Departments, and Agencies that are involved in Food Safety Control Systems and are involved in CODEX Activities in Uganda include the Ministry of Health (Chair of the National CODEX Committee), Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC), National Drug Authority (NDA), Dairy Development Authority (DDA(, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and Government Analytical Laboratory (GAL). Others are representatives of Consumer Organizations, Academia, Research, Civil society, and the Private Sector.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the impact of consuming Unsafe Food on Public Health remains significant in the African Continent, with more than 91 Million people falling ill and over 137, 000 deaths occurring annually. 

“In order to effectively address the Food Safety challenges, there is a need to strengthen National Food Control Systems that are forward-looking, people-centered, and cost-effective, covering both the formal and informal food sectors. Future improvements in Food Safety and Public Health will also largely depend on how sectors manage to collaborate using the One Health approach” said Dr. Bayo Segun Fatunmbi, from the World Health Organisation Uganda Country Office.

Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) observed that the majority of African Economies which majorly dependent on Food and Agriculture must deploy strong Food Safety Control Systems in order to promote trade and consumption of safe food, both within the Continent and beyond. He encouraged the African Partner States to adopt and harmonize relevant Food Safety Standards in order to facilitate seamless trade within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), on the basis of One Standard, One Market.

The engagement comes at a time when the African Regional Blocks such as The East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are coming together to form one big market under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Mr. Charles Musekuura, the Chairman of the UNBS National Standards Council (NSC), pledged to continue prioritizing CODEX and other International Standardization Activities in the Bureau’s Work Program given that UNBS is both a Member of CODEX, International Standardization Organization (ISO), African Regional Standards Organization and other Regional Standards Bodies.

The ongoing Conference is being Chaired by Mr. Hakim Mufumbiro from Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) as Coordinator of the CODEX Coordinating Committee for AFRICA (CCAFIRCA) and will be discussing the following aspects; Food Safety and Quality Situation in Africa, Draft Regional Standard for Dried Meat, Draft Guidelines for developing Harmonized Food Safety Legislation for the CCAFRICA Region.

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Burundi president warns coup makers, you won’t manage me as rumors persist

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President Evariste Ndayishimiye

Just when it all seemed calm, Burundi’s political tensions have risen again, following suspicions some senior leaders were plotting to oust President Evariste Ndayishimiye.

On Friday last week, President Ndayishimiye, while addressing government officials in the capital Gitega, warned “some individuals” who he did not name are threatening to overthrow his government, just after two years in the office.

“Do you think an army general can be threatened by saying they will make a coup d’état?  Who is that? Whoever it is should come and in the name of God I will defeat him,” Mr Ndayishimiye warned.

The Burundian president expressed his frustration in the country’s political capital after video clips circulated on social media showing the country’s Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni lamenting about “individuals who are backbiting” instead of telling things straight away.

The clips raised concerns of a possible feud between the Prime Minister and the President due to a power struggle even though the two have often appeared in public and the council of ministers meetings together.

“I want to tell those who think they are powerful to be humble…there is one I saw…in Burundi, there will never be any coup d’état again and God is the witness…those who wish bad things for Burundi, they should prepare for defeat,” the Burundian leader and army general warned.

A professor at the University of Bujumbura told The EastAfrican that the tensions between the PM and the President may be because of the policy changes under Gen Ndayishimiye. “There is a struggle inside the system as the president is changing a lot of things like fighting corruption and impunity. Many within are feeling the pinch,” he said on condition of anonymity so he can discuss the topic without fear of reprisals.

President Ndayishimiye, who took over power in June 2020, promised to restore the rule of law, accountability and fight against impunity.  This has resulted to dozens of high profile government officials relieved from their duties for failure to deliver. This push has seen him regularise ties with the West as financial sanctions imposed by the European Union were lifted in February this year.

Burundi had gone through turmoil since it gained its Independence in 1962 with the most recent political crisis dating back in 2015 when protests against the former president Pierre Nkurunziza led to deaths of more than 1,000 people. There was a coup attempt to overthrow Nkurunziza’s government as he attended a summit of the East African Community in Dar es Salaam. The culprits are still serving jail terms.

“A coup d’état at this moment is more difficult but what we need to understand is that there is a crack within the system, and who knows what comes tomorrow? The president is facing a big challenge now,” the professor argued.

Burundi has witnessed three coups, two presidential assassinations, in addition to the failed coup in 2015 that plunged the country into deadly unrest.

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Tanzania lowers fuel prices

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Fueling a car

Motorists in Tanzania will breathe a sigh of relief starting today after the regulator cut fuel prices in response to a slowdown in global oil prices.

In its newly published statement, the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) says a litre of petrol will now be sold at a price that is cheaper by TSh441, while diesel will fetch TSh197 less than what it used to cost during the preceding month.

The new price for a litre of petrol in Dar es Salaam is TSh2,969, while diesel will fetch TSh3,125.

“The oil prices in the world market in July 2022 decreased compared to prices for June 2022. Hence, the fuel prices in the local market decreased as well at a range between TSh271/litre and TSh362/litre for petrol and by TSh430/litre for kerosene compared with the subsidized prices of August 2022,” Ewura says in its statement.

The statement however, with an exception of diesel that was imported via Tanga whose price decreased by TSh13/litre, the price for the product imported via Dar es Salaam and Mtwara is increasing this September by TSh37/litre and TSh86/litre respectively.

However, in its effort to continue reducing the effect of increasing fuel prices to the country whereby most of the economic activities depend on diesel and also reducing a gap between petrol and diesel prices, the government has issued a subsidy of TSh65 billion for the September 2022 fuel prices.

Fuel prices rose to their highest levels in Tanzania last month when a litre of petrol in Dar es Salaam reached TSh3,410 up from TSh3, 220 an increase of TSh190, whereas a litre of diesel will go for TSh3,322 from 3, 143 of the preceding month.

Authorities say the rise is largely due to a disruption in the global supply chain, occasioned by the Ukraine War which started on February 24, 2022.

That also came against the backdrop of a rise in demand after global economies resumed production after the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021.

According to Ewura, oil marketing companies are free to sell their products at a price that gives them a competitive advantage provided that they [such prices] do not exceed the price cap and is not below the floor price for the relevant product.

“All petrol stations are required to publish petroleum product prices on clearly visible boards. The price boards should clearly show prices charged, discounts offered as well as any trade incentives or promotions on offer. Consumers are encouraged to purchase from stations that sell products at the most competitive prices and offer better services,” Ewura says.

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