By Ben Ssebuguzi Recently I was pleased to read in the dailies that some Members of Parliament have rejected some proposals in the new Landlord and Tenant bill, which tends to give supreme powers to the tenants at the expense of Landlords. Clause 51 of the bill requires the Landlord
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State Minister for Planning, David Bahati on Tuesday issued a statement regarding the ongoing Bank of Uganda (BoU) currency saga, with reports alleging that extra Shs90bn was printed for individuals’ own use. During today’s plenary sitting, Bahati revealed that Bank of Uganda entered into contract with Oberthur Fiduciaire on 26th
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Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has ruled that no select Committee will be constituted to investigate how the Bemanya Twebaze, the Administrator of heavily indebted Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) is running the affairs of the company. MPs last week requested for investigations into UTL but the speaker pushed her
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A lawyer in Sudan has told the BBC that the internet has been restored after a three-week shut-down - but only for him. Sudan's military rulers ordered an internet blackout after they violently dispersed protesters camping in central Khartoum who were demanding they leave power. The lawyer, Abdel-Adheem Hassan (in
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni today met Chinese President, Xi Jinping and held bilateral talks with him at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Museveni, who is in China for a four-day visit, described China as Uganda’s reliable partner. “..Besides their role in supporting our African liberation cause, I
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TOTAL AFCON Egypt 2019 Finals (Group A): Wednesday, 26th June 2019 Zimbabwe Vs Uganda Cranes At Cairo International Stadium (8 PM Ugandan Time) The Uganda Cranes Head Coach Sebastien Desabre and Captain Denis Onyango addressed the media at the Cairo International Stadium on Tuesday morning. This was during the official
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Members of Parliament (MPs) have appreciated the strides made in the development of Uganda’s oil and gas sector. This was during a recently held four-day familiarisation visit for 41 MPs to oil and gas operation areas in the Albertine Graben. The field visit was organised by the Ministry of Energy
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President Yoweri Museveni has lashed at the World Bank for telling Uganda that countries that "build railways use own money." He said that such a statement from an economist that purports to support Africa's transformation through Private-Sector led growth shows that some actors are not serious. Museveni, who is
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Police has launched an electronic Express Penalty System-EPS for errant drivers. Dr. Steven Kasiima, the Director of Traffic Uganda Police Force, says the Express Penalty System will help to reduce the number of drivers dodging the payment of penalties. He says some drivers have unpaid penalties worth Shillings 5M, which
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Members of the Inter party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) Council have met the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to discuss the IPOD resolution of enacting electoral reforms. The iPod is composed of Political Parties including National Resistance Movement (NRM), Democratic Party (DP), Justice Forum (JEEMA), Uganda Peoples' Congress (UPC) and
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