A female pedestrian was killed on Monday afternoon around Kajjansi along Entebbe road after being knocked by the official car of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba. The deceased has been identified as Jane Namara and according to a statement issued by Rogers Mulindwa,
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The last time Rwanda held presidential elections, opposition leader Frank Habineza’s deputy was killed and he fled into European exile. Seven years on, he sees his candidacy in next month’s vote as a cautious step toward greater political freedoms in the tiny East African country. The Aug. 4 election will
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China's economy grew at an annual rate of 6.9% between April and June according to official figures, slightly higher than forecast. The growth rate, which compares expansion with the same three months in the previous year, was the same as in the first quarter of 2017. Beijing is trying to
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A war of World War three proportions could be brewing between newly elected Kyadondo East MP and President Yoweri Museveni if the former’s missive is something to go by. Reggae star cum politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has written back to the country’s president, disagreeing with Museveni in what
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Uganda's giant telecommunications network, MTN Uganda has revised its internet bundles effective 14th July , 2017. The changes have mainly been effected in volumes of the MTN’s new social bundles, commonly known as the MTN Swift and MTN WTF. [caption id="attachment_2599" align="aligncenter" width="1086"] Revised Social Bundle Volumes[/caption] This comes after a
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The Police has said former national football team captain, Geoffrey Massa will be charged for attempted murder and reckless driving. Massa was on on Thursday morning (3am) involved in a scuffle with the Police when his vehicle was shot at and his friend Josephine Maliza got injured by one of
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Pregnant women in Uganda who have urinary tract infection symptoms are wrongly consuming antibiotics prescribed without laboratory confirmation, a study carried out by the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Makerere University shows. The study, aimed at finding out the accuracy of UTI diagnosis, assessed 2,562 women from four groups.
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has stressed the need to lower the cost of production for the private sector led growth to yield positive results. The President made the observations onFriday at State House, Entebbe during a meeting with envoys of the European Union in Uganda who were led by the
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The Uganda government on Thursday presented the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Bill to Parliament, despite protests from legislators. Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana, presented the Bill for its First Reading during a sitting chaired by the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017 intends to
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Microsoft Has Ended Support For Its Windows 8 Smartphones The US tech giant will now focus on other segments, amid ongoing speculation about its strategy for mobile. Users of Windows-powered phones – which have failed badly against rivals from Apple and Google Android – were invited to upgrade to its
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