The case against oil giants ENI and Shell on allegations of corruption in Nigeria could be one of the biggest corporate corruption trials in history, says Global Witness. The anti-corruption watchdog reacted after a judge said the case is going to be heard in an Italian court next year after
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Uber is a transport company and not a digital service as the ride-sharing firm had argued. Uber argued that it was an information society service - providing a way for people to make contact with each other electronically - and not
Read MoreRev. Fr. Gaetano Batanyenda, the Chairperson of Kigezi Inter-Religious Council has condemned security operatives for desecrating places of worship in parliament. Father Gaetano's comments come only a few days after opposition members of parliament protested the presence of soldiers inside the Catholic and Anglican chapels found in the basement of
Read MoreUganda's speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has ordered an investigation into allegations that soldiers were camped in parliamentary chapels, and that plastic bottles of urine and food utensils were found in the places of worship. Earlier, Kadaga had been forced to adjourn a debate about a controversial bill aimed at
Read MoreUganda and Kenya's Presidents, Yoweri Museveni and Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday met and committed themselves to strengthening ties between the two countries. The two leaders met in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi where Museveni was visiting for an official visit. "Was in Nairobi, Kenya today on an official visit at the
Read MoreBishop Reuben Kisembo Amooti of Ruwenzori Diocese has defrocked five priests for what he called immoral behaviour. Addressing the media at the Ruwenzori Diocesan Headquarters in Fort Portal today, Bishop Kisembo named the defrocked priests as Rev. Joel Manyindo who was parish priest Rwimi All Saints Church, Rev. Jonathan Kyangasha,
Read MoreThe former Secretary General of East African Community and founding National Resistance Army-NRA member, Nuwe Amanya Mushega, has warned against amending the constitution to scrap the presidential age limits. Mushega, a veteran of the bush war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power 31 years ago, says the ongoing efforts
Read MoreMinister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Adolf Kasaija Mwesige has said that article 102 (b) should be repealed, thereby removing lower and upper Presidential age limits because life expectancy has gone up in Uganda. “The constitution which we passed in 1995 was informed by circumstances of 1995; life expectancy was
Read MoreThe Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga is furious over the alleged invasion of Parliament by the army. “I issued security guideline; I said only Parliamentary Police should be securing this place. Any other deployment must be communicated to my office. In the course of the recess, I also received
Read MoreSouth Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) Monday selected Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the party’s leader. The country’s deputy president defeated former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Zuma’s ex-wife, after a marathon voting process. Ramaphosa is in a strong position to become president in 2019 polls. Ramaphosa
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