11.30am UPDATE: Ruling on Kizza Besigye bail application will be made on Tuesday July 12, High Court Judge Masalu Musene has just announced. Court ruling on Dr Besigye bail application will be on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 9:00am pic.twitter.com/Q2zaEKxrUz — Judiciary Uganda (@JudiciaryUG) July 11, 2016 ***** …
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The Dallas gunman was plotting a major bomb attack, authorities said Sunday, urging calm after more than 200 people were arrested in a new night of protests over police violence against blacks. Anger around America over the deaths of two black men at the hands of police in recent days …
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Athletics powerhouse Kenya are once again in the eye of a doping storm just a month out from the Olympic Games after the latest investigation by German television channel ARD and The Sunday Times. Saturday’s documentary alleges doping is rife at the elite training centre in Iten. Previous joint research …
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For Uganda to proposer and develop, its citizens must remain united and fight all forms of sectarianism, President Yoweri Museveni has said. “Unity is a prescription for the people of Uganda to be prosperous. You need patriotism not tribalism or religious sectarianism,” he said. The President was Friday delivering a …
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Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) will provide more opportunities for small scale enterprises thru Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) to achieve the 2040 middle income status. During the handover ceremony at Farmers’ House, Minister MTIC, Amelia Kyambadde communicated to Ministry officials that the ministry under the MSME …
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The Government of Uganda has introduced the online visa application system with effect from 01 July 2016. All persons intending to come to Uganda for holiday, tourism, business, study, visit, medical are required to apply and obtain a visa online. The decision taken on the application will be sent electronically …
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Juba, South Sudan | AFP Five soldiers have been killed in a shootout in South Sudan’s capital Juba, army and former rebel officials said Friday, in the latest blow to a shaky peace deal. “There were military clashes yesterday (Thursday) around 8 pm. Five soldiers have been killed in the …
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The election of the African Union Commission boss will be high on the agenda of the AU week-long summit to take place in Kigali next week. Uganda’s very own, former Uganda VP Specioza Kazibwe is the candidate that has been fronted by East Africa and is currently ‘continent trotting’ …
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City socialite Leila Kayondo is in trouble after she was found in possession of a stolen BMW. Leila made headlines thanks to her then flamboyant boyfriend SK Mbuga. The car was impounded in a security operation codenamed USALAM III. According to a press statement from Interpol, over 470 vehicles …
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Three men have been arrested over car theft. The suspects, Sejungo Paul, Kabuye Geoffrey and Jowali Sowali, were picked Eid day on Wednesday morning. The arrests followed police vigilance and swift action following the theft of a Mercedenz Benz of registration number UAY 042W, model 190E belonging to Allan Baine. …
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