Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Director of public prosecutions has withdrawn charges of publishing news that disturb the peace of President Museveni against Red pepper directors and editors. The withdrawal letter signed by the DPP Mike Chibita, has been presented to Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate James Ereemye Mawanda …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Traffic through the exit door of Donald Trump’s administration has been astonishingly high since he became president on January 20. On Friday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Thomas Price became the latest casualty of eight months of bedlam in the executive offices of the …
Read More »Casualties mount in White House in Trump’s first seven months
Washington, United States | AFP | Traffic through the White House exit door has been astonishingly high since Donald Trump became president on January 20. On Friday chief strategist Steve Bannon became the latest casualty of seven months of bedlam in the executive offices of the world’s most powerful country. Here …
Read More »Makerere: Fire over fees versus standoff over salaries
Makerere ready to explode? August 06, 2016. On that date, will Makerere University Kampala re-open for its first Semester of the 2016/17 academic year? Uncertainty is the dominant mood on the sprawling campus of the nation’s oldest, biggest, and most prestigious institute of higher learning. Everything is quiet as most …
Read More »Passing the staff on
By Joan Akello Archbishop Ntagali takes office at trying moment He sat between two men of God. They have been in his position. Faced with a tougher job, under close scrutiny of a bigger congregation, the new Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stanley Ntagali, looked relaxed and only shifted …
Read More »Makerere University in new staff recruitment drive
By Ronald Musoke Makerere University is in the process of recruiting up to 16 principals and deputy principals for its colleges. The positions will fall vacant in January, 2013 according to a statement on the official website of Uganda’s oldest university. Among the colleges in need of new staff include …
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