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LIVE: Museveni explains land law at national press conference

Entebbe, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni wraps up the first leg of his land education campaign with a national press conference at State House, Entebbe on Wednesday night. He has so far been to west, south and eastern Uganda. The Entebbe press and national briefing is live on radios and …

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ANALYSIS: Annulling an election

ANALYSIS: What made Kenya’s Supreme Court ruling possible. Why it cannot happen in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Minutes after the historic Supreme Court ruling in Kenya that nullified the Aug. 8 presidential election, someone tweeted a quick thought, “It is not an understatement to say that Kenya’s Supreme Court has taught …

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ANALYSIS: Why Uganda democracy activists jubilated over annulment of Kenya election

Cost of democracy: Uganda democracy activists jubilate over court annulment of Kenya election Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Oct.17, Kenyans will get back into the long queues to vote again after the Supreme Court annulled the last presidential election which saw incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta, declared winner. The next election will be exactly …

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COMMENT: Uganda’s dilemma

COMMENT | By Amos Wekesa | After reading The Daily Monitor yesterday and seeing Justice Stephen Kavuma back, I told a business friend of mine that we urgently need to form a task force that will educate Ugandan politicians, civil servant basics of investment while one can. If we don’t do …

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VIDEO: Besigye speaks out on NRM’s age limit plans

Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA |  The former President of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change, Dr. Kizza Besigye says he is not surprised by the decision of a section of NRM MPs to back the move for a private members bill to amend the constitution and remove the Presidential Age limit. Opposition MPs …

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Electoral Commission dragged to court over lining in LC 1 polls

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Seven youth from a new opposition pressure group dubbed “The Alternative”, have dragged the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) and Attorney General to the Kampala High Court, seeking orders suspending the forthcoming Local Council (LC) elections on grounds that the purported mode of conducting it is a threat to …

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Women murder suspects to return to court on October 3

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Nabweru Magistrates Court has further remanded to Luzira Prison 13 people who were charged in relation to women murders in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district. They now return to court on October 03, 2017. The suspects Tuesday morning appeared before Chief magistrate Esther Nansambu and prosecution’s Joan Keko informed …

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Uganda’s ‘Age Limit’ debate takes dramatic turn

Age Limit debate takes dramatic turn Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda presidency age limit debate took a new turn Tuesday morning when a meeting of Members of Parliament (MPs) of the ruling party National Resistance Movement (NRM) resolved to move a private members bill to change the constitution. Reports …

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URA’s silver bullet

How addition of Single Customs Territory is changing cross-border business Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Imagine you are a trader in Uganda importing goods requiring 500 trucks. Under what has until now been the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) system, each truck would require its own customs clearance entry costing …

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