President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that there are two groups of people against the proposed amendment to the land law. President Museveni, who was accompanied by the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana and the Minister for Housing Chris Baryomunsi made the remarks last evening at Spice FM radio station
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has received Equatorial Guinea’s highest recognition and honour; the Great Collar of Independence Award. Equatorial Guinea President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ‘bestowed’ the award upon Museveni on Friday evening at the Presidential Palace in Malabo. Museveni was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to the African cause.
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North Korean state media has slammed the latest round of sanctions approved by the United Nations, calling them a "flagrant violation of our sovereignty", CNN reports. It vowed retaliation against Washington. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions Saturday in response to Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile tests on July
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on soldiers to embark on the making of bricks as part of the measures to reduce costs of erecting buildings in barracks. The President made the call at Nsamizi Special Forces Command (SFC) barracks in Entebbe Municipality on Friday where he commissioned the new
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The plan by government to compulsorily takeover people’s land before paying them may not come to pass as opposition MPs and some members of NRM are against such a move. The opposition has gone a notch higher by announcing plans to traverse the country, sensitizing Ugandans on the Constitutional Amendment
Read MoreMembers of Parliament on the Parliamentary Accounts Committee have grilled officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development over funds remitted from Missions abroad that disappeared from Consolidated Fund. The officials led by Secretary to Treasury/Permanent Secretary, Keith Muhakanizi appeared before the Committee on Wednesday morning to answer
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The Government of Uganda seems determined to away with unnecessary loans burdening Ugandans, Business Focus reveals. The latest is that President Yoweri Museveni has rejected 11 loans that he says will not add value to Uganda’s economy. “We are burdening the country with so many loans many of which don’t
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The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Major General Kahinda Otafiire has said Uganda’s constitution is subject to amendments after all it isn’t a commandment from God. The flamboyant Minister made the remarks on Thursday during a special sitting by Parliament to pay tribute to the fallen politician and entrepreneur,
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Diane Rwigara might be the unusual stimulus the system really needs. Courageous, stubborn and passionate – these are the characteristics that best define her. We are in the thick of a revolution in Africa. The power paradigm is shifting before our very eyes. After many years of having men in
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By Alex Masereka The United Nations Deputy Secretary General has become the latest global leader to praise Uganda for its policy on refugees. Ms Amina Muhammed who was addressing African leaders at the 29th Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government, meeting in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, among
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