Following the unprofessional conduct of security operatives in executing an arrest of a suspect, Yusuf Kawooya, that happened on Thursday 18th Oct 2018 along Colville street in Kampala, Arrest and prosecution of the offenders was effected vide case number UDC/041/18 Uganda vs Cpl Ssenkungu Daniel and others. Kawooya was brutally
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Standard Chartered Bank commonly referred to as StanChart has revealed that while the Edith Kasekende, wife to Bank of Uganda Governor, Dr. Louis Kasekende, the leaked info doesn’t reflect the true picture of her account. This is comes after a bank statement purportedly belonging to Edith leaked to the public,
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South Sudan refugees in Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Western Uganda are visualizing enterprises that will transform their lives, thanks to a series of life skills training by Enabel, the development agency of the Belgian government, URN reports. The training, conducted from May to August 2018 was followed by one month
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By Ronnie Muganzi Ugandans living in areas without a commercial bank branch are now able to access formal banking services, thanks to Agency Banking which has brought a bank agent to their locality. This follows the passing of the FIA 2017 bill that created the legal framework that guides new
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By Ian M. Rumanyika Necessity. It is that which balances choices and shades light on the one choice that we truly cannot do without. What is necessary has to happen for with predestination, it has already been marked as inevitable. When we find ourselves hating on things that we need,
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Police in Tanzania say kidnapped billionaire Mohammed Dewji was taken by men driving a car that had arrived from "a neighbouring country", news agency Reuters reports. Police Inspector General Simon Sirro declined to say which country the car came from, saying he did not want to cause a diplomatic row.
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Uganda joined the rest of the World to celebrate the World Food Day on the October 16, 2018. However, farmers in Uganda under our umbrella Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF Uganda) are demanding government to subsidize agricultural mechanization machines to make them affordable to small scale
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Uganda will soon have 10 cities including the Capital City Kampala, Jeniffer Namuyangu, State Minister of Local Government has revealed. Namuyangu made the revelation on Thursday while Appearing before Parliament’s Committee of Public Service and Local Government. The nine municipalities set to be upgraded to city status include Mbarara, Gulu,
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About 3000 Police Officers are to be trained and equipped with CCTV management skills to help them handle the ongoing national safe city CCTV project. CP Yusuf Sewanyana, Deputy Director Information Communication Technology, has said that about 3000 monitoring agents in different categories like operators, traffic, field officers, command and control,
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The Kampala Minister, Beti Olive Kamya has praised Jennifer Musisi, the outgoing Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA for transforming the face of the Uganda's capital, URN reports. According to Kamya, prior to Musisi's appointment, the city was dirty and dark, but her entry changed things. Kamya, who was addressing
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