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AGE LIMIT: Dramatic Wednesday in Mbale

Age limit petition: Parliament flouted procedures-Petitioners’ lawyers tell judges Mbale, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Five Constitutional court Justices presiding over the age limit petition at Mbale have heard that the whole process of conceptualizing, debating and passing of the Age-Limit Bill in Parliament was marred with irregularities. Lead counsel representing the petitioners  …

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Kampala set for 4th Oil and Gas convention

      Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Oil sector leaders are warming up to deliver new developments regarding oil and gas sector for Uganda next week. This will be at the 4th annual Oil and Gas Convention scheduled for April 25-26 at Kampala Serena Hotel, where hundreds of …

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MBALE: Rukutana grilled over term limits in amended constitution

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government legal team led by the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana has been probed at-length over emerging information that Parliament’s decision to entrench the Presidential term limits is not reflected in the Constitutional Amendment Act 2017. Parliament in December last year passed the …

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ARTS: Speaking vernacular for modern artists

Contradictions in decolonising art training in Africa Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Formal western art training in the East African region started with Mrs. Margaret Trowell, a Christian missionary, who first lived in Kenya and later Uganda. It is in Uganda during early 1937 that Trowell established her first art …

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Gov’t to borrow Ugx 1.5 trillion for schools, health centres

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is planning to borrow USD 412 million (1.5 trillion Shillings) to construct secondary schools, upgrade health centres and run rural electrification projects. This will include USD 200 million (734 billion Shillings) to be borrowed from the World Bank for upgrading health centre IIs to …

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Administering PLE to teachers is unacceptable- Minister

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Primary Education Rosemary Sseninde has opposed the planned administration of Primary Leaving Examinations to teachers. Sseninde says the exercise is unacceptable, illegal and is likely to demoralize teachers. Recently Nakaseke district resolved to administer Primary Leaving Examinations to teachers as a …

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Banks court small borrowers

Centenary becomes third bank to unveil micro-loans to customers via mobile phones Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Despite talk that micro-loans may not create a big impact on the economy, the scramble for a share of the small loans business by Uganda’s banking industry continues to gain momentum. Centenary Bank …

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We cannot stop Museveni from donating – EC

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Simon Byabakama, the Electoral Commission chairperson has said that his Commission has no powers to stop President Yoweri Museveni from donating to Ugandans even during campaigns. Byabakama who was appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee said that the law does not …

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