Eight Members of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have drafted a minority report on the proposed scrapping of the constitutional age limit. The MPs say they have carefully drafted the minority report to show that majority of Ugandans are opposed to the proposed amendment, adding that the main report
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Scan your eyes over Apple's just-published list of the year's most popular iPhone apps, and there's one notable omission: Shazam. In fact, it's been a while since the song-identifying software squeezed its way into the iOS App Store's top 10. So, why has Apple confirmed it is "combining" its business with
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President Yoweri Museveni planned to rule Uganda for 50 unprecedented years, Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba has said. The former Presidential aspirant took to his official facebook page and posted the following message: In 2021, President Museveni will have ruled Uganda for 35 years. With the constitutional amendment of removing age limit
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KCB Bank Uganda has trained potential banking agents in preparation for the roll out of agency banking services to Ugandans. According to Michael Ssekyondwa, the KCB Agency and Digital Finance Manager, the bank is expecting to officially start agency banking services early next year. “We have taken a lot of
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Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office last month, a state security official said on Tuesday. The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army and
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European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse of refugees and migrants in Libya, Amnesty International has alleged. In an effort to stem migration, the EU is actively supporting a "system of abuse and exploitation" on Libyan shores, the group said in a report. EU funds are going
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The controversial Constitution (Amendment) (no. 2) Bill, 2017 isn’t on today’s order paper, Business Focus reports. According to the leaked Order Paper of the 16th sitting of the 2nd meeting of the 2nd session of the 10th parliament of Uganda scheduled Tuesday, 12th December 2017, the major business today will
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Kira Road Police have arrested five men posing as middle men for allegedly extorting money from unsuspecting residents in the guise of helping to secure police bond. The five have been identified as Ambrose Obura, Rodgers Habaasa, Edgar Abaine, Ivan Turinawe and Oswald Oketch. DPC Kiira Road ASP. Peace Nansaba
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Umeme Limited, Uganda’s largest power distributor has run out Yaka meters, affecting new customers/connections, Business Focus has reliably established. Reports indicate that people who applied and paid for Yaka meters almost three months ago are yet to receive them as the power distributor continues to play ping-pong; a thing that
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By Mariam Abdullahi Although Africa's largest telco operators are generally showing growth in their customer bases, it is public knowledge that revenue growth has somewhat stalled to as little as 1% year on year. This means that despite attracting an increased number of customers, the amount each of these customers
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