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Electricity Costs to Remain High Due to Expensive Investments - Prof Nuwagaba

Electricity Costs to Remain High Due to Expensive Investments - Prof Nuwagaba

Speaking at the Diaspora Exchange Forum hosted by Equity Bank, under the theme “Re-Routing Back Home: Funds Transfer for Powering Personal and Continental Growth,” Prof. Nuwagaba explained that the high cost of borrowing to develop electricity infrastructure makes lower electrici

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Political Parties Lag in 2026 Election Preparations as EC Raises Concern

Political Parties Lag in 2026 Election Preparations as EC Raises Concern

With just eight months until Uganda’s 2026 general election cycle begins, political parties are under growing scrutiny for their slow preparations.While the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the Democratic Party (DP) have already mapped out their election strategies, key oppo

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Trump’s tariff formula confounds the world, punishes the poor

Trump’s tariff formula confounds the world, punishes the poor

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Image: REUTERS/Kent Nishimura Ridiculed for imposing trade tariffs on frozen islands largely inhabited by penguins, US President Donald Trump's formula for calculating the levi

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Trump Defies Market Wisdom, And Look Who'll Pay

Trump Defies Market Wisdom, And Look Who'll Pay

If there’s one thing that the White House wants us to know about the new tariffs that promise to upend the global economy, it’s that they’re “reciprocal.”We now know that they aren’t reciprocal at all. In fact, they bear no connection whatsoever to any levies that the target country

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Newbridge bungalow close to main street features gated entrance, 160sq ft garage and four bedrooms

Newbridge bungalow close to main street features gated entrance, 160sq ft garage and four bedrooms

Set in a small development near amenities, the property has a south-west facing back garden and partially floored attic Asking price: €465,000Agent: Jordan Town and Country Estate Agents (045) 433 550​Residents of Moore Avenue in Newbridge don’t have far to go for their weekly shop

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‘There are no winners’: global companies respond to Trump tariffs

‘There are no winners’: global companies respond to Trump tariffs

From UK tailors to Australian farmers to Irish whiskey distillers, firms reveal the impact of US measuresDonald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will upend global trade, adding costs and delays to businesses around the world and threatening a recession.The Guardian spoke to eight businesses about

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The big problem with judging people by their ‘gang tattoos’

The big problem with judging people by their ‘gang tattoos’

Tattoos are an unreliable marker of gang membership, writes professor of LawThe United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March 15, 2025, claiming that they were members of the T

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Lukwago: Museveni Hates Kampala, He Is Not Interested In Fixing It

Lukwago: Museveni Hates Kampala, He Is Not Interested In Fixing It

Kampala's Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, has criticized President Yoweri Museveni's government for neglecting the city's development. This comes aft

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Ugandan Government Under Pressure to Ban TikTok

Ugandan Government Under Pressure to Ban TikTok

The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, has asked the government to ban TikTok. He says many people are misusing the social media platform to cause problems among Ugandans.

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The likely future of UEDCL

The likely future of UEDCL

FILE PHOTO: A Umeme worker sorts a problem. March 31st is a turning point for Uganda in the electricity distribution sectorHow this well-structured and managed organization may turn into a political battlefield, leaving Ugandans in th

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