Uganda’s Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is to come up come up with a “name and shame” campaign to expose public servants and government institutions that have a persisting poor corruption record. The committee vice chairperson Gerald Karuhanga said that the list will depend on their findings as they scrutinize annual reports from …
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Presidents Museveni, Farmaajo discuss security in Somalia President Yoweri Museveni and his counterpart, the newly elected Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmaajo’ have held a bilateral meeting during which they discussed the security situation in the horn and development in Somalia. “I congratulate you on two counts; One, your …
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Museveni, Sudan’s Vice President discuss refugee crisis President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has hailed President Yoweri Museveni’s peace efforts in Sudan following the safe release and handover of 125 Prisoners of war by SPLM-North to the Khatoum government. In a special message delivered to Museveni by the Sudanese Vice President …
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UK Trade Envoy challenges Uganda to reduce the cost of doing business The UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Uganda Lord Dolar Popat has challenged the Government of Uganda to invest more in the tourism sector and reduce the cost of doing business, if the country is to attain the …
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Washington, United States | AFP | The US military is wrapping up operations against the Lord’s Resistance Army in central Africa, even though its leader Joseph Kony is still at large, a top US general said Friday. “This thing is coming to an end,” said General Thomas Waldhauser, head of the …
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Hearing of the case in which five people including former works Minister Eng.Abraham Byandala are accsued in the Mukono-Katosi road saga, resumed Friday before the Anti-Corruption court. Defence Lawyers led by Peter Mulira cross examined the Senior Inspectorate Officer in the IGG’s office Lisa Mwagale, who investigated this case . Mwagale told presiding …
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VIDEO: A section of Members of Parliament vow not to pass the budget for the financial year 2017-2018, if government doesn’t allocate money for the LC 1 and 2 elections that had been scheduled for January this year. Legislators also expressed dissatisfaction, saying government was breaching the constitution for by not conducting …
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The High Court Judge heading the Criminal Division has set March 30 to hear the bail application filed by the suspects in the murder case of Maj. Muhammad Kiggundu and his body guard Sgt. Steven Mukasa. Justice Wilson Kwesiga will hear the the bail application filed by four Tabliq Muslims. They want …
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Uganda sets aside sh1 billion to fight armyworm Kampala, Uganda | AFP | A plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars has spread to East Africa where officials confirmed their presence for the first time in Uganda on Friday. An outbreak of the caterpillars in several southern African nations has already …
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Haggai Matsiko leads a team of five The Independent writers shortlisted for the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2017. The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) on Thursday announced a shortlist of 80 journalists whose 95 stories/entries have been evaluated for final accolades by a panel of 16 judges. Investigative journalist Matsiko was nominated as a finalist for …
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