There has been a reported fight between Uganda people’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Uganda Police Force among other security agencies in connection to the murder of Assistant Inspector of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. Even when these fights were shown on TV (video), Bright Rwamirama, State Minister for Veteran Affairs says
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Uganda’s public debt will soon hit the Shs40 trillion mark as government continues to borrow heavily to mainly fund infrastructural projects. On Tuesday, Parliament approved borrowing of US $14.4 million (Shs52.5bn) from the Africa Development Bank Group (ADB) to support multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communications and Transport Project. ALSO READ:
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North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach the whole of continental United States, BBC reports. State television claimed that Pyongyang had now achieved its mission of becoming a nuclear state. The Hwasong-15 missile, which it said was its "most powerful",
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By Livingstone Mukasa Sometimes we wonder why things never happen for us. We wonder that no one is capable of trusting us. But can you keep your word; can you be trusted with something valuable? Now I have helped many get funding outside Uganda, but when it comes to pay
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The government of Uganda through National Drug Authority (NDA) has asked the public to go slow on a drug that is already on the Ugandan market, arguing that it presents the risk of abortion and birth defects . Victoria Nambasa, Director Product Safety at NDA says Fluconazole is the drug
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The Auditor General (AG) is set to carry out a comprehensive audit on Bank of Uganda (BoU) over the liquidation of defunct banks in the country. This is after Parliament Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authority and State Enterprise (COSASE) on Tuesday asked the AG to do the audits and report
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Law makers sitting on the Parliamentary Committee on Presidential Affairs Tuesday asked Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jennifer Musisi and Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago to resolve their bickering for good or risk not having the Authority’s budget for 2018/19 passed. The MPs asked the two key figures at
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National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga now says, like President Uhuru Kenyatta, he will also be sworn in as "the people’s president", reports the Daily Nation. He made the declaration on Tuesday moments before police used teargas to stop him and his supporters from marching to Jacaranda grounds in
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The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) to provide insights and innovative solutions for job creation for Africa’s youth, as outlined in the Bank’sJobs for Youth in Africa Strategy (JfYA). The Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative aims at
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The Uganda Government has called for increased cooperation at the international level that will help developing countries build none prohibited chemical capacity and industry as one of the avenues of catapulting economic development. Delivering a keynote address at the ongoing twenty second session of the conference of the States Parties
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