Latest meetings between Kiir, Machar and regional leaders offer slim hope Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Since South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his main rival Dr. Riek Machar agreed to a permanent ceasefire in Khartoum on June 27, many refugees living in Uganda have been watching proceedings with cautious …
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Angry Museveni renegotiates contract, gets bribes list Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | President Yoweri Museveni has been told, according to insiders, a Chinese contractor paid officials and commission agents a whooping $ 200 million (approx.750bn) in order to secure a contract to construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Insiders say …
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Ignoring Supreme Court recommendations in Mbabazi election petition exposes government’s cynical view of constitutionalism Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A public lecture on constitutionalism held in the main hall at Makerere University Kampala on Aug.24 turned into a scene of anger, frustration, and venting when one of the expected main …
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Museveni, Besigye’s politics will determine next move Kampala, Uganda | GAAKI KIGAMBO | When first term lawmaker Kyagulanyi Robert Sentamu, best known by his artistic moniker Bobi Wine, headed to Uganda’s north-westerly town of Arua on Aug.12 to stump for his choice of candidate in a by-election, only a super psychic …
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How `people power’ hit national stage with protests Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | As he left the Chief Magistrate’s court in Gulu on Aug.16, Arua Municipality MP-elect Kassiano Ezati Wadri , chanted, “We shall overcome, We shall overcome” as a group of people peeping through the court’s wire mesh fence …
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The lender’s solid asset base, good brand recognition and a good team could stir revenue growth Kampala, Uganda | ISSAC KHISA | Dfcu Bank seem to have come to the end of its short golden run in the first half of this year with double digit drop in its net …
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Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | The Aug.24 trial of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kale Kayihura at the General Court Martial has brought to an end speculation about how President Yoweri Museveni intends to deal with his former police chief. The police chief has been a subject of several …
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Taking stock of Chinese investments in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | China has been Uganda’s second largest trading partner for a while, according to Zheng Zhu Qiang, the Chinese ambassador to Uganda. China is now also the second leading investor in terms of projects. Speaking during the Uganda-China Economic …
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Why government needs to think beyond Shs100bn loan facility Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The government recently made a policy announcement targeting maize farmers and traders. It promised to provide Shs100bn as loan facility, through the Bank of Uganda’s Agriculture Credit Facility to maize traders to enable them buy the …
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The mistakes of FDC, NRM Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Arua Municipality MP Kasiano Wadri appeared assured of victory from the start. “I have already won this election,” he told The Independent a week into the official threeweeks of campaigning, “I will just need to do a little panel beating …
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