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Besigye, supporters disagree on guns

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Being allowed to hold rallies recently after a long unofficial ban meant the jury was always out on opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Would he pull crowds? Would his message resonate with the public? Or would he self-destruct?

At the rallies, it beca [ … ]

 

26 years later

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As the National Resistance Army/Movement (NRM) celebrates 26 years in power, residents of Katebwa, a village that falls in Bunyangabu county, Kabarole district, which was at the heart of the bush war are yet to enjoy the benefits of their support for the fighters about 30 years ago.

Katebwa lies in [ … ]

 

UMEME’s tariffs woes

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Why the economy is the main loser

The government announcement of a new electricity tariff regime on Jan.12 could still backfire but, on paper, it looks like a perfect stroke. Part of the problem is that the tariff regime does not address the real problems in Uganda’s electricity sector.

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Electricity cost going up 40%

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But who benefits most from subsidies to UMEME?

A cabinet sitting on Wednesday Jan. 11 discussed increasing electricity tariffs by 40 percent. Cabinet should remove these subsidies altogether because they are not economically sustainable and benefit the rich at the expense of poor citizens. Over the [ … ]

 

2012

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Museveni’s New Year message shows lack of focus and solutions to urgent problems, experts say

On November 30, 2011, the Euro Rate Forecast, a website designed to advise clients about currency valuing noted that the Euro had shot up by 2.25 cents to the dollar and called it an “exchange rate volatil [ … ]

 
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Muteesasira DAvid Says:
2012-02-04 15:27:03
The government of Uganda released money for the youth, and Stanbic Bank  was amog the selected banks to take part in distribution process. So my request is   that what are the requirements in orde

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Thanks for the correction Peter.


 
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