Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Nakawa Court Grade One magistrate Noah Sajjabi will on November 07, 2017 deliver his ruling on whether to release on bail nine suspects are charged with the murder of former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and two others. The nine suspects through their lawyer Ladislous Rwakafuuzi …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MP Raphael Magyezi, who moved the motion in parliament to change Article 102 b in the constitution, Tuesday stormed out of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs committee after he complained about delaying tactics by the members. The chairperson of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs committee …
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That’s what 115 years of data tells scientists about battle with malaria Kampala, Uganda | BOB SNOW | Professor of Malaria Epidemiology, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford It’s difficult to accurately measure the number of people who get malaria each year. This …
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Kampala, Uganda | ANDREW S. KAGGWA | Days after parliament quietly passed the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, widely known as the ‘GMO Bill’, in early October, Meg Hilbert Jaquay, the Managing Director of Jakana Foods Limited, remains sad. Her company exports 30 metric tonnes of organic dried fruits to U.S., Europe, …
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Fine Spinners plan to sell T-shirts at US$3 on the local market Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA| It is Oct. 17, eighteen representatives of importers from Germany are touring Fine Spinner’s garment factory in Bugolobi, a Kampala suburb filming various activities and to ascertain the company’s production processes and capacity. Later, …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Hearing of defence evidence in the Sh24.7 billion Katosi case against former works minister Eng.Abraham Byandala flopped on Monday after one of the lawyers failed to turn up. The Anti-Corruption Court last week ordered Byandala to defend himself saying that prosecution presented with sufficient evidence …
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“Fight poverty, unemployment” say President as he graduates skilled girls Kampala, Uganda | PPU | 661 female pioneers of the Presidential Initiative on the Skilling of the Girl Programme that is tailored to fight against poverty and unemployment among the girl child group in the country, have today graduated …
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JOBS: Clerks (technicians) Currency department BOU Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Applications are invited from qualified Ugandans to fill 4 vacant positions in the Currency Department, Bank of Uganda. Advertisement of Vacant Positions in Bank of Uganda by The Independent Magazine on Scribd Share on: WhatsApp
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Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | She has met President Yoweri Museveni and the Director General of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col. Frank Kaka Bagyenda. She is now being guarded by the Special Forces Command, the elite troops that protect the President but she still fears for her life. And the …
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Maize prices drop by 70% as exports to Kenya reduce due to political uncertainties Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s farmers could battle to sell some of their surplus maize as major customers who mainly export to Kenya cut back on their purchases citing political uncertainties in the latter …
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