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By Agnes E. Nantaba Sydney Asubo is the Executive Director of Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA). He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba Any three things we don’t know about you? Interesting;many people don’t know that I was a skilled footballer; I used to play left back and occasionally in goal. I …

By Flavia Nassaka But more conflicts feared as party fails to resolve feuds Katomi Kingdom Resort hotel, near Entebbe town, on the shores of Lake Victoria was on July 24 bathed in a sea of green and white, the colours of Uganda’s oldest party, the Democratic Party, which was holding …

By Agather Atuhaire Activists should not have expected much from Parliament If civil society organisations and the opposition still had any hopes left for electoral reforms, they were this July dashed by the report of Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee on the Constitutional Amendment Bill. The Bill attracted criticism …

By Haggai Matsiko Govt, U.S. Mission say two countries maintain strong relations Even before U.S. President Barack Obama concluded his visit to the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, after his grand visit to Kenya, youth supporters of Presidential contender, Amama Mbabazi, chose the U.S. Mission headquarters in Kampala on July 27 …

Amama Mbabazi has declared that he will stand as an independent candidate come 2016 for the Presidential Elections. This Friday 30th was the NRM deadline for picking nomination forms. Mbabazi didn’t show up, rather he chose to announce that he would seek the country’s vote as an Independent Candidate. It …

A consortium of civil society organisations filed a case in the Constitutional Court in Kampala on July 30 against the government to declare the Plant Variety Protection Act, 2014 null and void. The law was passed by Parliament on Dec. 20, 2013 and was assented to by President Yoweri Museveni …

By Patrick Kagenda The Makerere University based Economic Policy Research Centre is rebranding  and  re-developing its website to show who it is, what it stands for and where it is headed. The re-branding is aimed at re-positioning the EPRC as a Go-To Policy Think Tank within the East African region. …

Eng. Abraham Byandala, the minister without portfolio appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala yesterday to answer charges in connection with the Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road corruption scandal. Byandala who is the former minister of works and transport appeared in court alongside four others who have been implicated in the scandal where …

Engineer Abraham Byandala, the former Works Minister has this morning been arrested. Byandala is expected to appear before the anti-corruption court for roles he may have played in connection with the Mukono-Katosi road project scandal. The road project is currently being investigated by the Inspectorate of Government. Share on: WhatsApp

Abraham Byandala, the minister without portfolio is expected to appear before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala today to answer charges in regard to the Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road corruption scandal. Byandala who is the former minister of works and transport is expected to appear in court alongside five other men who have …