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VIDEO: Government launches probe into Minister Kibuule’s conduct

VIDEO: Government has launched an investigation into claims that the State Minister for Water Ronald Kibuule assaulted a female security guard at a Stanbic Bank branch in Mukono. The Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda revealed this development – stressing that government attaches a lot of importance to the conduct of its ministers. Dr …

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VIDEO: The cost of the Boston Convention

VIDEO: A section of legislators of the 10th Parliament are up in arms questioning the criteria used by the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy to select MPs to attend the UNAA Convention in Boston . It is reported that a section of over 78 legislators are in Boston to attend …

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VIDEO: Minister Kibuule, female guard’s family reconcile

VIDEO: The two families of State minister for Water Ronald Kibuule and that of Hellen Obuku a security guard of a private company he is accused of beating have reportedly resolved to withdraw criminal charges which they had preferred against each other at Mukono police station. Kibuule’s maternal uncle Davis Lukyamuzi …

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South Africa murder rate jumps to 51 a day

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s murder rate increased by 4.9 percent in the last year, official statistics showed Friday, with the police minister admitting the country was struggling with “a prevalent culture of violence”. A total of 18,673 people were killed in the 12 months to March …

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Aisha Kabanda’s petition thrown out, Mirembe is Butambala MP

High Court has  dismissed with costs an election petition filed by Aisha Kabanda seeking to nullify the election of Lydia Mirembe Daphine as Butambala Woman MP. In his ruling read to court by Deputy Registrar Alex Ajiji, Justice Vincent Okwang ruled that Kabanda failed to produce satisfactory evidence before court to show that the …

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Gabon’s Bongo stands firm after riots greet his re-election

Libreville, Gabon | AFP | President Ali Bongo of Gabon poured scorn Thursday on opposition supporters who rioted overnight after he was declared the winner of a weekend election his main rival said was rigged. Three people were killed in the unrest and around 1,000 arrested, the interior minister said. …

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