Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A New York State Judge Frank J. LaBuda has commended Uganda for coming up with a policy on promoting local content, saying this is the way to go if Uganda is to resuscitate her economy. LaBuda was meeting Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde at her office …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The seven member commission of inquiry into land matters headed by Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire will next week not conduct any public hearings until it submits an interim report about its journey so far to the appointing authority, President Museveni. “We are due to hand in …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Three NAADS officials from Manafwa District who caused a payment of 65.3m shs for supply of 100,000 coffee seedlings without following procurement laws, regulations and requirements have been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment each, if they fail to pay a total court fine of …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | British athletics legend Mo Farah won his 10th successive global title on Friday winning the 10,000 metres world crown at the London Stadium where he won Olympic gold in 2012. The 34-year-old, who will bid to add a third successive world double in the 5000m …
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Kagame headed for landslide win as poll results trickle in Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Rwandan President Paul Kagame looked set for a landslide victory Friday as election results trickling in showed the incumbent with an average 98 percent of the vote in districts counted. The 59-year-old is expected to …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda’s ?? Joshua Cheptegei has won the 2017 World Athletics Championship 10,000m silver medal after a fine run in the final on Friday. Ugandan youngster Cheptegei stretched British athletics legend Mo Farah all the way. Cheptegei bagged a sh108million prize for his effort, joining …
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Friday 1,500m heats – 9.40 pm (Esther Chebet) 10,000m final – 11.20pm (Cheptegei, Toroitich, Kurong) London, UK | IAAF.ORG | HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York, will deliver the opening address at the IAAF World Championships London 2017 on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the London Stadium on Friday night 4 August. …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Two Democratic Party (DP) political activists have been granted bail by Buganda Road Court after spending a night in Luzira Prison on charges of holding an unlawful assembly. Hakeem Kiiza and Moses Mboowa aka Chief Mboowa were arrested in Kampala on Thursday for staging …
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Kampala, Uganda |JULIUS BUSINGE | Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Gen. Kahinda Otafiire on Thursday appeared before the land commission of inquiry to defend his role in the illegal giveaway of government property in Jinja, Eastern Uganda. According to information available before the commission, Otafiire, who was in 2011 the Minister …
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Friday 1,500m heats – 9.40 pm (Esther Chebet) 10,000m final – 11.20pm (Cheptegei, Toroitich, Kurong) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei has all it takes to be crowned a World Athletics champion. At 20, he’s already tested glory as world junior champion, has one of the world’s top …
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