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THIS WEEK: Magogo sails through as Kasule’s injunction appeal is dismissed Incumbent Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) President Moses Magogo sailed through unopposed to lead the body for another four years after court on Aug.04 threw out Pro-line Football club chairman Mujib Kasule’s application for a certificate of urgency. …

THIS WEEK: PR Institute to conduct studies in Uganda The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) is set to begin conducting studies in Kampala effective this September 2017, courtesy of Makini College, the accredited East African learning center for the course, after it officially launched its services at a breakfast …

Kenya’s Odinga to announce strategy on ‘stolen’ poll Tuesday Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s defeated opposition leader Raila Odinga said Sunday he would announce his strategy on Tuesday after an election he claims was stolen from him, and told his supporters to stay away from work. “We had predicted …

VIDEO: Man creates cheap welding machine Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The cost of electricity is quite high in Uganda and this makes life hard for small manufacturers and artisans who need electricity to earn a living. To get around the issue of costly power bills, Brian Njuuba, a plumber …

THIS WEEK: New report faults automatic promotion, UPE A report on performance of Universal Primary Education (UPE) released by a think-tank Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) has faulted the Ministry of Education for the automatic promotion policy. Speaking at the launch of the report on Aug04, Dr. Susan …

VIDEO: Women strip to protest land give-away in Amuru Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Plans to demarcate 10,000 hectares of land for sugar production in Amuru district turned sour when the locals stripped in protest. Land Minister Betty Amongi was in the area to oversee the surveying of the land. …

THIS WEEK: Cabinet urges on accommodating divergent views Following attacks on legislator Simeo Nsubuga and Constitutional Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire, cabinet in an Aug04 meeting resolved people who assault those that they don’t agree with ideologically be ‘seriously’ dealt with. “Cabinet has therefore among other resolutions directed the Police and …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Seven people have been killed in Kenya’s flashpoint west since protests erupted after the announcement of disputed poll results, police sources said Sunday, taking the total number killed across the country to 16. “We have three bodies that were taken to the main mortuary in …

VIDEO: Church puts death-toll at 18 as violence rocks nation Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The National Council of Churches of Kenya has put the figure of Kenyans who have died in the wave of protests across Raila Odinga’s strongholds in the last two days to eighteen. However the Acting …

THIS WEEK: Justice Kavuma orders hearing of Lubwama’s case, refuses to leave panel Deputy Chief Justice Stephen Kavuma has ordered that an election petition where a voter in Rubaga South constituency – Habib Buwembo applied to nullify comedian turned politician Kato Lubwama’s election be fixed for hearing. The justice who …