Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Unknown gunmen attacked the home of Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday seriously injuring a policeman, less than two weeks before the country votes in high-stakes polls, two security sources told AFP. Ruto was not home during the attack. An officer from the elite police …
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Kampala, Uganda |ISAAC KHISA | Britam Holdings Plc has unveiled an asset management company in Uganda as it seeks to extend its asset management offering in the region. The new company, Britam Asset Managers (Uganda) is modelled along a similar successful company in Kenya. It will offer investment management and advisory services to pension …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All indications are that the Micho-FUFA saga will end today, with the Serbian football coach set to announce his next destination. Cranes national team coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevich confirmed to The Independent that he has called a 10.00am press conference Saturday at Kabira Club, just outside the …
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Devolution has demystified local power and emboldened voters to assert themselves, leading to shocks all the way up the political pyramid Nairobi, Kenya | AFRICAN ARGUMENTS | Kenya’s 2017 elections are set to be the country’s most interesting yet. The political landscape has shifted, and whatever else these elections turn out to be …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Minutes after Jinja High Court judge Eva Luswata granted bail to jailed Ruhinda County Member of Parliament (MP) Rtd.Captain Donozio Kahonda, pending hearing of his appeal challenging a 9-month imprisonment, the legislator was detained on similar charges. MP Kahonda still has pending charges before Luweero Chief Magistrate Charles Sserubuga …
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We are eternally grateful to UPDF and Museveni, says Central Africa Republic Kampala, Uganda | PPU | The Central Africa Republic government has thanked President Yoweri Museveni and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) for helping secure their country and fighting the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels. In a note to …
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Land probe hears that mall on disputed Jinja plot illegal, Baguma Isoke to appear Monday Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Former State Minister for Lands and chairman of the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) Baguma Isoke has asked for more time to prepare a response as the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire Commission of inquiry into land …
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Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT REPORTER | The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has come out to explain the land acquisition challenges that have necessitated The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The proposed amendment of Article 26 of the 1995 Constitution aims to make it possible for government to take possession of or acquire property upon payment of the …
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VIDEO: Kayihura suspends 4 police officers as land probe bites Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | The Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has suspended four senior police officers that are accused of taking an active role in the forceful eviction of residents and the destruction of a government building on plots 60 & 62, …
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VIDEO: Otafiire implicated in illegal Jinja land giveaway Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Justice and Constitutional affairs Minister Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire has been cited in the giveaway of land to a private property developer in Jinja Municipal council in 2011. Emmanuel Olaunah Orum, the then under secretary in the ministry of trade and …
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