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Ugandan Ruling Party’s Self-Entitlement Will Ruin Us, Says Minister

Ugandan Ruling Party’s Self-Entitlement Will Ruin Us, Says Minister

Relief and Disaster Preparedness state minister, Mr Musa Ecweru says the feeling of self-entitlement by some members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) risks plunging Uganda into chaos as the population grows desperate. “There are many of us in NRM when you do a small thing, you think you should be treated as a […]

President Yoweri Museveni Calls for Banning Hoodies, Requiring Tracking of Vehicles

President Yoweri Museveni Calls for Banning Hoodies, Requiring Tracking of Vehicles

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on Monday called for banning hooded jackets and requiring tracking devices on all motorized vehicles, following Friday’s murder of a legislator. Ibrahim Abiriga, a member of Parliament, was shot to death Friday evening when assailants allegedly sprayed his car with bullets as it approached his home about 10 kilometers outside this […]

How Ugandan MPs Rejected 15-Year Tax Waiver for Bujagali Energy Limited

How Ugandan MPs Rejected 15-Year Tax Waiver for Bujagali Energy Limited

At a meeting at State House Entebbe, MPs rejected a proposal by President Museveni to offer a 15-year corporation tax waiver for Bujagali Energy Limited (BEL), a 250-megawatt power-generating facility. Included in the Income Tax Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2017, the proposal sought to exempt Bujagali Hydro Power Project from paying corporation tax until 2033. […]

Has Democracy Failed in Africa?

Has Democracy Failed in Africa?

Out of 15 African countries which held elections in 2016, power changed hands only eight times. That’s according to the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. All eyes are set for the remaining elections this year. Four of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, Angola’s Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, […]

National Resistance Movement Elects Parliament Leaders

National Resistance Movement Elects Parliament Leaders

The National Resistance Movement on Sunday voted party leaders in Parliament. The leaders join the Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa to complete the NRM party structure in the August House. Former journalist and MP for Burahya County Margaret Muhanga beat Paul Amoru (Dokolo North) and former Police publicist Simeo Nsubuga to the position of publicity secretary. […]

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