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1.8KJinja Hospital workers arrested for stealing 59 oxygen cylinders
The missing cylinders were majorly supplied by National Medical Stores-NMS. Some were donations from well-wishers to boost efforts in managing severe COVID-19...
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1.0KNovelist Kakwenza petitions East African Court over human rights violations
Kakwenza who is currently in Germany, wants court to declare his arrest, search of his home, torture by the military, and special...
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1.0KAndrew Mwenda: Sudhir’s Court Victory in Crane Bank Saga Exposes BoU as Most Fraudulent Institution in the World
BY ANDREW M. MWENDA On February 11, businessman Sudhir Ruparelia won yet another victory in the Supreme Court against Bank of Uganda...
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1.1KNUP’s Nekambuza eyes EALA seat, Promises to Push For Policy Compliance Among EAC Member States
According to reports, Nekambuza will be standing most probably on the National Unity Platform ticket, which is the second-largest political party in...
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821Tourism ministry seeks UGX 130Bn for human-wildlife conflict mitigation strategies
The ministry says UWA has been overwhelmed with numerous cases of human-wildlife conflict from problem animals such as elephants, baboons, buffalos, hippopotamuses...
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630Did IMF adviser mislead BoU on Crane Bank?
The Supreme Court has demonstrated that it still cares about Article 1 of our tattered Constitution. The clause says “all power belongs...
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1.0KPresident Museveni calls for cooperation to defeat insecurity in the Great Lakes region
According to President Museveni, the groups causing insecurity in the region can all be defeated from what he said he has observed...
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1.2KMotion to Censure Muhwezi collapses as Opposition fail to collect 176 signatures
The motion followed a previous move made by Opposition legislators on February 3 to boycott plenary sittings until the government made a...
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1.2KRespect Supreme Court Ruling – Sudhir’s Lawyers warn Confused BoU
In a landmark ruling on 11th February 2022, Supreme Court directed that the management of Crane Bank be reverted to its shareholders...
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1.4KMore drama ensues as Crane Bank takeover fight rages on despite Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court justices in their unanimous decision held that it was BoU that was behind the Shs397bn commercial litigation against the...
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1.2KGov’t terminates Muleya’s contract as Uganda Airlines CEO
After nine months on suspension, the interim board at the Uganda Airlines decided to terminate the CEO’s contract with immediate effect
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820Tycoon Sudhir Demands Sh200bn after Slaughtering Central Bank in BOU-Crane Bank Case
Bank of Uganda (BoU) battle with East Africa’s heavily loaded Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia must be a lesson to every one that ‘only...
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1.9KWhy Gov’t efforts to end FGM in Eastern Uganda still a challenge even after denouncing it in 2010?
In 2010, FGM was made illegal with the passing of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act. This act criminalizes those...
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1.2KICO exit has no consequence on Uganda’s coffee trade: Experts
Coffee exports from Uganda for 2021 grew to 6.7 million bags valued at 718 million dollars, the highest in more than three...
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1.4KBank of Uganda finally opens up on supreme court defeat in Crane Bank landmark case
Reacting to the ruling through their official Twitter handle, BoU stated that is still maintaining to pursue one of the grounds to...
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783Bank Of Uganda Injured My Reputation, They Must Pay – Sudhir roars
The Supreme Court on Friday last week dismissed, with costs to the respondents, an appeal by Bank of Uganda against businessman Dr....
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1.4KGovt collected Sh17.6Bn from mandatory Covid-19 testing at Entebbe airport
According to figures from the health ministry, a total of 171,000 incoming travelers were tested between October and February 15, 2022, when...
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1.1KBOU-CRANE BANK SAGA: Supreme Court confirms top BoU Officials swindled Shs397bn in Bank Sale
The BoU officials still cannot believe that the Supreme Court has sided with the lower courts that the central bank pays the...
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Uganda Airlines continues paying suspended managers, losing billions
In October 2021, Kasaija said that the shareholders had made the mistake of appointing an incompetent board of directors and managers.
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974Woman cured of HIV using novel treatment – NY Times
She’s the third person ever to be cured. Researchers announced that the new approach holds the potential for curing more people of...
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1.1KGovt okays PLE class of 2018 to sit for 2022 S4 exams
last year, Dan Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director stated that the board would allow learners who were in senior two before the COVID-19-induced...
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979Gun-wielding Balaalo want to steal your wealth – Kabuleta warns Acholi people
Mr Kabuleta also rallied the Acholi locals to advocate for change of government if they want to fully enjoy the natural resources...
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959US announces Ugx 17bn bounty fee for Warlord Kony arrest
“You can help bring him to justice and get paid up to $5 million (about Shs17 billion),” the US said in a...
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899How Fraudulent closure of commercial banks ruined Kasekende’s chances of becoming new BOU Governor
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Former Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende will now have no chance of succeeding his former boss,...
