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Selling citizenship?

By Stephen Kafeero Frustration as corruption, incompetence delay issuance of national IDs Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka’s proposal that individuals pay for national identity cards has been equated to selling the Ugandan identity. In her Budget Speech on June 14, the Minister said “economically active Ugandans” would be allowed “to pay …

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Ugly face of hacking

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati URA hackers awaken Ugandans to reality of Internet crime On June 20, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) arrested four men suspected of hacking into its systems for a year, causing revenue losses amounting to Shs 2 billion. Richard Kibalama, an Information and Communication Technology specialist, Guster …

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Ebola strikes again

By Independent Reporter Slow reaction to `mysterious’ disease proves fatal Two months after the deadly Ebola virus struck in May, it has hit again, this time in Kibaale district in western Uganda. In an address to the nation on July 29 after at least 14 had been confirmed dead, President …

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Uganda’s expired envoys

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Massive reshuffle looms as ambassadors’ contracts expire On June 20, Henry Okello Oryem, the Foreign Affairs State Minister, complained to the Parliamentary Foreign budget Committee that low funding had left Uganda’s embassies and foreign missions broke, giving the country a bad international image. But Oryem’s frustrations …

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