Kanyeihamba tips Cavendish varsity students Former Supreme Court Judge of Uganda George W. Kanyeihamba has urged students to take the lead in making Uganda a better place to live in, for the future generation. Speaking to over 100 students of law studying at Cavendish University Uganda in Kamwokya on May …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | At least 19 people were killed in a crash between a bus and two trucks early Saturday in Kenya, police said. The accident comes just weeks after another collision killed dozens in Kenya, which has notoriously dangerous roads. “We had a bad accident this morning …
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Uganda sets sh5,000 as maximum price for sugar; trade licences of hoarders to be revoked Government has intervened to control the escalating price of sugar in Uganda by setting a ceiling price of sh5,000. Addressing a press conference on Friday, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde directed that sugar be …
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Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan’s president insisted Friday that the security situation was “normal” and that people had no reason to worry, three days after dismissing powerful army chief Paul Malong. President Salva Kiir’s dismissal of Malong on Tuesday night has raised concern among the population who …
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“We should never neglect any opportunity for dialogue,” says Museveni on Burundi London, UK | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has said he will highlight the issue of a joint move to Burundi by the lead facilitator and mediator in an effort to urge all stakeholders to engage in dialogue, to the …
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Uganda power distributor Umeme Limited has attributed the constant power outages that leave hundreds of Ugandans in the dark to global warming. During a stakeholders’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Sheraton Hotel on Thursday, Chairman Board of Directors Patrick Bitature said the national electricity grid could not handle increasingly stronger …
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President Yoweri Museveni has said Somalia can heal completely and stand on its own feet if the country’s business class is supported, patriotic pan-Somalia political parties emerge and a truly national army is recruited and equipped. Museveni outlined eight key achievements brought about by the intervention of the African Union Mission to Somalia …
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Seven more suspects in the murder of former police spokesman AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi were on Thursday brought to court while Grade one magistrate Noah Sajjabi also issued production warrants for two others. That brings the number of suspects to 22, as 13 were been produced in court earlier. The suspects …
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KAWEESI MURDER: 12 minors handed back to mothers as parliament tasks internal affairs minister over their arrest Police on Thursday released 12 of the 15 minors, believed to be children of Abdul Rashid Mbazira and Higenyi Ramathan, suspects in the murder of slain Police Spokesman AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The children aged …
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Representatives from 24 countries of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) of East and Southern Africa are in Uganda to participate in a two-day 22nd governance council meeting that is discussing tax matters. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Uganda Revenue Authority are taking the lead in this …
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