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Year: 2020

M7 Accuses Parliament for Making Parliamentary Seat a ‘Do or Die’ by Setting Huge Salaries

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President Museveni has once again accused Parliament of setting up huge salaries for legislators which has attracted many people leading to election violence. Museveni made the remarks while addressing the NRM Parliamentary aspirants and other officials from the districts of Mbarara, Sembabule, Isingiro, Kiruhura and Kazo following the violence that was exhibited in the areas during the party primaries. Museveni…

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CSOs Call on EAC Governments to Re-open Borders to enhance Trade among Communities

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Regional organizations working with traders along the borders have called upon the East African Community partner states to consider reopening up borders so as to allow cross border trade as a way of rejuvenating the lives of people that have been affected by the COVID-19 lockdown measures. In March 2020, the six EAC partner States order for the closure of…

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MPs Question Delay on Procurement of Voters Biometric Machine

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A section of Members of Parliament (MP) have come out to express concerns over delay by the Electoral Commission to procure the E-verification voter system as a tool to curb the malpractices and multiple voting ahead of 2021 general elections. While at the NRM party headquarters on Monday, President Museveni directed the electoral commission to first track the procurement of…

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Case of Child Deaths against US Missionary Renee Bach Closed after Compensating Victims

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Women’s Probono Initiative has officially closed a public interest case against a US Missionary Renee Bach in which she was accused of illegally administering treatment and causing death of two children. In 2019, the lawyers on instructions of a one Zubeda Gimbo and Annet Kakai filed a case before the High Court in Jinja under Misc Cause No. 003 of…

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Ruparelia Foundation Donates Computers to African Institute for Investigative Journalism

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Ruparelia Foundation through Kampala Parents’ School has today donated 10 computers to African Institute for Investigative Journalism to facilitate home-based learning as schools remain closed due to coronavirus. African Institute for Investigative Journalism is a media organization focusing on providing investigative journalism at home on the African continent. The donation was made by Rajiv Ruparelia one of the directors of…

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Court to offer Judgement on Ham’s Application to Throw out Defence Evidence Filed by DTB Bank in Shs120b Case

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Businessman, Hamis Kiggundu through his Lawyers of Muwema and Company Advocates led by Counsel Fred Muwema have petitioned Court to dismiss the defence evidence filed by Diamond Trust Bank in a suit filed by Ham accusing the bank of illegally deducting over Shs120bn from his accounts. The Commercial Court in Kampala had sat on Monday to commence hearing of the…

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Mulago Hospital Receives Full Body Disinfection Tunnel  

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As the country continues to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Ugandan innovators under WUZA Limited have donated a full body disinfection tunnel   to Mulago National Referral hospital. The automated 3-in-1 full-body sanitization booths was handed over to the Mulago National referral hospital Executive Director, Dr. Byarugaba Baterana by Wuza Limited Executive Director, Isaac Mulindwa. During the handover, Mulindwa noted that…

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