The Chieftaincy of Military intelligence-CMI is holding five police officers. They are Nickson Agasirwe, the former head of the Police Special Operations Unit at Nalufenya in Jinja District, Joel Aguma, the Commandant Professional Standards Unit (PSU), Alex Tumukunde and Faisal Katende, both operatives from the Flying Squad Unit and an
Read MoreIran's leading automobile manufacturer Saipa Group is eyeing the Ugandan market as an entry point into a much bigger eastern, central and southern African market. Speaking at the Uganda-Iran Economic Forum in Kampala, Saipa's Vice President for International Affairs and Export, Mohsen Dastkhosh Javan, said they are keen on entering
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Government spends over $3m on foreign software developers annually in its effort to execute its duties, the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) Executive Director James Saka has said. In an exclusive interview with Business Focus at the sidelines of ICT-Uganda Association first meeting with NITA- Uganda on Wednesday
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Ecobank Uganda have announced that they collected only Shs27m from their countrywide campaign that was meant to bring Shs.6bn when they participated at the 2017 Total Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The campaign dubbed 'Afcon 'Tulumbe Gabon Nalo Nakajja', was an initiative to help the Cranes get funding as
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Raila Odinga has finally made his "big announcement" concerning Kenya’s repeat presidential election, slated for Thursday. Addressing his supporters at Uhuru Park in the capital Nairobi, Mr Odinga on Wednesday said the National Super Alliance (Nasa) had transformed from a political coalition to "a resistance movement". "We will not respect
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The driver of Kenya's Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu was shot and wounded Tuesday, two days ahead of the country's re-run of presidential elections, according to Nairobi police. Mwilu's driver, identified by local media as Police Constable Titus Musyoka and in some reports described as a bodyguard was shot in
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Kenya plunged deeper into crisis on Wednesday as a shortage of judges scuppered an eleventh-hour petition to delay a presidential election and the governor of a volatile opposition region endorsed rebellion against the state. Within minutes of Supreme Court chief justice David Magara announcing that five judges had failed to
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A number of opposition Members of Parliament opposed to the amendment of the Constitution to remove the age limit for presidential candidates on Wednesday returned money for consultations to Parliament, saying it is unholy. The MPs were each given Shs29 million on Tuesday for the consultations on the controversial Bill.
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Ignatius Ahumuza, 21, a Ugandan entrepreneur has won US$10,000 (Shs36.4m) Anzisha Prize at Africa’s premier awards for youngest entrepreneurs held on October 24, 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ahumuza is among the fifteen (15) young African entrepreneurs who emerged as finalists from a field of more than 800 applicants for
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Kenya’s High Court Judge George Odunga on Wednesday ruled that the gazettement of Returning Officers and their deputies by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was illegally done and violated the Elections Act, reports the Standard News site. IEBC had appointed 290 constituency Returning Officers and their deputies to
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