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Musk turns on Republicans - and gives Trump's big bill a harder path

Musk turns on Republicans - and gives Trump's big bill a harder path

For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a "special government employee" working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government programmes and bloated departments.Now, after his exit last week, he is back on the outside. And it is the Tr

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High Court Halts Changes in UMSC Leadership Amid Legal Dispute

High Court Halts Changes in UMSC Leadership Amid Legal Dispute

The High Court in Kampala has issued an interim order directing all parties involved in a legal dispute concerning the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) to maintain the status quo pending the outcome of a judicial review.The order was granted on Monday by Justice Bernard Namanya during

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Govt Launches Carbon Market Regulations to Boost Climate Finance, Global Cooperation

Govt Launches Carbon Market Regulations to Boost Climate Finance, Global Cooperation

The government has launched the National Climate Change Mechanisms Regulation, a key milestone in the country's efforts to operationalise Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and tap into the growing global carbon market.Unveiled by the Ministry of Water and Environment at its headquarters in

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Besigye Denied Mandatory Bail as Magistrate Refers Case to High Court

Besigye Denied Mandatory Bail as Magistrate Refers Case to High Court

Nakawa Chief Magistrate Christine Nantege has declined to grant mandatory bail to opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Ronald Lutale, referring the matter to the High Court and sparking sharp protests from the defence team.Besigye and Lutale, who have now spent more than s

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Justice on the Line as Besigye's Six-Month Detention Challenges Rule of Law

Justice on the Line as Besigye's Six-Month Detention Challenges Rule of Law

Security is exceptionally tight at the Nakawa Magistrates Court this morning as veteran opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye returned for a crucial hearing.A heavy deployment of both regular police and the specialized Counter-Terrorism Unit is visible around the court premises.At leas

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Mounting fear, distrust push Ugandans away from civic engagement

Mounting fear, distrust push Ugandans away from civic engagement

Mounting fear and declining trust in political processes are driving Ugandans away from civic engagement, according to the newly released Civic Space Index Report 2024 by the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRD-U).Human rights defenders are sounding the alarm over in

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Making Sense Of Museveni’s First Apology To Ugandans And Buganda In Four Decades

Making Sense Of Museveni’s First Apology To Ugandans And Buganda In Four Decades

President Museveni grabbed the privileges of power in January 1986 after staging a guelira war in the Buganda region in the jungles of Luwero against the Obote government shortly after the 1981 presidential elections where he had lost massively under his UPM par

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Stella Nyanzi Re-Admitted to Germany After Nairobi Visa Standoff

Stella Nyanzi Re-Admitted to Germany After Nairobi Visa Standoff

Exiled Ugandan academic and political activist Stella Nyanzi has been granted a new visa allowing her re-entry into Germany, following a tense standoff with German immigration authorities in Nairobi.Nyanzi, who has asylum status in Germany, revealed on Tuesday evening that

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Stella Nyanzi Claims She Was Blocked From Returning to Germany

Stella Nyanzi Claims She Was Blocked From Returning to Germany

Ugandan academic and outspoken political activist Dr Stella Nyanzi says she was barred from returning to Germany despite possessing official documentation confirming her refugee status.In a social media post made on Saturday, Nyanzi accused a German migration officer based in Nairobi of pr

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Muhoozi Warns Wangadya Over Eddie Mutwe’s Release Order

Muhoozi Warns Wangadya Over Eddie Mutwe’s Release Order

Following the abduction of Edward Sebuufu Rogers alias Eddy Mutwe who is Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu’s (Bobi Wine) chief Body Guard for the last over 20 years in Mukono late last Month on 27th April 2025 which caused panic, unease in the circles of opposition e

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