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UEDCL Purge: Vindictive House-Cleaning or Necessary Reform? Taxpayers Face Costly Legal Reckoning

UEDCL Purge: Vindictive House-Cleaning or Necessary Reform? Taxpayers Face Costly Legal Reckoning

KAMPALA — In a move that has sent shockwaves through Uganda’s power sector, the interim leadership at the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has terminated the contracts of seven senior managers, barely weeks after assuming office.The decision, executed on Monday,

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Ex Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago Likely to Be Released This Week on Humanitarian Grounds – Sources

Ex Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago Likely to Be Released This Week on Humanitarian Grounds – Sources

– Former Kampala Lord Mayor and prominent opposition lawyer Erias Lukwago is expected to be released from custody this week, reliable sources have told Watchdog Uganda.Lukwago was dramatically arrested earlier this week by security personnel later identified as Uganda Peoples’ Defence

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Ugandan general (the president's son) says $3.1bn railway project with Turkish contractor "cancelled"

Ugandan general (the president's son) says $3.1bn railway project with Turkish contractor "cancelled"

Uganda's €2.7bn ($3.1bn) Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project could be under threat, with Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba proclaiming on June 16 that the contract awarded to Turkey’s Yapi Merkezi had been “cancelled”.There has been no confirmation or denial from the

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Basalirwa: Opposition Suffocating Under Money and Structure Gaps

Basalirwa: Opposition Suffocating Under Money and Structure Gaps

Veteran opposition politician and JEEMA President Asuman Basalirwa has defended the relevance of smaller political parties in Uganda, while acknowledging the structural and financial constraints that continue to undermine their competitiveness in the country’s political landscape.Appeari

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How Uganda’s First Oil Dream Evaded 5 Energy, 4 Finance Ministers

How Uganda’s First Oil Dream Evaded 5 Energy, 4 Finance Ministers

Former Minister Muloni (C) flanked by Ernest Rubondo (L), the head of Petroleum Authority of Uganda. Former Energy Minister, Irene Muloni (C) flanked by Ernest Rubondo (L), the head of Petroleum Authority of Uganda.Uganda’s oil journey has been defined less by extraction than by

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From AU to UN, East Africa holds the line as peace missions shrink

From AU to UN, East Africa holds the line as peace missions shrink

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour during the flagging-off of Uganda’s first AU peacekeeping contingent to Somalia on March 1, 2007. East Africa remains the backbone of global peacekeeping despite shrinking troop numbers and funding.Despite the decline in number

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FACT CHECK SHOWDOWN: Gen. Salim Saleh Dismisses Busabala Hotel Ownership Claims Linked to First Daughter Natasha, Says Investigations Will Establish the Truth

FACT CHECK SHOWDOWN: Gen. Salim Saleh Dismisses Busabala Hotel Ownership Claims Linked to First Daughter Natasha, Says Investigations Will Establish the Truth

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Allegations circulating on social media claiming that Gen. Salim Saleh owns a hotel in Busabala on the outskirts of Kampala have been firmly dismissed, with the senior military officer and Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) coordinator calling for investigations to establish the

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Muganga Graveyard Visit Sparks Backlash

Muganga Graveyard Visit Sparks Backlash

KAMPALA — Dr. Lawrence Muganga’s emotional visit to his late mother’s grave in Mukono has triggered a fresh wave of criticism, with many Ugandans accusing the former ministerial nominee of attempting to transform a citizenship dispute into an ethnic grievance.The Victoria University

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Fuel tankers must get off roads once oil pipeline is complete – Museveni

Fuel tankers must get off roads once oil pipeline is complete – Museveni

Kampala, Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni has renewed a push to move petroleum transportation off Uganda’s roads and into pipelines, a strategy that could dramatically reduce the number of fuel tankers on the country’s highways.While delivering his State of the Nation Address at Kolol

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TESO TWIST: Anita Among T-Shirts Now Used to Scare Birds in Rice Gardens

TESO TWIST: Anita Among T-Shirts Now Used to Scare Birds in Rice Gardens

Bukedea, Uganda — In parts of the Teso sub-region, farmers in rice-growing wetlands have found an unusual and symbolic use for T-shirts bearing the image of former Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among — using them as scarecrows to chase away birds from rice gardens.Instead of wearin

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