Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday vowed to end gender disparity in the appointment of judges to strengthen the dispensation of justice in the east African nation. Speaking after she had sworn in 21 new high court and court of appeal judges she …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | The Supreme Court has consolidated all seven presidential petitions into one. Two other petitions were struck out. Chief Justice Martha Koome said on Tuesday during the pre-trial conference that all the remaining seven petitions have raised the same issues highlighted in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts are warning about an increase in not just malaria cases, but an increase in its severe forms in the coming weeks as students start reporting back to school. Dr Richard Idro, a malaria researcher based at Makerere University says that the recent upsurge of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kololo has summoned two former directors at the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to answer to allegations of abuse of office. Harriet Mudondo, the former Director of Gender, Community Services and Production, and Dr. Esau Galukande, her deputy are the directors wanted …
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Paris, France | Xinhua | Air France has suspended two pilots after an altercation during a flight from Geneva to Paris in June 2022, French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported on Monday. Air France has confirmed that, following a disagreement between the two pilots at the controls of an Airbus A320 …
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The two countries are harmonizing relevant laws and approval processes to hasten pipeline construction Kamapala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Senior officials from Uganda’s petroleum authority (PAU) and Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA)—the agencies that have regulatory powers over the oil industry in the two countries—have renewed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has eulogized the late Gen. Elly Tumwine as a resilient man despite being injured badly during the revolutionary war. Museveni was speaking at the State funeral service for the late Gen. Tumwine held on Monday at Kololo Independence grounds. Tumwine, who was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi has raised 94 grounds in an appeal challenging the dismissal of his case opposing the listing of MTN Uganda on the Uganda Securities Exchange. The appeal arises from an application in which Mabirizi challenged the decision by the Capital Markets Authority-CMA …
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The electricity firm H1 profits increased by 33% to Shs64bn Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distributor, Umeme, has withheld payment of an interim dividend to its shareholders despite recording a 33% growth in profit after tax to Shs64bn for the six months period ending June.30. The company executives …
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Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A family in Mpigi district has sued the government and a private school over the death of their son after receiving a COVID-19 jab without their consent. The deceased’s mother, Tendo Nalwadda has filed a suit before Mpigi High Court against the Attorney General and …
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