State House Anti-Corruption Unit last week announced that President Yoweri Museveni will on 4th December 2019 lead the country in a walk to highlight the gains made so far in the fight against corruption and announce new plans to walk the vice out of Uganda. The Anti-Corruption walk will be
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Uganda is set to become the 7th largest Parliament in Africa if Government’s proposal to create more Constituencies is approved by the 10th Parliament. The development will see the number of MPs increase from the cureent 461 to 481. Tom Butiime, Minister of Local Government is set to table a
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni Tuesday officially opened the 4th International Conference on Tax in Africa (ICTA) and the African Tax Administration Forum’s 10th anniversary celebration at Serena Hotel in the Capital, Kampala. Themed “Innovation- Digitalization and Harnessing Technology to Improve Tax Systems”, the Conference attracted over 300 participants from 48
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni today met with the European Union delegation in Uganda led by the EU Ambassador to Uganda H.E. Attilio Pacifici as part of continuous engagements. In a statement issued this evening, Museveni assured EU of free and fair elections in 2021. “…About the political situation in the
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It is quite unbelievable for a budding businessman to dive into the murky waters of politics. This is because while some people make a career out of it (politics), it is quite a challenging calling that requires enormous resources. However, Keefa Nuwahereza, 34, seems to have the answer to the
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Centre-left opposition candidate Alberto Fernández has been elected president of Argentina in a vote dominated by economic concerns. Mr Fernández secured more than the 45% of the vote needed to win, beating conservative incumbent Mauricio Macri. Raucous crowds gathered at Mr Fernández's election headquarters to celebrate the result. The vote
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After restoring Russia as a key power in the Middle East, President Vladimir Putin is turning his attention to Africa to raise Moscow’s profile in the struggle for geopolitical influence. Putin hosts leaders from more than 50 African states on Wednesday in Russia’s first conference with the continent, underlining a
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Uganda’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Abubaker Jeje Odongo (in featured photo) has said the country's security isn't as bad as the opposition and social media critics are trying to depict it as a result of what he called a few incidences of kidnap and murder. "Security isn't bad as it
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Electoral Commission has warned observers against reporting live events during elections, URN reports. Following the release of the 2021 election road map, several Non-Government Organizations have embarked on preparation for the polls as observers. According Electoral Commission guidelines, the role of election observers is to study the various aspects
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The Election Commission (EC) has launched a sensitization exercise aimed at appealing to voters to confirm their names and polling stations in order to have smooth general elections in 2021. It is EC’s mandate to reorganize polling stations and placing voters in the right polling stations in an electoral area.
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