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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa has said Uganda has no reason to host elements hostile to Kigali or arrest and torture their citizens as alleged. In the first official statement since last week’s close the border at Katuna to trucks, Kutesa dismissed as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa to put in place measures to protect Uganda workers from exploitation abroad. Kutesa together with other officials from the foreign affairs ministry appeared before the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament over the 2019/2020 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa says he is not under any travel ban despite reports that his name was mentioned in a UN bribery case. Kutesa was responding to a concern raised by Kawempe North Member of Parliament Latif Ssebaggala during a meeting with …

How the fight against corruption was lost Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  REPORTERS | When on Dec.05, an American court convicted Patrick Ho Chi Ping on charges of bribing foreign leaders in Chad and Uganda in a bid to corruptly secure unfair business advantages for his multi-billion-dollar Chinese energy company,  news …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa has warned the Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to “avoid turning our gains into vain.” He called upon the TCCs and other international partners to “establish predictable and sustainable solutions …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a sign of increasing warm relations between Kampala and Washington, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa held a meeting with US Ambassador Deborah Malac at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday. The two discussed regional and bilateral issues related to peace, security …

How American bribery case sucked in Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa is likely to come under fire from Parliament following exposure of a deal in which he received a dodgy “donation” of US$500,000 (Approx. Shs1.8 billion) from a Chinese NGO cum think tank. The …

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Kutesa’s dodgy deals: How American bribery case sucked in Museveni. THE LAST WORD The meaning of Muntu’s defeat: How Besigye’s hold over FDC has undermined its pretence to be a vehicle for democracy. AFRICA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has dismissed reports of a multimillion dollar bribery scheme at the UN allegedly involving minister Sam Kutesa, saying all engagements he had with a named China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC), were official activities. US authorities on Monday arrested Hong …