Judiciary Permanent Secretary, Pius Birgirimana (pictured) has revealed that the Judiciary spent Shs1.29bn to handle the presidential election petition. Birgirimana made the revelation today while appearing before Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee. Birgirimana informed MPs on the committee that the money they spent on the presidential petition was part of the Shs20bn supplementary budget
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Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe says he has written a letter to President Samia Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema has requested a meeting with President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe said he had written a letter to President Samia asking for a meeting to find solutions to various challenges,
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Oree is supplementing his salary with income from poultry farming Poultry farming is one of the lucrative enterprises one can venture into in Uganda. One can choose to go for broilers, exotic layers or local chicken. Bosco Oree chose to venture into commercial local chicken. In 2012, a logistician and currently an
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President Museveni’s suit against the Monitor Publications for alleged defamation has drawn debate among some of the practicing lawyers.At the centre of the debate is whether the sitting President who by the constitution is protected from being sued can on the other hand sue someone. The President
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Robert Lumanyika Wamala, the Supervisor Tax Education at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Friday met with leaders Tax Societies from 19 Universities in Uganda to further strengthen the spirit of nurturing a tax alert generation. Speaking at the webinar, Robert Lumanyika Wamala, the Supervisor Tax Education at URA , said that since inception of
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Catching fish using pancakes is a bad practice The Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) has warned fishermen on Lake George against using pancakes to catch fish.This follows reports of fishermen who have adopted pancakes as a new method to make their catch. The fishermen reportedly throw the pans into areas where they
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Hon Atiku presented the bill for first reading Persons involved in human sacrifice will face the death penalty if a new law aimed at preventing the offence is passed by Parliament. The Prevention and Prohibition of Human sacrifice Bill, 2020 proposes that persons who mutilate or cause death of another
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David Bahati, the State Minister of Finance said that the car license is intended to streamline the transport sector Parliament’s finance committee has rejected a proposal by the government to introduce a licence of 200,000 Shillings license on motor vehicles and 50,000 Shillings for motorbikes. The Ministry of Finance has proposed the
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Tanzania's new president Samia Hassan Suluhu The long wait for Uganda's Final Investment Decision for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania.Tanzania's new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for talks that
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Some of the dead fish at Kibiribiri's ponds Sam Kibiribiri, a farmer from Kinaburimano village in Kihiihi Sub-county, Kanungu district has lost over 15,000 fish to suspected poisoning. The fish was found floating on top of the ponds on Thursday. Kibiribiri says that the four-month-old tilapia fish had cost him
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