VIDEO: Bamugemereire warns powerful people from threatening witnesses Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry into land matters Justice Catherine Bamugemereire has warned powerful people accused of threatening witnesses from testifying before the commission that they face arrest. She issued the warning in Mbarara where the …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | A diplomatic spat over cows and chickens has worsened already frosty ties between Kenya and Tanzania, with Nairobi lodging a formal protest against its neighbour, the foreign minister said Wednesday. The latest impasse between the two east African nations began last month when Tanzania seized and …
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VIDEO: Gov’t to start an ICT Innovation hub in Nakawa Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Within the next six month government will have completed an ICT innovation park in Nakawa. Mirroring a silicon valley of sorts, the facility will enable especially young innovators to work on, create and test their …
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VIDEO: NRM CEC Members take age limit rallies to Kabale Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda is leading members of the ruling NRM central executive committee in Kigezi region to rally support for the amendment of article 102(B) of the constitution to remove the presidential …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government will fully address concerns raised by doctors from the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) after it finalises the Public Service pay policy which is intended to eliminate pay disparities and ensure pay enhancement across the Public Sector. Doctors under UMA started industrial action on …
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Kampala, Uganda | AGNES. E. NANTABA | He is the son of former president of Uganda, who was a minister in the colonial government, vice chancellor of Makerere University and assistant secretary general in the Commonwealth Secretariat. He is also very exposed and travelled, is a former Deputy Inspector General of Government …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Willy Mutunga, the former Chief Justice of Kenya, has delivered the 4th ACME Annual Lecture. Theme is Media and Independence of the Judiciary. Mutunga is a lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and has been the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. According to the lecture organisers …
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VIDEO: Rugunda defends the Constitutional amendment Bill Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda has defended the Constitution Amendment Bill currently before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, arguing that if the people want it amended, then so be it. The object of the bill is to …
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VIDEO: Opposition meet legal committee, reject age limit amendment Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Leaders of opposition parties – the Democratic Party, the Conservative Party and the Justice Forum want Article 102, Clause B of the constitution providing for the presidential age limit to first serve its purpose before any …
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Energy minister launches construction of Karuma Dam employer’s facility Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On Oct. 27, the State Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Simon D’Ujanga, launched the construction of a Permanent Employer’s Camp at the 600MW Karuma Dam. The facility’s cost is part of the entire US$1.7 billion …
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