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Minister Fred Byamukama Rejects Shs 1bn Bribe in UCAA Cleanup Drive

Minister Fred Byamukama Rejects Shs 1bn Bribe in UCAA Cleanup Drive

Minister of State for Transport, Hon. Fred ByamukamaKampala | State Minister for Works and Transport, Fred Byamukama, has reportedly turned down a Shs 1 billion bribe offered by individuals seeking to derail the government’s ongoing purge of the top man

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NIRA Blocks Age Alteration Attempt by National Female Youth MP Aspirant Nakku Fiona

NIRA Blocks Age Alteration Attempt by National Female Youth MP Aspirant Nakku Fiona

The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has refused a request by Nakku Fiona, a National Female Youth MP aspirant, to alter her date of birth on her national identity card — a move interpreted as an attempt to meet the constitutional age

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Muhoozi moves to Arrest Lands Minister Sam Mayanja

Muhoozi moves to Arrest Lands Minister Sam Mayanja

Minister Sam MayanjaUganda’s Chief of Defence Forces and Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) chairman, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has publicly called for the arrest of State Minister for Lands, Dr. Sam Mayanja, in a move likely to ignite fresh political ten

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Mpondwe Border Traders Decry Harsh Taxes, Urge Leaders to Act

Mpondwe Border Traders Decry Harsh Taxes, Urge Leaders to Act

Trade at the Mpondwe border point in Kasese District is thriving, fuelled by high demand from the Democratic Republic of Congo.Yet behind the apparent boom, small-scale vendors—especially the youth—are raising alarms about punitive taxes and the absence of political leadership to advoc

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Smugglers Turn to Company-Branded Vehicles in New Tactics

Smugglers Turn to Company-Branded Vehicles in New Tactics

Smugglers are becoming increasingly inventive, now using company-branded vehicles to disguise their illegal activities, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has revealed.In a recent operation, URA’s enforcement team in Malaba intercepted an MTN MoMo-branded Probox vehicle, registration num

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Over 70% of Rwanda’s Imports Pass Through Dar es Salaam Port

Over 70% of Rwanda’s Imports Pass Through Dar es Salaam Port

Tanzania’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Hon. Amb. Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, and Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe at the event in Kigali this past weekKIGALI, R

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Ugandan Catholic Bishops Criticize Museveni in Bold Pastoral Letter

Ugandan Catholic Bishops Criticize Museveni in Bold Pastoral Letter

Uganda’s political scene has been shaken by a powerful pastoral letter from the Catholic 0p, titled “The Truth Will Set You Free.”

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First Daughter Diana denies dating UPDF officer

First Daughter Diana denies dating UPDF officer

The President’s last-born took to social media on Thursday to dismiss media reports that she was currently seeing a senior officer of the army. 

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Viral Video of Minister Confronting a Powerful General Leaves Ugandans Completely Divided

Viral Video of Minister Confronting a Powerful General Leaves Ugandans Completely Divided

A viral video showing Ugandan Lands Minister Hon. Sam Mayanja raising his voice and ordering a top-ranking Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) General to vacate disputed land has ignited a heated public debate over the balance of power between civilian minis

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Monusco and Rwanda Welcome DRC-M23 Doha Peace Declaration

Monusco and Rwanda Welcome DRC-M23 Doha Peace Declaration

The latest push for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has received a boost with endorsements from the United Nations peacekeeping mission MONUSCO and the Government of Rwanda, following the July 19 signing of a Declaration of Principles in Doha between Kinshasa and the M23-led Congo

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