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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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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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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Three Justices of the Court of Appeal led by the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo have set free the former Tabliq Sect leader, Amir Umar Mohammed Yunus Kamoga and 5 others who had been sentenced to life and 30 years imprisonment respectively in August 2017. The Muslim clerics are now free men after the Court of Appeal overturned their conviction…
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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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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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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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Delegates of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) have today woken up to elect members that will represent them on the party’s top organ, the Central Executive Committee (CEC). This followed the virtual campaigns that were held on Wednesday at the party headquarters in Kyandondo and were streamed live to all the regions across the country. All candidates were required to…
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