A coalition of legislators opposed to the proposed lifting of the presidential age limit has vowed to paralyze business at parliament should police arrest any of them. Fourteen legislators drawn from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party and opposition told journalists at parliament on Monday afternoon that they have learnt
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Police has heavily deployed in various parts of Kampala ahead of the anticipated motion for a constitutional amendment to lift the cap on the presidential age limit. The headquarters of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, Uganda's biggest opposition party, is under siege by regular, anti-riot and anti-terrorism police. They have
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MPs opposed to the amendment of article 102 (b) of the 1995 constitution that intends to allow a person above 75 years of age to stand for President have provoked President Yoweri Museveni, asking him to declare his stand on the controversial issue. Addressing journalists at Parliament on Monday, Busiro
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Monday visited communities in Entebbe where several women have been killed. The community shared valuable information with him. The President offered condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and also committed to apprehending whoever is behind the heinous crimes. Earlier in the day,
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Tanzania has blocked preferential access for Kenyan textile goods manufactured outside the Export Processing Zone (EPZ), citing unfair competition for its own manufacturers, reports the Daily Nation. “This is informed by the fact that Kenya has allowed textile and apparel manufactures operating in the EPZ to off load their final
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Tian Tang Group has donated items and money worth Shs16m to Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Speaking at the event held at Tian Tang Group in Mukono, Mbalala on Friday, Lucy Zhang, the Chief Executive Officer said that as a corporate company, it is their responsibility to be part
Read MoreOn September 20, 2017, we published a story with a headline; NITA’s Shs35bn at Stake as Tumwebaze, Muhakanizi Fight, but with a different link carrying Mr. Charles Mbire’s name. The story alleged that Mr. Charles Mbire was connected to M/S Soliton Telmec Ltd and its questionable 'exorbitant' transactions with NITA.
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An antibody that attacks 99 per cent of HIV strains has been developed by scientists for the first time. The “exciting breakthrough” could eventually lead to treatment or even prevent transmission of the virus, with trials on humans due to get underway in 2018. Experiments on 24 monkeys injected with HIV showed none developed the virus
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Rwanda’s police said they arrested an activist barred from running for the presidency and two family members for alleged offenses against state security and forgery. Diane Rwigara, her mother and sister were arrested Saturday after the East African nation’s police “uncovered credible evidence linking the trio to offenses against state
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UK technology firm Imagination, which designs graphics chips for smartphones, is being bought for £550m by a Chinese-backed investment firm. Imagination put itself up for sale in June after Apple, its largest customer, said it would stop using its products. The boss of Imagination, Andrew Heath, said the takeover by China-backed Canyon
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