A 50 year old Alex Twinomujuni who has been on remand for 22 years without trial. The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn murder charges against Alex Twinomugisha, who has been on remand for more than 22 years without trial. The charges were withdrawn at Buganda
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO | AFP Oil prices broke past $100 and safe havens surged while equities tumbled Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "military operation" in Ukraine, accelerating fears of a major war. Markets have been hammered this week after the Kremlin recognised two breakaway regions
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President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) reconciled with his rival Raila Odinga after the 2017 election Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has officially endorsed opposition leader Raila Odinga to succeed him in the presidential elections set for 9 August. President Kenyatta urged his supporters to back Mr Odinga's bid saying that he had
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Norway Minister meets with Museveni at State House President Yoweri Museveni has called on the European Union to open up is market to Africa’s food products and improve farmers’ incomes.“If you can help us with the European market; remove the distortion that was introduced by the European Union when they
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About six firms signed financing deals with UDB Six companies have signed financial support deals with Uganda Development Bank (UDB). The firms signed the deals during the Greater Ankole Investment Symposium at Kakyeka Stadium, Mbarara city on Wednesday. Kazire Health Products, and Bishop Stuart University, were among the six lucky
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Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa Bank Uganda MD hands over a certificate to the proprietor of Environment and Social Safeguards Int'l, as Donald Agaba, Program Head of Employment and Skills for Development in Africa (E4D) and Alfred Agaba, MD of ACLAIM Africa look on. 60 decision-makers from 46 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
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Students in PLE exams Several Ugandans are calling for the scrapping of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), vocationalisation of primary education, and overhauling of the assessment framework. The proposals are part of the hundreds of documents that have been so far received by the Education Policy Review Commission which was instituted
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Kampala Parents pupils active in co-curricular activities The Ministry of Education and Sports has given green light to schools to organize and participate in games and sports events, but maintained the ban on visitation days. Before the reopening of schools, the Ministry of Education and Sports issued tough guidelines limiting
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The Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID has arrested a woman suspected to be the ringleader of fraudsters who reportedly defrauded parents more than One Billion Shillings in a school fees scam, URN reports. Charles Twine, the CID spokesperson, identified the suspect as Edith Nasoozi, a teacher and a resident of Nakawuka village-
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Health practitioners under their umbrella body Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have tasked the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah (pictured) to champion legislation to improve the healthcare system in the country upon his recovery. Oulanyah is currently hospitalized in Seattle City in the United States of America where he was rushed
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