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05 Feb '25
In a voluminous report stretching 242 pages, a committee of eminent educationists and senior citizens (put together by Minister Janet Museveni) has recommended disbandment and alteration of the Education Ministry the way we know it today.
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05 Feb '25
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man & owner of X, reposted Ugandan TikTok influencer & activist Janice Nkajja’s viral message on USAID funding.Nkajja, known for supporting Trump’s foreign aid freeze,
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05 Feb '25
The executive orders from US President Donald Trump have placed Makerere University in a difficult situation, forcing the institution to pause key projects and lay off staff. The freeze on federal grants to foreign institutions has particularly impacted universi
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05 Feb '25
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has informed Parliament that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), led by Jane Frances Abodo, has been given the mandate to take over ongoing criminal trials that were previously under the jurisdiction of the General Cou
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05 Feb '25
Rwandan President and Commander-in-Chief of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Paul Kagame, has made a bold statement regarding the presence of Rwandan troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).In an interview
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05 Feb '25
Parliament was thrown into heated debate after MP Jonathan Odur openly criticized President Yoweri Museveni’s recent remarks, arguing that they undermine the rule of law and democracy.Jonathan Odur expressed con
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05 Feb '25
There was a heated moment in Parliament when Hon. Medard Ssegona put a tough question to Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka about the continued detention of Dr. Kizza Besigye and others.During the session, Ssegona
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05 Feb '25
The Kawempe North Member of Parliament by-election is exhibiting divisions in the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party after one of the aspirants, Hajjat Hanifah Karadi, announced her bid to contest as an independent candidate.
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05 Feb '25
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has today netted top 9 officials from Bank of Uganda and Ministry of Finance who participated in the swindling of $16m totaling to shs 60bn from Bank of Uganda account last year, We have learnt. According to information
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05 Feb '25
In a major crackdown on financial malpractice within government institutions, Uganda’s Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has arrested nine senior officials from the Ministry of Finance over their alleged involvement in the fraudulent diversion of Shs 6