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Hungary to open embassy in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | MOFA |  Uganda has formally accepted a request from Hungary to open a Diplomatic Mission at the level of Charge D’Affaires in Kampala in the near future. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa confirmed the new relationship with Hungary when he received the visiting Deputy Minister for …

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Kadaga’s letter to Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has written a letter to President Yoweri Museveni on the “Invasion of Parliament” on September 27. (A copy of the reported letter below) Fighting ensued September 27 as plain-clothes security operatives stormed Uganda’s parliament to help throw out suspended but defiant …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Why Kayihura is in trouble

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT COVER STORY Kayihura in trouble: Behind arrest of top cops, the Rwanda twist. THE LAST WORD Crisis of the state in Uganda: How foreign interests have captured our politics thereby turning our people from citizens to …

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Gashumba petitions court over his continued detention

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Businessman Frank Gashumba and brother Innocent Kasumba Thursday petitioned Nakawa Chief Magistrate Court seeking to be released from custody at a government facility, the special investigation unit Kireka, on grounds that his continued detention is unconstitutional, illegal and unlawful. Through their lawyers from Dennis Nyombi …

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Safest Seat in car surprising

Kampala, Uganda | MOTORING GURU | It used to be that the backseat was considered safest in any car. Normally it was compared with the front – and the risk cards were stacked clear against the front. Of course, even back then, it was not scientifically correct that the back window …

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Kampala’s chaotic landscape through the eyes of artists

Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Kampala the capital of Uganda is a city synonymous with ever mushrooming enterprises and growing population. This duo surge has had consequences, including a haphazard landscape and scenery. In the eyes of artists like George Kyeyune, Ismael Kateregga and Clifford Kibuuka, the chaotic scenes and …

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UMEME sued over negligence that led to loss of life.

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A parent from Nakaseke District has dragged UMEME to the High Court in Kampala seeking to be paid 700 million shillings as a compensation for the loss of her 8 year old daughter. Through Nakagga and Company Advocates, Mirina Nabaka says that on August 07, …

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