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In continued efforts to implement the Tobacco Control Act passed in 2015, police over the weekend carried out a raid on various bars around Kampala confiscating Shisha pots and pipes. The police who arrested over 30 smokers said that mass sensitization about the law had been done but people were …

The Uganda national team – Cranes played its last game against Mali at the African Cup of Nations final in Gabon on Jan.25. But, this game had no consequence to the cranes as the team had already been beaten out of the competition first by Ghana and then Egypt both …

On Mar.10, Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu will deliver judgment for the case involving WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga and former Old Kampala District Police Commander Joram Mwesigye. Mwesigye is charged with assault arising from a January 2015 incident where he allegedly clobbered and badly injured the journalist …

President Museveni paid tribute to former President General Tito Okello Lutwa who led the country from July 1985- January 1986. Museveni attended a memorial service at Lapana village in Kitgum district where he praised Okello saying they had a good working relationship which they used to lay foundations for the …

Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga on Jan.19 asked members to vote on whether special interest groups should be represented at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) after a heated debate left the house divided. Those in favor of the amendment won replacing Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure said …

  Following months of crisis, Gambia’s ruler of 22 years Yahya Jammeh finally left the country on the night of Jan.21. He had earlier refused to concede defeat in a Dec.01 election but eventually relinquished power after members of the West African bloc ECOWAS launched a military operation on him shortly …

According to a circular letter signed by Ministry of Public Service Permanent Secretary Catherine Batarakwate Musingwire, salaries of some top public officials have been doubled and others increased four-fold raising questions on implication to the economy. The letter shows the chief justice will starting this month receive a salary of …

Makerere University Johns Hopkins University Core Laboratory (MUJHU) at the Infectious Diseases Institute has been recognized as the best in Africa as far as best practice in laboratory medicine is concerned. The awarding body – African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), a body whose objective is to promote laboratory services …

Makerere University on Jan.23 started counting students an exercise scheduled to last 20 days. This is per directive by a visitation committee appointed by President Museveni in November to inquire into the affairs of the institution which has been riddled with strikes and intrigue. Dr. Abel Rwendiere, the Chairman of …

COMMENT: By Aubrey Hruby Regardless of its professed lack of interest, the day-to-day workings of U.S.  bureaucracy mandate an African strategy The United States under President Donald Trump will still have an Africa policy. This goes against the popular view that an inward-looking Trump administration will ignore African countries and …