U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd-L) poses with his fellow Foreign Ministers L-R: Kenyan Foreign Secretary Amina Mohamed, Somalia Foreign Minister Abdisalam Omer, South Sudan Foreign Minister Deng Alor Kuol, Sudan Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour, and Uganda Foreign Minister Sam Kahamba Kutesa after a meeting and working lunch that …
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COMMENT: By Moses Mulumba Museveni’s Nakawuka moment could be an opportunity to revisit our health governance The country recently witnessed President Yoweri Museveni ‘order’ the redeployment of health workers at Nakawuka Health Center III. In his order, the President seemed to have concurred with the communities on fighting non-functional health …
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VIDEO: The Civil Aviation Authority has admitted blocking the operation of the new Uganda Aviation School, a private flying school for not fulfilling the aviation requirement to run a flying school. Much as the school was fully registered by the National Council for Higher Education, the Civil Aviation Authority maintains they can’t let …
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NWSC: Corporation hits 105% collection efficiency as five year strategy gets into top gear Silver Mugisha (PhD), the managing director of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), is a soft-spoken and urbane man who doesn’t like to talk too much about himself. He would however spend a day talking …
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VIDEO: Legislators on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee of Parliament have visited former Allied Democratic Front leader Jamilu Mukulu who is detained at Nalufenya Police in Jinja to assess the alleged torture and inhumane treatment against him. The legislators led by committee chairperson Judith Nabakoba, grilled the Nalufenya police officers …
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VIDEO: The Uganda film Industry cannot develop without a copyright law. Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi admits that inefficiencies in legislation to guide players is crippling the growth of Uganda’s film industry. Speaking during the fourth edition of the Uganda film Festival, pledged tasked the Uganda Registration Services Bureau to …
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THE LAST WORD: By Andrew M. Mwenda Why U.S. resistance to the proposed ban on second hand clothes is a danger to our future prosperity On August 17, Daily Monitor published an article titled “US envoy warns on ban of second hand clothes.” The U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac, …
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Bujagali sale goes bad: President Yoweri Museveni’s push to cut the cost of power from the 250 MW Bujagali dam has put him at the centre of a fight with investors and technocrats at the Energy Ministry over the sale of a stake in the dam project writes Haggai Matsiko …
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Japan has promised to provide a $116 million loan to improve Kampala metropolitan infrastructure. Japan is already involved in several projects aimed at improving the road network in Kampala, including building fly-overs. Japanese Prime Minister, Chinzo Abe gave the assurances at a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni at the 6th Tokyo …
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VIDEO; The proposed political dialogue between the opposition and the ruling national resistance movement continues to generate heated debate. A section of Ugandans think the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) only intends to hold the country at ransom. Whereas the FDC maintains that the proposed talks must fall in the …
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