On Thursday July 28, 2005, South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army leader, Col John Garang, rang President Yoweri Museveni and told him he wanted to meet him over important issues about the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed with the Khartoum government in January 2005 in Naivasha, Kenya. Garang had only three weeks
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The Chinese Embassy in Uganda has dismissed reports that the Asian giant is cracking down on Ugandans and Nigerians. The statement issued in response to an article in a local daily titled, "China Cracks Down On Ugandans, Nigerians" published on Sunday. The article claims that particular hotels in China had
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Online publishers under their umbrella body Independent Online Journalists Association-Uganda (INDOJA-U) and Human Rights Network For Journalits (HRNJ) have demanded the immediate release of one of their colleagues, Stanley Ndawula, who was kidnapped Saturday morning. Ndawula, the Editor and the Chief Executive Officer of ‘The Investigator’, an online publication was
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The Uganda shilling traded in a tight range, slightly weakening on account of commercial banks squaring positions during the week ending 27th July 2018. Inflows were sufficient to keep the volatility in check. Trading range was 3785/3795. In the interbank money market, overnight funds traded at 6% while one week traded
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Victoria University Friday July 27, 2018 signed a Memorandum of Understanding NFT Consult, aimed at helping the University students get a well nurtured career in Human Resource Management. The event was witnessed by the Human Resource Managers Association of Uganda represented by the Secretary General, Ajal Joseph.N FT Consult was
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News reaching our desk indicates that Stanley Ndawula, a senior investigative journalist and Chief Executive Officer at 'The Investigator', an online publication has been kidnapped. ‘The Investigator’ says on its official facebook page that Ndawula was forcefully arrested last night at his lounge- 'Yaya' on Bukoto Street. “According to an
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Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) Eunice Namatende has conceded defeat to JEEMA’s Asuman Basalirwa, who is taking lead in the Bugiri MP Municipality elections even before EC announces the winner. Below is her message you posted on her official facebook page; Friends, It was a great opportunity to take part
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The Kenyan High Court has slapped the Government with Sh6.3 billion (UShs234b) bill for goods of foreign firms that were destroyed in the 2007/08 post-election violence, the Standard reports. In the largest award for post-election violence cases, Justice Mbogholi Msagha ordered the Government to pay 16 Ugandan and Rwandan firms
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Uganda becomes the first African country to sign an agreement with the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF), a joint initiative of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), a Pan-African and multilateral guarantor and KfW with funding from German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development. Under the program, RLSF will offer
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Igara West MP, Raphael Magyezi, the mover of the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill (No2) 2017 which later culminated into law has spoken out on the Constitutional Court ruling that upheld removal of age limit and quashed the 2-year extension of MP’s tenure. “I am happy with the court ruling, particularly
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