Uganda’s government by loot
Why we need to rethink the ethics of our inherited state institutions and the democratic politics that underpin them.THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The revelations of massive
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Corruption in Parliament: When silence makes noise
Parliament, the institution which Speaker Anita Among presides has come under unfavourable light due to alleged corruptionAllegations of high level corruption and plunder by the leadership of Uganda’s Parliament that has emerged following the online #UgandaParliamentExhibition continues
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SA Shoprite billionaire Wiese returns to his diamond-hunting roots
Wiese first got into alluvial diamonds in 1976 when he bought a mine along the Orange River.Christo Wiese, South Africa’s billionaire retail king, is going back to the future.The 82-year-old serial investor, who steered the expansion of both Africa’s biggest clothing reta
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Karamoja orphan who petitioned Museveni for fees joins college after Monitor story
A 14-year-old boy from Karamoja sub-region whose story we published on January 27, 2024 seeking help from President Museveni to join secondary school after attempting his primary leaving (PLE) examination for the second time has joined Te
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The UK economy is in recession (and becoming a bit more European)
Four years after the UK exited the European Union and three years after leaving its formal structures (single market and customs union), the British economy is becoming a bit more European. While the United States continues to grow at pace (an annual rate of 3.1 per cent in the last q
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Republican senator tells David Cameron not to 'lecture' the US
Senator Mike Lee said US lawmakers do not need a 'lecture' from the Foreign Secretary - Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.A Republican senator allied to Donald Trump accused David Cameron of “hypocrisy” over his position on Israel and Palestinian statehood.Senator Mike Lee also said
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42 years in marriage: This is what we’ve learnt
What you need to know:No eyelids are batted as man and wife inform us that they have written a joint will. They are, in fact, calm and easy-going as they talk to us about that sensitive topic in their home in Lavington, Nairobi.Married for 42 years, and with investments that inclu
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Poverty Is Still Acholi's Main Problem-Chief Justice Owinyi Dolo Tells Janan Luwum Day Celebrants
President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhabulwa Museveni says that the country is on the right track to economic recovery, registering progress in the eradication of poverty through projects like the Parish Development Model (PDM) aimed at improving household income. This was in the message delivered by
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Why Joe Biden may be clinging to power so he can install Michelle Obama as his replacement: Democrats are panicking over the increasingly doddery 81-year-old President.
There was something missing from last night’s Super Bowl Sunday that not even the appearance of Taylor Swift cheering on her football-star boy
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Inside NRM charm offensive in Busoga
What you need to know:President Museveni has been in Busoga sub-region twice in a period of 12 days. First, he was in Jinja City on January 26 when he presided over the 38th anniversary of the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) rise to power, and th