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Electric buses to make city transport cheaper
Public transportation in Kampala is chaotic, pricey and almost unregulated. But Kiira Motors Corporation Ltd (KMC) has seen a jewel in the chaos. It believes the public transportation sector is ripe...
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Govt to pay billions for innovation, research
With about Shs 500bn, President Yoweri Museveni has made the biggest cash injection yet into the Innovation Fund set up to help Ugandan researchers and innovators patent and commercialize their...
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2021: Minister Nakiwala raids Bukomansimbi
In December 2015, Veronica Nanyondo instantly became the toast of the Democratic Partly after the death of her sister Susan Namaganda in a road accident. Three years later, she is now an afterthought...
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How Sudanese generals grab Ugandan businesses
Balaam Barugahare, a music promoter and businessman is wrestling with investment troubles in South Sudan. Balaam is battling toe-to-toe with two South Sudanese generals and a landlady hell-bent on...
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Academic papers: How MPs fool courts
High court Judge Lydia Mugambe threw him out of parliament on June 10 2016 for lack of the requisite academic qualifications and on appeal; a Court of Appeal panel led by then deputy Chief Justice...
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Human Rights Commission boss dies after collapsing in his car
Uganda Human Rights Commission chairman Med Kaggwa has passed on. Kaggwa, 64, collapsed in his car, moments after leaving his home in Mulago, on the outskirts of Kampala today morning. He was moments...
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Security raids FDC offices in Kasese, confiscates ICC forms
Plain-clothed security operatives have raided the offices of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party in Kasese town. According to Kasese FDC district chairperson Saulo Maathe, security...
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Brutality: Saleh compensates Mak students with Shs 21m
21 students of Makerere University whose property was destroyed by security personnel during protests against the 15 per cent tuition increment have been compensated by General Salim Saleh.Last month,...
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Court postpones hearing 8th time for Tanzanian journalist
A Tanzanian court on Wednesday postponed the hearing for the eighth time of a prominent Tanzanian journalist arrested in July in a case his lawyers and rights group say is politically motivated. Police...
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Public university lecturers threaten to strike over salary
Public university lecturers have vowed not to open for semester two next year in January unless the presidential directive to effect a salary enhancement for professors is implemented. The decision was...
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Two teen brothers killed in city accident
Two brothers were on Wednesday morning killed in an accident at Masanafu, Rubaga Division in Kampala. They died after the car they were driving rammed into a truck.Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police...
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Fishing on L.Nyakiyanja suspended over poisoning
Ntungamo district authorities have suspended fishing activities on Lake Nyakiyanja following the death of hundreds of fish due to suspected poisoning. Residents started seeing hundreds of dead fish...
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China says Zimbabwe is understating financial support
China accused Zimbabwe on Tuesday of understating its financial help to the southern African nation after budget figures released last week showed that major ally Beijing ranked poorly on the list of...
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Farmers sue tobacco company over non-payment
Some 565 tobacco farmers have sued Continental Tobacco Company Limited for failing to pay Shs 2.5 billion for tobacco supplied to the company since 2017. The farmers from the districts of Buliisa and...
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Parliament fails to sit due to absence of speakers
Parliament failed to sit on Thursday following the absence of both the speaker, Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy Jacob Oulanyah.On Wednesday, Kadaga adjourned a plenary to Thursday to discuss the...
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Police fire tear gas to disperse Bobi Wine supporters at Med Kaggwa burial
Police fired tear gas to disperse a procession by People Power supporters at the funeral of Uganda Human Rights Commission chairperson, the late Hajji Muhammad Kaggwa alias Med Kaggwa in Mpigi...
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New electronic system to ease expedition of justice
In a bid to curb corruption and case backlog, the judiciary has set aside Shs 9 billion for the Electronic Court Case Management Information System (ECMIS) to ensure cohesion, transparency in the...
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Anite champions open media coverage of court proceedings
The principle of open justice is an essential element of any fair and accountable justice system. Of late, some members of the judiciary have come under scrutiny for being secretive in their...
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Police confiscates another 40 ICC petition forms from FDC
Police in Ntungamo has confiscated over 40 petition forms drafted by the Forum for Democratic Party (FDC) to drag President Museveni to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Police yesterday...
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Dfcu bank switches lawyers in Sudhir case
The protracted legal battle between tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia and dfcu bank has taken a new twist with the bank appointing new lawyers to represent it in place of Sebalu & Lule Advocates. Last year,...
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