Vanilla is lucrative While it is not in dispute that a vanilla farmer in Kyotera decided to castrate his employee, there is disagreement over tool he used. The angry farmer and his accomplices say he used a knife but the victim swears his boss used his teeth to bite through his
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Simon Lokodo, the Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity signing a dummy of the Fourth National Integrity Survey Report. The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution Charles Elem-Ogwal is seeking a forceful lifting of the veil to ownership of buildings suspected to be built with proceeds of corruption, URN reports.Ogwal noted
Read MoreThe Inspectorate of Government has started working on a system that will give it access to personal data of different Ugandans, from registries at other government agencies.This will help it easily verify information that leaders voluntarily submit to it under the Leadership Code Act, as automation of the agency’s operations
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Justices who are presiding over the matter The three respondents in the case where former Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi sued them challenging the outcome of the January 14 polls have supported the decision to withdraw his election petition.The three namely; President Yoweri Museveni who won with 58
Read MoreHumanity must agree on the benefits of technology – and then use it to uplift each other and achieve our development goals, says Huawei vice-president Catherine Chen. Technology holds significant benefits for humanity, and digital technology can be an indispensable tool for helping the United Nations achieve its Sustainable Development
Read MoreEradicating rural poverty has been a key initiative of Xi Jinping's eight-year tenure Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country has achieved the "miracle" of eradicating extreme poverty. His government says that over an eight-year period, nearly 100 million people have been lifted out of poverty. Speaking at a ceremony
Read MoreUS President Joe Biden has discussed the crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) in a phone call on Thursday, the White House said. The two leaders discussed the "deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crises" in Tigray, according to the readout of the call. They also spoke
Read MoreThe Criminal Investigations Department is investigating 21 newly elected Members of Parliament for allegedly altering Declaration Forms and forging academic papers, URN reports.A senior detective at CID headquarters at Kibuli says that the Electoral and Political offences department headed by, Henry Mugumya, is investigating MPs from 11 districts.The source has
Read MoreBank of Uganda’s Executive Director for Research, Dr Adam Mugume The government remains adamant about the debt burden on the country, despite now having exceeded the dreaded level of 50 % of the value of the economy (GDP), according to the latest records.The countries in East Africa agreed with the
Read MoreMusicians Freeboy and Winnie Nwagi Telecommunication giant MTN Uganda is in trouble for the alleged sale of “Kwata Esimu” song, which belongs to Winnie Nwagi and Mubarak Adams Mandela alias Free Boy as a caller tune. Viva Entertainment Limited has sued the telecom company in the Civil Division of High
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