Uganda’s top distance runner Joshua Cheptegei marked his return to the track with an impressive 4th place finish in a star-studded 5000 Metres Prefontaine Classic race on Saturday. Cheptegei’s time of 13:02.84 is a season best for him, but the 20-year-old can run faster. He was 2 seconds short of his …
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VIDEO: Land grabbers protected by President Museveni, says Omara Atubo Former ministers in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban development have claimed that land grabbers in Uganda have presidential protection. Omara Atubo and Aida Nantaba were before the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire land inquiry committee to give their views on …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Thirteen years after dropping out of Harvard University to work on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday finally got his degree — well, sort of. Zuckerberg returned to the university where he launched what would become the world’s biggest social network, and basked in the …
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VIDEO: Stella Nyanzi challenges sections of Mental Treatment Act 1938 Dr Stella Nyanzi who is battling charges of cyber harassment has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the state’s decision to investigate the state of her mind. Nyanzi through her lawyers is challenging sections of the Mental Treatment Act under which the …
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VIDEO: Withdraw the KCCA bill, Kampala MPs tell minister Kamya Legislators from Kampala have asked the Minister for Kampala Betty Namisango Kamya to unconditionally withdraw the KCCA Amendment Bill 2015 that was recently re-tabled before Parliament by her deputy Benny Namugwanya. The members argue that if passed in its current …
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VIDEO: Nalufenya torture report out In an attempt to get to the bottom of torture allegations in the country, the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights has finally presented its findings about Nalufenya Police Station in Jinja district. Presenting the report to parliament chaired by Speaker Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the committee head …
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VIDEO: Kayihura no show at Uganda Human Rights Commission The Uganda Police chief Gen. Kale Kayihura and Internal affairs minister Jeje Odong have snubbed interrogation by the Uganda Human Rights Commission over the multiple cases of human rights violation reported to the commission. Interrogation of security chiefs kicked off Tuesday …
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FULL VIDEO: Chris Obore, the Director, Communication and Public Affairs at Parliament of Uganda explains to NBS TV why Parliament is summoning ICT Minister Frank Tumwebaze for ‘defying’ the house on deadlines for SIM-card registration. Tumwebaze maintained the deadline last Friday, a day after Parliament had recommended it be pushed …
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Kampala, Uganda | PWATCH UG| Uganda’s Parliament has started airing the UK Prime Minister’s Question Time from the House of Commons for its legislators. The 45-minute session was introduced during the 9th Parliament to allow MPs ask the Prime Minister questions of national importance and policy matters but the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her …
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Uganda’s Nakaayi wins 800m silver medal, Jebet wins gold in Steeplechase Baku, Azerbaijan | AFP-Services (text stories) | Uganda’s Halimah Nakaayi has won a silver medal in the women’s 800-metre final on the second day of athletics at the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku. The 22-year-old Ugandan Olympian, was beaten by …
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