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Transport Officer’s Promotion Halted After Questions Over Engineering Credentials

Transport Officer’s Promotion Halted After Questions Over Engineering Credentials

KAMPALA — Internal government documents have revealed that suspended Principal Road Safety Officer Ronald Amanyire’s promotion to a senior position in the Ministry of Works and Transport was halted after concerns emerged over engineering qualifications and Public Service recruitment requireme

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Rights Lawyer Opiyo Demands Court Drop Charges Against Parliamentary Exhibition Protesters

Rights Lawyer Opiyo Demands Court Drop Charges Against Parliamentary Exhibition Protesters

Human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo has called on courts to drop all charges against activists arrested during the 2024 parliamentary exhibition protests that exposed alleged corruption and financial mismanagement within Parliament.The exhibition, spearheaded by journalist and academic Jimm

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SPECIAL REPORT | From Parliament to Power Lines: Ssekandi’s Clean Hands, Generous Heart and Quiet Leadership Continue to Illuminate Masaka

SPECIAL REPORT | From Parliament to Power Lines: Ssekandi’s Clean Hands, Generous Heart and Quiet Leadership Continue to Illuminate Masaka

Masaka — In politics, many leaders rise like thunderstorms — loud, dramatic and impossible to ignore — only to disappear leaving behind debris of broken trust and corruption scandals. But others move like the River Nile itself: calm, steady and life-giving to the communities around them.

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Teachers get affordable loans to set up businesses

Teachers get affordable loans to set up businesses

The government, through the Ministry of Trade and Cooperatives, has intensified efforts to support teachers in entering a value-added cash economy as an alternative source of income aside from teaching. Despite a salary increase, the government, through the Teachers Savings Union Walimu, is mobil

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Ssemakadde says Museveni gov’t using anti-corruption fight to ‘finish’ ex-Speaker Among

Ssemakadde says Museveni gov’t using anti-corruption fight to ‘finish’ ex-Speaker Among

Ssemakadde’s remarks come at a time when Among’s bid for another term as Speaker is facing mounting resistance from influential political and security actors.Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde (Photo/Courtesy)Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda Law Society (ULS) President, Is

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Founder of Biyinzika Poultry ordered to refund Shs 130m to foreign investors over botched land deal

Founder of Biyinzika Poultry ordered to refund Shs 130m to foreign investors over botched land deal

The Supreme Court has ordered Samuel Mukasa, the founder of Biyinzika Enterprises, to refund his foreign business partners more than Shs 130 million after a failed poultry farming land deal.Mukasa and his wife Milly Mukasa established Biyinzika Enterprises Limited, now Biyinzika Poultry In

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Tension as Karamoja, Teso and Bugisu MPs Remove Anita Among Photos from WhatsApp Profiles

Tension as Karamoja, Teso and Bugisu MPs Remove Anita Among Photos from WhatsApp Profiles

The level of panic among the MPs who had been loyal to the current troubled Speaker, Rt Hon Anita Annet Among, has reportedly reached unbelievable levels, as MPs who have been praising her have decided to remove her photos from their phones.After returning from Kyankwanzi, almost every new

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Billions Shared as Ugandans Struggle! The President Speaks Out

Billions Shared as Ugandans Struggle! The President Speaks Out

letter written by President Yoweri Museveni to the Attorney General, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has caused serious public debate across Uganda. In the letter dated 3rd May 2024, the President raised strong concerns about the large “service awards” reportedly given to some Parliamentary Commission

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Downfall of a Titan: Inside the Multi-Agency Raid on Anita Among’s Luxury Mansion

Downfall of a Titan: Inside the Multi-Agency Raid on Anita Among’s Luxury Mansion

KAMPALA, Uganda — Joint security forces on Saturday raided the Nakasero residence of outgoing Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among as part of an ongoing high-level corruption investigation into alleged illicit enrichment, money laundering and undeclared assets.The multi-agency operati

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EXCLUSIVE: Anita Among blue-eyed boys and girls to face investigation in the mix of the storm

EXCLUSIVE: Anita Among blue-eyed boys and girls to face investigation in the mix of the storm

Former Speaker Anita Among’s blue-eyed boys and girls are finding themselves in the corridor of corruption and financial storm as several legislators, parliamentary officials and political mobilisers face investigations over their close links to the former powerful Speaker and alleged dealings

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