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Day: February 10, 2021

Huawei CEO: We won’t give up the ideal of globalization

Huawei CEO: We won’t give up the ideal of globalization

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Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei has pledged to stick to a globalization strategy despite external pressure. He has called on the new US administration to come up with more open policies that are in the interests of US companies and the US economy as a whole. These are the first public remarks the founder of Huawei has made since the change of the US administration. Ren was speaking during a press briefing in Taiyuan, the capital city of China’s northern Shanxi province, after launching the Intelligent Mining Innovation Lab. “Trade benefits both sides. Allowing US companies to supply goods to Chinese customers is conducive to their own financial performance. If Huawei's production capacity expands, US companies could us sell more. It's a win-win situation. I believe the new administration ...
Museveni wins fast round as kyagulanyi loses, Supreme Court Throws out Bobi Wine Amendment on Petition against Museveni

Museveni wins fast round as kyagulanyi loses, Supreme Court Throws out Bobi Wine Amendment on Petition against Museveni

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The Supreme Court in Uganda has dismissed an application by National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine to amend his election petition challenging President Museveni’s victory. The musician turned politician through his lawyers led by Mr Medard Ssegona had asked court to amend the petition to allow more evidence on grounds that after the presidential elections on January 14, he (Kyagulanyi) was placed under house arrest which subjected him to post election detention trauma that hindered him from putting together all the evidence he had for his petition in the stipulated time (15 days). However, a panel of nine Justices led by the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo dismissed Mr Kyagulanyi’s application on grounds that the matters brough...
Jose Chameleon speaks out as to Why he Voted Museveni in the recent 14th Jan 2021 presidential elections rather than his longtime friend mr.kyagulanyi

Jose Chameleon speaks out as to Why he Voted Museveni in the recent 14th Jan 2021 presidential elections rather than his longtime friend mr.kyagulanyi

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Kampala Lord Mayor hopeful Joseph Mayanja is yet to heal from the betrayal after opposition party NUP rejected to offer him the flag to contest as Kampala Lord Mayor in the recent concluded elections. He stood as an independent candidate and lost to Mr Erias Lukwago, self-proclaimed Lion of Kampala. Mayanja better known for his stage name Chameleon, over the weekend confessed to his friends at a Drink-UP in Kasanga that he voted for President in vengeance having been dust-binned by NUP Electoral Commission last year. NUP chose Hon Latif Ssebaggala over Chameleon after the party questioned his leadership abilities. The party which offered the flag on merit recommended that Mr Mayanja was unpopular for the job. “Bobi Wine (Robert Kyagulanyi) has a bad heart. We have fought to...
schools warned against hiking fees a head of schools reopening

schools warned against hiking fees a head of schools reopening

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Following President Museveni’s pronouncement allowing learners in semi-candidate classes to report back to school on March 1, many private and government-funded schools across the country have hiked their tuition fees to cope with the rising operational costs occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic.enior Three, and Senior Five.However, a few schools have maintained their previous fees structures.Mr Wycliff Makky Twinomujuni, the head teacher of Kashenyi Secondary School, a government-aided school in Ruhinda Sub-county, Rukungiri District, said they increased fees from Shs400,000 to Shs450,000 to cater for extra expenses arising out of the need to observe Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) for learners and their teachers.“....We have to buy extra beds, cater for remedial lessons,...