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President Yoweri Museveni has extended the contract of Bank of Uganda governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile until 2026, The Tower Post has learnt. This was confirmed by Senior Presidential Press Secretary Don Wanyama while speaking to local publisher ChimpReports. “It’s true,” Wanyama is quoted by the publisher as having said. Mutebile’s appointment means he
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Security forces have Monday morning surrounded offices of the National Unity Platform – NUP, The Tower Post has learnt. The siege which has lasted over two hours took place hours before the government switched back the internet which has been off for close to week. Sources inside the party reveal that NUP
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this afternoon (Monday) received credentials of six new Ambassadors and High Commissioners from Netherlands, Egypt, United States of America (USA), Japan, Saud Arabia and United Kingdom at a ceremony held at State House Entebbe. The new Ambassador of Netherlands, H.E Mrs. Karin Boven conveyed personal greetings
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The outgoing Bamasaba cultural leader and head of Inzu Bamasaba Cultural Institution, Bob Mushikori succumbed to diabetes, URN has learnt. Dr. Dominic Waburoko, the Health Minister in Inzu Ya Masaba Cultural Institution disclosed this on Monday evening hours. Dr. Waburoko told URN that Mushikori died around 4:00 PM at his residence
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By: Andrew M. Mwenda If you cannot count what matters, you make what you count matter! This has been the tragedy of the opposition in Uganda. They have a set of prejudices, biases and beliefs they are married to, and ignore facts and statistics as they exist in reality. This has
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Human Rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo has Wednesday afternoon (December 30th, 2020) been granted bail by the Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court. Opiyo was last week arrested, charged with money laundering and remanded. Prosecution alleges that Opiyo on October 8, 2020 at ABSA Bank Garden City Branch, in Kampala District acquired $340,000 (about UGX
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By: SC Villa Media Team. On the 10th of August 2020, SC Villa announced the official signing of 20 year old midfield youngster Goffin Godfrey Oyirwoth on a two year contract tying him at the club up to the 2022. Goffin, as he is famously known, has been a promising addition to
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Opposition Forum for Democratic Change – FDC presidential flag bearer Patrick Amuriat Oboi has Sunday been arrested on his campaign trail in Jinja, Eastern Uganda. Amuriat was arrested for flouting Electoral Commission directives which suspended campaigns in 20 areas including Jinja due to sprouting cases of Covid19. “Our Presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat
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President Museveni's brother Aine Godfrey Kaguta alias SODO has today been named as the NRM Mawogolo North flag bearer. He was earlier (during primaries) removed by the NRM secretariate from the party ticket after his rival Shartsi Musherure filed complaints of malpractice. However, court has today awarded him the NRM Party
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LC Waikiki, one of the world’s leading fashion retail brands, has Monday opened its first store at Acacia Mall in Kampala. Opening this store makes Uganda the second country in East Africa where LC Waikiki expands its brand as part of its Africa growth strategy and in line with its mission
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