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Dear President Kainerugaba, you’ll need the people, critical media, and the opposition

Dear President Kainerugaba, you’ll need the people, critical media, and the opposition

President Museveni with son Muhoozi KainerugabaDear Mr President, Gen. Kainerugaba, I must call you so, although you haven’t assumed the seat. (Of course, you have exhibited immense presidential powers already).Sometimes, our parents still see us

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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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BoU Allays Fears of Cash Withdrawal Caps at Banks

BoU Allays Fears of Cash Withdrawal Caps at Banks

The recent announcement by the Bank of Uganda introducing new limitations to over-the-counter cash withdrawals and check payments have has raised questions over the motives behind it. ‎The banks have been given the next six months to transition to the new policy adjustment.‎The new mea

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No Separate UACE Examination for Repeat Candidates, UNEB Confirms

No Separate UACE Examination for Repeat Candidates, UNEB Confirms

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has confirmed that there will be no separate Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examination for repeat candidates this year, despite concerns arising from changes to the A-Level curriculum.For months, uncertainty surrounded how can

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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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Museveni’s challengers over the years

Museveni’s challengers over the years

When President Museveni shot to power in 1986 by gun after a five-year guerrilla war, he famously declared that Africa’s biggest problem was leaders who overstayed in office.Four decades later, the same man has just taken the presidential oath for the eighth time — and his seventh as a

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Parliament Passes National Teachers Bill Without Degree Requirement — But Teachers Who Violate Standards Now Face Five Years In Jail

Parliament Passes National Teachers Bill Without Degree Requirement — But Teachers Who Violate Standards Now Face Five Years In Jail

Parliament has passed the National Teachers Bill after removing one of its most contentious provisions — a clause that would have made a bachelor’s degree in education a mandatory requirement for registration as a teacher in Uganda.The decision, reached after heated debate in the House

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MPs urge caution as government moves to ban old taxis

MPs urge caution as government moves to ban old taxis

A number of legislators have expressed mixed reactions to a government proposal to phase out old taxis from Kampala and other urban roads, as authorities push to improve road safety and modernise public transport.The proposal, which is under discussion by the parliamentary committee on Com

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Mao vs Among: Inside the battle for Uganda’s 12th speakership

Mao vs Among: Inside the battle for Uganda’s 12th speakership

The race for the Speakership of Uganda’s 12th Parliament has exposed a quiet but consequential struggle inside the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), with incumbent Speaker Anita Among emerging as both the symbol and beneficiary of a rapidly closing party consensus.When Norbert M

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Wetlands play critical roles in ecological balance, fishery sustainability

Wetlands play critical roles in ecological balance, fishery sustainability

Mr Richster Amarh Amarfio, Vice President of the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), has underscored the role wetlands play in Ghana’s ecological balance and fisheries sustainability, warning that continued encroachment threatens livelihoods and food security.Mr Amarfio, who

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