The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has today said its board of Governors will vote on removing age limit for the position of Managing Director. “The Executive Board has today recommended that the IMF Board of Governors vote to remove the age limit that currently applies to
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Gen Tumwine Found Guilty Of Assaulting Cecilia Ogwal, Exonerated On Disrespecting The Speaker
Parliament’s Committee of Rules, Discipline and Privileges has found General Elly Tumwine, the Security Minister guilty of assaulting Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal. The Committee report that was tabled before Parliament yesterday also castigated Tumwine for being disrespectful towards the Committee during the hearing. The report however exonerated Tumwine of
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni has thanked his Angolan counterpart, Joao Manuel Lourenco, for overseeing a reinforcement process that has culminated into Uganda and Rwanda signing a pact to improve their political and economic relations. The President was today (Wednesday) speaking in the Angolan capital Luanda, shortly after President Paul Kagame of
Read MoreUganda's President Yoweir Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to resolve the ongoing standoff between the two neighboring countries. The MoU was agreed on in the Angolan capital, Luanda. Museveni and Kagame were in Angola for the quadripartite summit which is part
Read MoreThe Uganda Police Force have strongly rejected a story that was published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), claiming the Uganda Police Force used its technology for spying and surveilling opposition figures. “We would like the public to know that the UPF has an existing contract with Huawei to install
Read MorePolice in Matuga, a Kampala suburb have arrested a notorious criminal who has been robbing people at ATMs. Julius Atukwase (in featured photo), a resident of Kitagata Town Council, Sheema district was arrested yesterday at one of the ATMs in Matuga where he was pretending to help a woman to
Read MoreThe Bank of Uganda Governor, Prof Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile Wednesday failed to appear the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over fresh probe into the closure of Cooperative Bank. This left MPs on the Committee angered because lawmakers had earlier protested Mutebile’s decision to delegate the Executive Director
Read MoreLegislators have urged government to address the challenges faced by sugarcane out growers saying that the farmers are stuck with cane with no market. Bugabula South MP, Maurice Kibalya said that sugarcane growers have now resorted to looking for market in Kenya where they are facing hostilities. “Last week, the
Read MoreAll foreign contractors awarded procurement deals shall be required to partner with Ugandan subcontractors. The proposal is contained in the amendments to the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act. In the proposals, government seeks to favour local contractors and local products during procurement. The Public Procurement and Disposal
Read MoreGovernment has not dropped the idea of carrying out an inquest into the death of former Butaleja district woman representative, Cerinah Nebanda, despite the arrest and conviction of a key suspect in her death five years ago. The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana (in featured photo), told Parliament that the
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