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Court to rule next week on 3rd Kanyamunyu bail application

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has asked High Court Judge Yasin Nyanzi to uphold his earlier decision of denying Mathew Kanyamunyu bail. Kanyamunyu is accused of behind last year’s Lugogo shooting incident in which Social Worker Kenneth Akena died. Through State Attorney Immaculate …

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Californians once again want out of US

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | A group of Californians has submitted yet another initiative to secede from the United States as the country is gripped by one of its worst political crisis in recent history. The new “Calexit” ballot proposal put forward on Thursday by a fringe political group …

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Oboth warns Parliamentary Committee colleagues on land bill

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  The chairperson of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs committee Jacob Markson Oboth has warned his colleagues against expressing their opinion on the land bill that seeks to amend article 26 of the constitution. Oboth (MP West Budama) said that though MPs have the right …

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13 dead, over 100 hurt in two Spanish seaside city attacks

Barcelona, Spain | AFP | Drivers ploughed into pedestrians in two quick-succession, separate attacks in Barcelona and another popular Spanish seaside city Thursday and Friday, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others. In the first incident which police qualified as a “terrorist attack,” the driver of a white van …

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VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again

VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA |  The High court in Kampala sat yesterday to hear another application for bail filed by Mathew Kanyamunyu , who is accused of the shooting of a social worker Kenneth Akena in November. Justice Yasin Nyanzi, who is one …

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VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat

VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Financial institutions, public institutions and security organs are being advised to carryout daily audit of their systems in the wake of cyber threats. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT, Vicente Bagire says the increasing technological …

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VIDEO: Museveni meets NRM MPs over the Land Amendment Bill

VIDEO: Museveni meets NRM MPs over the Land Amendment Bill Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Parliament’s committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has summoned the Ministers Betty Amongi and Kahinda Otafiire to state the government position on the Constitutional Amendment bill on land acquisition by government. Two weeks ago, the …

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VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court

VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s opposition Coalition, the National Super Alliance, has announced that they will move to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the recently concluded presidential election where the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected. The …

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