To align, balance or not? Buying new vehicle tyres in Uganda can be quite tricky. For most buyers the main challenge often revolves around balancing right price with right quality. Apart from the wide variety of brands, which can sometimes mean very wide margins in price, buyers often have to …
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MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA: An armed attack Sunday night on Pan African Parliament (PAP) legislators in Midrand, South Africa, has threatened to derail deliberations, with members asking the PAP President Roger Nkodo to put aside the order of business of the day and address the security concerns. The thugs trailed …
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Lwengo Woman MP Cissy Namujju will retain her seat in Uganda’s 10th Parliament after the Court of Appeal on Tuesday overturned a High Court’s decision that had nullified her election. Three justices led by Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma unanimously ruled that NRM’s Namujju was validly elected as the Lwengo …
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When Sheebah Karungi Samalie held her maiden concert that attracted multitudes of people to Hotel Africana People’s Space arena, it was a dream coming true for the 27 year old and the culmination of 12 years of struggling to prove to doubters she could not only dance but also sing. …
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Nkangi, the man who saved the soul of Buganda’s power By Andrew S. Kaggwa One Sunday in 1964, a young man called Mayanja Nkangi was going about his normal business when someone stopped him and said: “We want you to be a Katikkiro. The lukiiko (Buganda parliament) are annoyed with …
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During the 1970s heady days of then President Idi Amin’s political upheavals, many artists of means fled into self-exile. Prof. Francis Xavier Nnaggenda, arguably the greatest sculptor Uganda has produced, moved in the opposite direction. After a stint in Indiana and Texas in USA and Nairobi in Kenya, Nnaggenda returned …
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By: Andrew S. Kaggwa Financial technology experts from 40 African countries are converging this month in, Lagos, the commercial city of Nigeria, to share their innovations, rethink their current models and gain valuable market insight of the African digital financial services market. Stone Atwine, the Ugandan CEO and founder of …
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VIDEO: Members of Parliament, regardless of their political affiliation, have described former Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Finance minister Joash Mayanja Nkangi as a corrupt free politician whose acts should be emulated by the current leaders.The legislators also described the former Buganda Katikiiro, who died yesterday, as a person who persisted …
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VIDEO: Buganda Kingdom is mourning the death of its former Katikiro Joash Mayanja Nkangi who passed on this morning. In a message, the Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga described Nkangi as a key pillar during Mutesa II’s reign and one who stood firm to protect the kingdom during the times …
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VIDEO: He held together what remained of Buganda kingdom soon after it was abolished during the reign of the Obote and Amin. But even as his candle burned out at the age of 86, he lived a happy man having served his kingdom and his country in various capacities. Our reporter Mable Twegumye Zake talked …
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