Members of the Inter party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) Council have met the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to discuss the IPOD resolution of enacting electoral reforms. The iPod is composed of Political Parties including National Resistance Movement (NRM), Democratic Party (DP), Justice Forum (JEEMA), Uganda Peoples' Congress (UPC) and
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Knight Frank Uganda has announced the sale of Metroplex Shopping Mall-Naalya to Gate Way Delta, a Mauritius based real estate developer. In a statement dated 25th June 2019, Marc Du Toit (in featured photo), the Head of Retail at Knight Frank, the managers of the Mall said Gate Way Delta
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By AFP Italian mafia boss Rocco Morabito has fled prison in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo where he was awaiting extradition to Italy, the interior ministry announced Monday. Morabito and three other inmates "escaped through a hole in the roof of the building" late Sunday. They then robbed the occupants of
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The suspected ringleader of Saturday's failed coup attempt in Ethiopia's Amhara region has been shot dead by police, state media report. Brig-Gen Asaminew Tsige (in featured photo) was killed on the outskirts of Amhara's capital, Bahir Dar, the reports added. Ethiopia's army chief Gen Seare Mekonnen was killed while trying
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Inter Party Organization for Dialogue (IPOD) members want the Electoral Commission to drop the requirement of political aspirants collecting signatures before they are nominated, saying the process is costly. The call was made today by the IPOD Council Chair, Gerald Blacks Siranda while presenting the IPOD electoral and constitutional reform
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A Kenyan cabinet minister has denied plotting to kill Deputy President William Ruto, local media report. Trade Minister Peter Munya was speaking outside the headquarters of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations where he had been summoned, along with two other cabinet ministers, to talk about allegations that they were threatening
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President Yoweri Museveni and his Chinese Counterpart are expected to witness the signing of six agreements between the two countries. Museveni is also expected to sign more agreements with Chinese investors, bringing the total number of pacts to 10. The President is expected to arrive in China today (Monday) on
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There is uproar among the business community in Katuna border town in Kabale following the decision by Rwanda to close its border about two weeks after reopening it, URN reports. On June 10, 2019, Rwanda Revenue Authority-RRA announced it was reopening the border to help carry out trials for heavy
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The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Stanley Ntagali has asked Christians to stop speculations about his successor. Ntagali who cited reports about the next Archbishop of the Anglican Church told Christians to avoid rumours. "I never dreamt of being Archbishop but God called me as
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On Saturday night, Uganda’s crème de la crème in the Muslim community converged at the luxurious Pearl of Africa hotel in a VIP dinner with top global and popular Islamic Scholar Sheikh Ismail Ibn Musa Menk aka Mufti Ismael Menk. L-R: Uganda's Mufti Sheikh Ramadhan Mubajje, Mufti Menk and Aya
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