Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Adolf Kasaija Mwesige has said that article 102 (b) should be repealed, thereby removing lower and upper Presidential age limits because life expectancy has gone up in Uganda.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
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The 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
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South 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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Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has Tuesday suspended the House after the army allegedly took over Parliament. This was after Lucy Akello, the Amuru Woman MP that soldiers had invaded Parliament’s Catholic Chapel. “Why are soldiers invading our places of worship? I am not happy with what is happening.
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has announced 125 companies and institutions that will be exempted from 6% withholding tax for the period January–June 2018. The list includes top companies and institutions such as City Oil (U) Limited, CNOOC Uganda Ltd, Bank Of Uganda, Hariss International Limited, Jesa Farm Dairy Limited, Kampala
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General Constantino Chiwenga, who led the Zimbabwean military ouster of long-term leader Robert Mugabe, will quit the army, the government said. Chiwenga will depart while awaiting “redeployment” to another position, according to an emailed statement by the government on Monday which didn’t give further details on his next assignment. General
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South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has selected Cyril Ramaphosa to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the party's leader, reports BBC. The country's deputy president defeated former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mr Zuma's ex-wife, after a marathon voting process. Mr Ramaphosa is in a strong position to become president
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The troubles of Brian White Kirumira have worsened with police denying ever assigning him Police body guards. Kirumira has been moving around with four armed police officers. Kirumira was picked up last week for shooting and injuring Victor Bitwire, outside his home in Buziga, a Kampala suburb. A police search
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The recently released Local Government scorecard indicates that district councillors affiliated to opposition parties are performing relatively better than their counterparts in the ruling National Resistance Movement party. According to the 2016/17 Local Government Councils Scorecard Assessment, councillors affiliated to Uganda People's Congress (UPC), the Democratic Party (DP) and Forum
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Uganda's State Minister for Lands, Honorable Princess Persis Namuganza on Monday morning dared an opposition lawmaker to cross her path as debate on the controversial age limit ensued. [caption id="attachment_7081" align="alignnone" width="960"] The moment Hon Persis warned the MP to keep in his lane[/caption] This was after opposition MPs shouted
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