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‘Trump Is Keen To Do Deals With African Countries’

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has asked African governments to adopt the Trump administration’s limited-government approach for economic success, taking a veiled swipe at the Chinese model of debt-heavy infrastructure projects that have permeated the continent. Pompeo lambasted centralized planning and heavy government spending, decrying the “failed socialist experiments of

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Ex Buganda Attorney General Apollo Makubuya Dragged To Court Over Shs5bn Land Scandal

Former Buganda Kingdom Attorney General and Deputy Katikkiro, Nelson Apollo Makubuya (pictured) has been dragged to the High Court for allegedly stealing land from the former Executive Director of the Kabaka Foundation, Ambassador Matiya Lubega.  Ambassador Lubega is the pioneer Executive Director of Kabaka Ronald Mutebi’s charity arm, the Kabaka

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Museveni Woos African-Americans To Invest In Burgeoning Real Estate Sector

President Yoweri Museveni has called on African- American investors to take interest in Uganda’s blossoming real estate sector especially in areas around industrial parks spread across the country. This, he says, will on the housing deficit the East Africa country faces. Museveni made the remarks while meeting a delegation of

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Ugandan Elected Vice President Of Global Wildlife Conservation Body

Dr. Barirega Akankwasah (pictured), Ag Commissioner Wildlife Conservation at Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities has been elected Vice President of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of wild animals (CMS). As Vice President, Akankwasah will deputise the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change of India.

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MPs To Cabinet: We Won’t Be Cowed, You Must Explain New Secondary Education Curriculum

Members of Parliament (MPs) have lashed out at Cabinet for overlooking Parliament while implementing the controversial new secondary education curriculum yet the August House had recommended its halting. This is after Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde, the Minister of State for Primary Education asked Parliament for an extension to Thursday when the

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