Dr Stella Nyanzi has appealed to the Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal protesting her sacking, URN reports. The decision to sack Dr Nyanzi, a research fellow at Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) was reached by the University Appointments Board at its 587th meeting held on December 11, 2018. She
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has said government will soon consider Soybean as a country`s strategic crop that will earn farmers good money. He made the remarks while launching a new soybean variety (Maksoy 6N) and state-of-the-art soybean storage facilities yesterday in Kabanyolo-Wakiso District.
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Almost every Nigerian vote since independence in 1960 has been dogged by varying degrees of conflict and allegations of rigging. That’s one reason why the 2015 election that saw Muhammadu Buhari, now 76, become the first candidate in the nation’s history to topple a sitting president through the ballot box
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By Drake Nyamugabwa The government Friday passed out gender and equity budgeting national trainers who will support Government institutions to address gender and equality concerns in budgets as required by the Public Finance, Management Act, 2015. Minister of State for Finance in charge of Planning, David Bahati presided over the
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The Kabaka (king) of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has reshuffled his Cabinet, dropping city lawyer, David F.K. Mpanga (in featured photo) as the kingdom’s Attorney General. He has been replaced with another city lawyer, Christopher Bwanika. Mpanga, who has been Buganda Attorney General since 2013 is now a
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The price of inputs in the construction sector went up by 2.0 percent for the year ending in January 2019 compared to 1.5 increase of the year that ended in January 2018. This is according to the construction sector indices released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). The price change
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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says there is "no doubt" Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be given the role on a permanent basis. The Reds face United at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday ((14:05 GMT)), their first meeting since Solskjaer replaced the sacked Jose Mourinho
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Stanbic Bank has contributed Shs30 million towards the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Kampala 7 hills hash run whose main aim is to raise money to refurbish and improve learning environments for children in KCCAschools across the city and upcountry schools in rural areas. The Kampala Seven Hills Run is
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The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde, has appointed ten members of the 8th National Standards Council (NSC) for a period of three years. The NSC is the supreme governing body of UNBS that is responsible for providing oversight and policy guidance to management to ensure effective service
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By REUTERSMTN Uganda has denied government accusations it has been understating its revenues and said it was fully meeting all its tax obligations. Relations between the telecoms firm and the country have been strained over a series of issues including deportations of its top executives, accusations of under-reporting revenues and
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