By Haggai Matsiko State House, police get Shs10bn phone tapping gadgets State House and the Uganda Police are in final stages of acquiring stealth technology from Italy that could allow its operators to remotely control targeted computers and smart mobile phones. The deal is being handled by the office of …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda Although Obama behaved better in Nairobi compared to Accra, here is why I still have a bone to pick with him So finally, U.S. President Barak Obama visited his ancestral homeland of Kenya to a rousing welcome. This was understandable because for most of recorded history …
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A Grade one Magistrate at the anti-corruption court has this morning granted Abraham Byandala bail. Byandala is the former Transport Minister and the current Minister without Portfolio. Together with six others, he was ordered to pay ten million shillings in cash and deposit his passport. The sureties to his bail …
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By Flavia Nassaka When the heart skipping a beat is a real health threat Arapha Nansimbi is a healthy looking normal-sized teenager. She just celebrated her eighteenth birthday in May and, among other things, enjoys playing football and cycling. However, she sometimes she cannot do this because of her heart. …
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By Agnes E. Nantaba Sydney Asubo is the Executive Director of Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA). He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba Any three things we don’t know about you? Interesting;many people don’t know that I was a skilled footballer; I used to play left back and occasionally in goal. I …
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By Haggai Matsiko Govt, U.S. Mission say two countries maintain strong relations Even before U.S. President Barack Obama concluded his visit to the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa, after his grand visit to Kenya, youth supporters of Presidential contender, Amama Mbabazi, chose the U.S. Mission headquarters in Kampala on July 27 …
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By Agnes E. Nantaba Simon Peter Akugizibwe is the Airtel Marketing manager-Data and Devices. He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about the data market in Uganda and the telecom’s strategies to grow penetration. What are the key trends on the data market in Uganda? We are seeing two stimuli; from …
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Amama Mbabazi has declared that he will stand as an independent candidate come 2016 for the Presidential Elections. This Friday 30th was the NRM deadline for picking nomination forms. Mbabazi didn’t show up, rather he chose to announce that he would seek the country’s vote as an Independent Candidate. It …
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A consortium of civil society organisations filed a case in the Constitutional Court in Kampala on July 30 against the government to declare the Plant Variety Protection Act, 2014 null and void. The law was passed by Parliament on Dec. 20, 2013 and was assented to by President Yoweri Museveni …
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By Patrick Kagenda The Makerere University based Economic Policy Research Centre is rebranding and re-developing its website to show who it is, what it stands for and where it is headed. The re-branding is aimed at re-positioning the EPRC as a Go-To Policy Think Tank within the East African region. …
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