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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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Wolves confirm departure of ten players after Premier League relegation including England ace Angel Gomes

Wolves confirm departure of ten players after Premier League relegation including England ace Angel Gomes

WOLVES have announced ten players have exited the club after their relegation from the Premier League.Wanderers finished rock bottom this past season with a staggering 24 losses and a mere three wins out of 38 Prem matches that led to just 20 points.A man in a light purple t-shirt c

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Gen. Muhoozi Chairs High-Level Joint Staff Meeting to Assess UPDF’s Battle Readiness

Gen. Muhoozi Chairs High-Level Joint Staff Meeting to Assess UPDF’s Battle Readiness

Entebbe, Uganda | WATCHDOG UGANDA | Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Joint Staff Committee to review the country’s security architecture and military readiness.The

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Court Orders Security Agencies to Produce Missing Musician ‘King Zale’

Court Orders Security Agencies to Produce Missing Musician ‘King Zale’

KAMPALA — The High Court has ordered Uganda’s security agencies to produce missing musician and civilian Gody Christopher, popularly known as King Zale, after finding sufficient grounds to believe he may be in state custody following his alleged abduction in Kampala.In a ruling deliver

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The Structural Logic of Political Fallouts in Uganda: Why Elite Purges Are a Feature, Not a Betrayal

The Structural Logic of Political Fallouts in Uganda: Why Elite Purges Are a Feature, Not a Betrayal

Centuries ago, Niccolò Machiavelli warned in The Prince that rulers who govern through personal power must constantly prevent subordinate centers of influence from becoming independent poles of attraction. In modern political science, this is understood as the core logic of competitive authorita

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Court bars RDCs, security from interfering with bailiffs’work

Court bars RDCs, security from interfering with bailiffs’work

The Constitutional Court has outlawed the practice of Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), security agencies and local government officials interfering with the execution of court orders by court bailiffs, declaring such actions illegal.In a landmark judgment, the court ruled that requi

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Women in leadership deserve fair scrutiny, not patriarchal backlash

Women in leadership deserve fair scrutiny, not patriarchal backlash

recent debates on leadership and accountability, male chauvinists have increasingly weaponised the case of Anita Among to discredit women in leadership as a whole.Instead of interrogating individual conduct on its own merits, they present her example as “proof” that women are unfit to

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Kampala Traders Applaud Museveni’s Anti-Corruption Drive

Kampala Traders Applaud Museveni’s Anti-Corruption Drive

The Federation of Uganda Traders Associations (FUTA) also called for tougher penalties, asset recovery from implicated officials, and greater inclusion of business-minded leaders in key economic ministries to improve service delivery.Traders in Kampala have welcomed government’s intensif

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Lady Justice Abodo Calls for Stronger Mediation in Land Disputes

Lady Justice Abodo Calls for Stronger Mediation in Land Disputes

The Principal Judge, Lady Justice Jane Frances Abodo, chaired a high-level Judiciary engagement during the Pre-Fortnight Settlement Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Users’ Roundtable for the Land Division of the High Court.The meeting was held at the Supreme Court Conference Hall in

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Let Us Pray for Museveni the President — and Museveni the Individual

Let Us Pray for Museveni the President — and Museveni the Individual

We must distinguish between politics and our shared humanity. In Uganda today, there appear to be two Yoweri Kaguta Musevenis coexisting side by side.One is the tough-talking politician: the military-uniform-wearing, gun-carrying President who has ruled Uganda for nearly four decades. To h

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