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VIDEO: Now, Uganda’s EALA elections hang in balance

VIDEO: The clock is ticking and yet uncertain looms over the planned EALA elections set for next week hang after a civil society lawyer Andrew karamagi runs to court seeking an injunction to block the election process from going- on. The city lawyer argues that the process lacks clear guidelines …

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Court nullifies all interim applications that lacked required quorum

 Uganda’s Constitutional Court has nullified all existing interim orders and injunctions, issued by  a bench that fell short of the required quorum. The landmark ruling, was delivered by Justices  Kenneth  Kakuru, Fredrick Engonda Ntende and Elizabeth Musoke who unanimously concurred with a group of six petitioners  who sought to block …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Hunger in Uganda?

COVER STORY Hunger in Uganda: Does country have a food or policy problem? THE LAST WORD Uganda’s agricultural crisis: How politics, not the drought, explains the current famine our country is experiencing. ANALYSIS Secrets of ongoing registrations: Link to President Museveni unknown birthday and why many Ugandans don’t like that. …

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VIDEO: Pakistan Consul Boney Katatumba passes on

VIDEO: Uganda is mourning the passing on of celebrated businessman and diplomat Boney katatumba, who succumbed to post surgery effects of pneumonia and asthma at IHK Namuwongo. The family has already laid out burial arrangements with burial planned for Sunday 26th February 2017.   Share on: WhatsApp

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Kananura to defend himself over murder charges

The High Court will Thursday start hearing the defence case of rally driver Desh Kananura, his brother Raymond Kananura and security guards  Samuel Muzolewa, Cyrus Maganda and Jacob Onyango, who are on trial for the alleged murder of an employee Badru Kateregga. Evidence from 10 witnesses was led by Senior …

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US Supreme Court blocks death sentence over racial bias

Washington, United States | AFP | The US Supreme Court on Wednesday offered at least a temporary reprieve to a Texas death row inmate, agreeing that racial bias affected his sentence after a psychologist testified he was more likely to commit future crimes because he is black. The guilt of …

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The Trump effect? Sweden reflects on its integration policy

Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Donald Trump’s controversial statements linking immigration and crime in Sweden, a country idealised by some for its liberal values, have sparked the nation to weigh the successes and failures of its integration policy. Two days after the US president’s baffling remarks on Saturday in Florida, …

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