Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been arrested. He was arrested on Saturday with three of his escorts from his home in Ruyonza, Rubaare Sub County. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi regional Police Spokesperson, says that the Minister was arrested on allegations …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Workers representative Arinaitwe Rwakajara is optimistic that the new Ministers at the Ministry of Gender will help fast track enactment of Minimum Wage Bill, 2015 into law. Rwakajara is hopeful that Frank Tumwebaze who has replaced Janat Mukwaya as minister for Gender, Labour and Social …
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Does Museveni fear or tolerate them? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Names like Gen. Elly Tumwine, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Matayo Kyaligonza, Mwesigwa Rukutana, Sam Kutesa, members of the First Family, Maj. Gen. Kasirye Gwanga often pop up in the media. They are cited in cases of corruption, land …
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Why opposition shouldn’t expect President to drop winning strategy Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Since Attorney General William Byaruhanga tabled before parliament the government proposed electoral reforms on July 26, attention has been on how opposition parties will react to them. Presentation of the proposed reforms is, on paper, a …
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The powerful people behind Bemanya Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) looks like a typical company in shambles. In April 2017 it run to court to block a petition seeking to wound it up partly owing to Shs709 billion debts it had accumulated over the years. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has disregarded a directive to apply to Court for the removal of Bemanya Twebaze as the Administrator of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). Bemanya was appointed Administrator of UTL following the exit of Ucom Limited, a Libyan owned firm …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN & AFP | The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana has said Ugandans have every reason to celebrate the ruling of the Supreme Court on the Age Limit appeal. Rukutana declared the verdict “a big win for Uganda”. “We are elated. This is a sign of how …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has said all political parties under the Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue (iPod) should participate in the National Dialogue. Meeting members of the Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue-iPod at Golf View Hotel on Wednesday, Rukutana said that the leaders of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana has asked the Commission of Inquiry into Land Matters for more time to explain how government acquired the contested land on Mutungo Hill in Kampala. Government occupies 12 acres of land on Mutungo Hill that was procured from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges of the Supreme Court have put the government team to task to justify the need to lift the cap on the presidential age, 23 years after the promulgation of the constitution. The question was specifically raised by Justice Jotham Tumwesigye as a team …
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