Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The resolution of 168 pending complaints before the Electricity Dispute Tribunal (EDT) is uncertain following the expiry of the tenures of the Tribunal’s Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. On Thursday, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development officially bid farewell to Charles Okoth-Owor, the outgoing …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Sulait Hamis Ssentongo, has been sworn in as the regional Khadi for the Greater Masaka. He will head the Muslim community on behalf of the Kibuli-based faction. He was inaugurated by the Supreme Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Shabban Ggalabuzi at the Masaka City main Mosque …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu Archdiocese Archbishop Dr. John Baptist Odama has asked the government to dialogue instead of using force to settle the Apaa land dispute. Archbishop Odama’s call comes just days after the government ordered all locals occupying the contentious 40 square kilometers of land to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The committee of Parliament conducting fresh investigations into prolonged Apaa land dispute has started investigations. The MPs will on Wednesday inspect evidence of old settlement in the area in view of establishing whether humans occupied the area in the 1970s after President Idi Amin …
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Shanghai, China | AFP | There is a notable no-show among the dozens of national pavilions at Shanghai’s massive import fair — the United States — a metaphor for isolationist Trump policies that attendees say are pushing them closer to China. The China International Import Expo opened Monday with thousands …
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Shanghai, China | AFP | Shanghai, China | AFP | The US-China trade war is the “stupidest thing in the world,” Alibaba e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma declared at an import fair that China opened Monday partly to counter foreign criticism of its trade policies. Ma, who recently took back an …
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LIVE: Raila Odinga on NASA’s next move Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Raila Odinga has announced that the NASA Coalition will take their elections dispute to the Kenya Supreme Court. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before the world the making of a computer generated leadership,” he told …
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UPDATE: Kenya’s Odinga delays ‘complex’ decision on vote dispute Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to announce his strategy Wednesday for contesting his election loss, having further delayed a decision that could defuse or exacerbate tensions in the country. The 72-year-old insists he is …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s election commission was preparing to release final results Friday from a hotly-contested vote in which the opposition has already claimed victory, fanning tensions in the east African nation. The National Super Alliance (NASA) opposition coalition on Thursday demanded that its candidate Raila Odinga …
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VIDEO: Soccer governing body Fufa is seeking legal action against a group of ex-internationals that attacked FUFA House and ravaged property on Monday Moses Magogo, announced the federations move during weekly press briefing at the federation headquarters in Mengo. Share on: WhatsApp
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