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Kenya’s history of election violence is threatening to repeat itself By Sekou Toure Otondi In April Kenya saw an increase in intra-party political violence following the start of its political party primaries that began on April 13 and run for two weeks. The primaries are “mini-polls” held by political parties …

Chinese Embassy Reinforces OWC The Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhugiang has said his country will do whatever it takes to help Uganda’s efforts of attainment of the middle income status. Speaking during a function to hand over two pickups to Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) on Monday, Amb. Zhugiang said …

President Yoweri Museveni will on Tuesday make a presentation on the impact of fake news at a one-day interactive session on “Media Coverage and National Security in Uganda”. The dialogue organised by the Ministry of Security, will also have the ICT minister  Frank Tumwebaze, Security Minister  Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, …

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered the trial of four suspects in the Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and Sergeant Stephen Mukasa murder trial, to be taken before the International Crimes Division of the High Court. The accused; Sheikh Yahaya Mwanjje,  Muhammad Buyondo, Ssekandi Musa and Ssendegeya Abdul Wahab had …

Experts commend move to protect bankrupt telco’s assets but say it needs a business plan that works Business at Uganda’s oldest and troubled telecom company, Utl, took another twist when the government on April 28 announced it has finally put it under provisional administration. The government, which recently took over …

At only 18 years, Dorah Mwima was crowned Miss Uganda in 2008; making her the youngest beauty queen ever in the country. Mwima had just returned to Uganda from Kenya where her family had lived for over fourteen years. In fact, it was just two weeks back home, when she …

Why President is coiling away from fighting regional wars At the height of 2012, Uganda had a military footprint in about ten countries and was being described as the region’s police. In four of these, it was fighting the Al Shabaab in Somalia, the Lords’ Resistance Army (LRA) and Allied …

Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will from Monday morning start clearing illegal structures and markets located on their reserves along national roads, beginning with Kampala-Entebbe road. “UNRA will commence enforcement action to reorganize road reserves. Exercise kicks off tomorrow starting with road side vendors at Kibuye,” a source at UNRA …

The Auditor General John Muwanga has demanded for Shs5billion to carry out a specialized audit on the quality of construction of Uganda’s multibillion hydropower projects; Karuma and Isimba in the next financial year 2017/2018. Muwanga told Parliament’s finance committee that his office was tasked with conducting an audit on the …

President Museveni’s frustration with donors manifested again when he appeared as a panelist at the World Economic Forum in Durban, South Africa rapping the donors for their strenuous demands. Museveni said the incessant conditions Western donors put in place stall projects and stagnate development. He was perturbed with the way …