Andrew Muwonge, NRM candidate passing through Kayunga town council. The Electoral Commission-EC has blamed police for assisting the National Resistance Movement-NRM party conduct a big procession in the district before the official campaigning date in the Kayunga LC5 by-election. EC started nomination of candidates vying for the office of LC5
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The proposal was made by Huda Oleru (Left), the Minister of State for Veteran Affairs while appearing before Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee The Uganda People’s Defence Forces wants Parliament to consider the idea of having the army deployed in disaster-hit regions so as to deal with security challenges that come
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Stanbic Bank Chief Executive Anne Juuko (middle) together with representatives from partnering entities sign MoUs at an event held at NHCCL headquarters in Kampala on Nov.30. National Housing, Stanbic Properties Limited, and Stanbic Bank Uganda have today entered a tripartite partnership to develop and facilitate Ugandans to access affordable modern housing, at a function presided over today, by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Under the terms of the partnership, National
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Deputy Speaker, Anita Among asked Zaake to table evidence that UPDF has deployed in DRC Parliament has rejected an attempt by some Opposition MPs to debate the deployment of the army in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) without Parliament approval. This followed a concern raised by Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality)
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Uganda Airlines aircraft will soon be maintained locally Uganda Airlines has embarked on the process of getting Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) Certification from Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) so as to reduce dependence on foreign maintenance contractors, Business Focus understands. It is a regulatory requirement that aircraft are maintained by
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MPs attending plenary The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Anita Among has denied claims that the Speaker and his Deputy are behind selection of MPs that will participate in the forthcoming East African inter-parliamentary games. Among says it’s the captains in charge of the various sports disciplines that are behind
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A father in Busia district has abandoned his two children in a rented house after failing to pay rent amounting to Shillings 490,000 for the last seven months. George Mulwani, 34, abandoned his children aged 6 and 8 years in the house of David Okumu, a resident of Mawero East
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“Food Sitoowa” has fast become a household name in Mbale city and its neighboring districts. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the country in 2020, president Yoweri Museveni announced a total lockdown of the country as part of the containment measures. Schools, transport, and all kinds of social gatherings were
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Patricia Ojangole the Managing Director of UDBL. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) - the country’s National Development Finance Institution – are set to co-host with their international partners a global gathering of financial sector players drawn from policy owners, regulators,
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Muwonge Andrew of NRM getting nominated The Electoral Commission has nominated four more candidates on the second day of nominations for by-election of District Chairperson, Kayunga District Local Government. Musisi Boniface Bandikubi (Independent); Muwonge Andrew (NRM); Kamoga Jamilu (Independent) and Waddimba Anthony (DP) now join the list of candidates which already has
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