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Minister to govt: Buy electric buses
In a speech at the sixth Engineers Forum on December 5, the minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Elioda Tumwesigye, touted Kiira Motors Corporation Ltd newly acquired requisite...
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Hotel managers arrested over theft of Shs 26m from Polish tourist
Police are holding the managers of Salem Inn guesthouse along Namirembe road in Kampala for alleged theft of $7137 (approximately Shs 26.3 million) from a polish tourist. Luke Owoyesigyire, the...
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Tax collection drops further in November, URA in Shs 200bn shortfall
Government taxes took yet another hit in November as the tax body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected less than the target at the time when there is decry over consistent poor tax performance.A...
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No fly list: Stella Nyanzi awarded Shs 50m by High court
The High court has awarded Shs 50 million to jailed Makerere University researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi for the violation of her rights by the government when it blocked her from boarding the plane in...
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Former Pakistani President Musharraf sentenced to death
A special court in Pakistan Tuesday found former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf guilty of high treason and sentenced him to death. This was the first time a military dictator was tried...
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Drama as Mabirizi, Justice Ssekaana clash in court
The High court Civil division was a scene of drama on Tuesday evening as Male Mabirizi exchanged words with justice Musa Ssekaana. The two had a verbal exchange when Ssekaana showed up to deliver his...
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Makerere graduates first PPP cohort
Makerere University has started a six-unit short course in public-private partnerships. The first cohort of the intensive year-long certificate course was passed out on December 13 at a ceremony at the...
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Kadaga petitioned over Exim Bank land
A whistleblower complaint claims Pine Investments, a company owned by a minister, has been unfairly propped up to prevail over three other companies in a bidding war for the sale of about two to three...
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More municipalities to get facelift
Uganda’s aging municipalities wanted a facelift badly. And the World Bank funded Uganda Support for Municipal Infrastructure Development, USMID programme, provided just that for 14 municipalities in...
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Judges have degenerated – Besigye
Last week, five livid justices of the Constitutional court stunned Col Kizza Besigye with a never-before-heard judgment. Instead of granting him the remedies he sought in a 2011 petition he lodged...
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Daughter: Minister Kutesa wants change
Speaking before an adoring crowd of constituents on September 14, 2019, Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa announced his surprise retirement from elective politics and tapped his daughter...
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The sins of sacked ministers
In timing, tenor and deployment, last weekend’s reshuffle signaled President Museveni wanted a critical bloc of his cabinet united behind his ruling party’s effort to deliver victory in the 2021...
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Police boss sues wedding decorator for breach of contract
Elgon region police commander Wesley Nganizi has dragged Anna Kintu, a wedding decorator to court over alleged failure to deliver decorating materials on his wedding. Through his lawyers of Kirya and...
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Zimbabwe VP's wife faces charges of attempting to kill her husband
Zimbabwe vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s wife has been remanded in custody by a Harare court on charges that she attempted to kill her husband while he was in hospital, forge a marriage...
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US House impeaches President Trump
The US House of Representatives impeached US President Donald Trump Wednesday night on accusations he abused the power of the presidency to benefit himself politically and then obstructed congressional...
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Uganda’s mountain gorilla population increases
The global population of mountain gorillas has increased to over 1,000. According to a survey conducted between May and December 2018, the Bwindi-Sarambwe Nature Reserve, had 459 gorillas divided into...
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Voter bribery leads to bad leaders - Museveni
President Museveni has cautioned the Ugandan electorate to reject voter bribery because leaders who bribe their way to office have little or no attachment to the voters. According to Museveni, voters...
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Uganda court issues arrest warrant for jailed ex-Sudan President Bashir
The International Crimes Division of the High court has issued an arrest warrant for former Sudan President Omar al-Bashir.Justice Henry Peter Adonyo also ruled that Uganda violated its national and...
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How candidiasis sent 2-months-old boy into ICU
Two-month-old James (not real names) has been admitted at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Specialized Women’s and Neonatal hospital since he was born because of candidiasis. He...
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URA must pay for goods lost or damaged in custody, court rules
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the tax body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will have to pay for goods lost or damaged in its possession.The ruling was made following a case involving a phone...
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