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UDB’s 2021 scorecard

Agro-processing, manufacturing and primary agriculture were big determinants for the Bank’s performance | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank, the country’s National Development Finance Institution on July.07 released its 2021 Direct Impact Report highlighting the fundamental role that it continues to play toward Uganda’s sustainable socio-economic transformation and growth. Francis …

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Festive season blues

Mixed views on opportunities for traders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | How will perennial festive season spenders behave amidst slow economic recovery that has not enhanced peoples’ disposable income? What are the chances that traders will make some money this time around given that COVID-19 lockdown measures are somewhat …

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11 presidential candidates

  What does each stand for? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Following months of uncertainty, Uganda will hold the next presidential polls on Jan.14 next year with a record 11 candidates. President Museveni, who has been Uganda’s president since 1986, is seeking another five year term after successfully removing …

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Former DPC convicted for battering journalist

Former Old Kampala Police Division Commander Joram Mugume has been ordered to pay a fine of Shs1m or face a one year jail sentence for assaulting WBS journalist Andrew Lwanga. Buganda Road Court Grade One magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu said court took into consideration the hospital bills worth Shs11m footed by …

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Judgment date for battered journalist set

On Mar.10, Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu will deliver judgment for the case involving WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga and former Old Kampala District Police Commander Joram Mwesigye. Mwesigye is charged with assault arising from a January 2015 incident where he allegedly clobbered and badly injured the journalist …

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Court to hear DPC Mwesigye’s defence over assaulting scribe

Buganda Road Court will on Wednesday hear the defence of former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye, accused of assaulting a WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga. Lwanga sustained spinal injuries from the said assault and he is walking on crutches. Last month Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled that Mwesigye had a …

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Former Old Kampala DPC Mwesigye has a case to answer

Buganda Road Court has ordered the former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye to defend himself against charges of assaulting a WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga. Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled that when she perused the evidence of  the six prosecution witnesses, she found it sufficient to put ASP Mwesigye on …

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