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Huawei ICT Competition keeps inspiring African students to chase their ICT Passions

Huawei ICT Competition keeps inspiring African students to chase their ICT Passions

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[December 08, 2021] Under the theme of "Connection, Glory, Future", the Huawei ICT Competition is sailing through its 6th year in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 15,000 students from up to 500 top universities and colleges in 17 countries participating, making it the largest ICT skill competition in the region. At the current stage, 6 countries have completed the country-level Huawei ICT Competition. Outstanding teams will compete in the Sub-Saharan African finals, which is scheduled to kick off in February, 2022. Over the past 5 years, the competition has attracted over 80,000 passionate ICT students, with 21 teams entering the global finals, further incentivizing contestants to excel in this field. The 2019-2020 Competition marks a historic milestone for Sub-Saharan Africa. Two teams from Ni...
REGISTRAR GENERAL KAINOBWISHO RALLIES ARIPO MEMBER STATES TO SUPPORT COPYRIGHT RELATED RIGHTS PROTECTION

REGISTRAR GENERAL KAINOBWISHO RALLIES ARIPO MEMBER STATES TO SUPPORT COPYRIGHT RELATED RIGHTS PROTECTION

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe – 7th December 2021 – Heads of Intellectual Property offices who are members of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO) have convened in Zimbabwe to attend the 45th Session of the Administrative Council and the 18th Session of the Council of Ministers comprised of 21 Member States. The meetings run from the 6th to 10th December 2021 at the Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls. Mercy K. Kainobwisho, the Registrar General of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) & Board Chair Ambassador Francis K. Butagira are leading Uganda’s delegation. The Administrative Council Session is discussing proposals to improve the protocols administered by ARIPO, consideration of the strategic plan 2022-2026 and the financial standing of the organ...
PANIC AND FALSEHOOD AS HAM AWAITS JUDGEMENT ON DTB ADMISSIONS OF ILLEGALITY AT SUPREME COURT

PANIC AND FALSEHOOD AS HAM AWAITS JUDGEMENT ON DTB ADMISSIONS OF ILLEGALITY AT SUPREME COURT

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Ham’s grounds of appeal at supreme court was that the justices at the court of appeal failed to address the substantial issue of illegality as rightfully ruled at High Court, If DTB admits the same, then Ham is by law entitled to Judgement by admission. “In our opinion, this case is a weighing scale on the independence of the Ugandan Judiciary as non tolerance of illegalities in all courts of law stands as the baseline of all legal structures and Judicial proceedings internationally.” Diamond Trust Bank admitted on court records by their submissions that they committed illegalities where they emphasized that; “The Court of Appeal justices erred at law when they failed to address the Substantial point of illegality upon which judgement was rightfully entered at the high court specifically...
Women Entrepreneurs benefit from URSB, Partners Training on Trademarks

Women Entrepreneurs benefit from URSB, Partners Training on Trademarks

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Kampala, Uganda, 03rd December, 2021; In a bid to support female-led micro, small & medium enterprises (MSMEs) protect their innovations through trademarking, the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) & Grooming a Successful Woman with Intellectual Mind (GSWIM) have organized a series of national workshops for women entrepreneurs. Today, the three partners handed over trademark certificates to a group of over 20 entrepreneurs who completed a two-day training under the theme ‘Intellectual Property for Branding & Product Development- Trademarks Launching, Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learned’. The training focused on arming participants with the knowledge and information needed to develop their business ideas into conc...
Government to Surrender Entebbe International Airport Over Chinese Loan

Government to Surrender Entebbe International Airport Over Chinese Loan

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On Tuesday, 17 November 2015, the Uganda government signed an agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) to borrow $207 million at two per cent upon disbursement. The loan had a maturity period of 20 years including a seven-year grace period. It has now emerged that the deal signed with the Chinese lenders virtually means Uganda “surrendered” its most prominent and only international airport. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) says some provisions in the Financing Agreement with China expose Entebbe International Airport and other Ugandan assets to be attached and taken over by Chinese lenders upon arbitration in Beijing. It also emerged that China has rejected recent pleas by Uganda to renegotiate the toxic clauses of the 2015 loan, leaving Ugandan President Yoweri ...
Minister Mutasingwa Halts Surveying of Contested 1 Square Mile Peace Of Land In Nyenga.

Minister Mutasingwa Halts Surveying of Contested 1 Square Mile Peace Of Land In Nyenga.

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The Minister of state in the vice president's office has halted the planned eviction of more than 10,000 residents on a contested piece of land in six villages in Nyenga Division, Buikwe District, The land in question belongs to Nambi Sarah and the late Kinaalwa who was acting as the caretaker, measuring 1000 acres. The said Nambi Sarah, hired city Lawyer Kenneth Paul Kakande and real estate dealer Natasha Namubiru to process for her the land title in the exchange of 70 acres for the work done. The affected residents are from the villages of Kanyogoga Butema, Kinaabi, Nsenge, Nakakumbi, Mulungu. gathered at Kinaabi UMEA primary school to explain their dismay to the minister. The residents revealed that it's Natasha and Kakande that have started imposing new laws of rejecting Busuulu fr...
HAM VS DTB CASE: DTB ADMITS TO COMMITTING ILLEGALITIES, HAM FILES AND AWAITS JUDGEMENT ON ADMISSIONS IN THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

HAM VS DTB CASE: DTB ADMITS TO COMMITTING ILLEGALITIES, HAM FILES AND AWAITS JUDGEMENT ON ADMISSIONS IN THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

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Brief History Ham Enterprises (U) Limited (The company) and Diamond Trust Bank (The Bank) had a 10 Year long term Banking relationship where Ham Enterprises (U) Limited as the client made huge transactions on its accounts with the bank equally extending Loan facilities to the company and the company would promptly pay off these loans until an outstanding balance of USD 10,000,000 (United States Dollar – Ten Million only) which the company claims was not reducing despite having paid huge amounts of money towards loan clearance over time. The company therefore decided to carry out a figurative and legal Audit on all its accounts through which Audit report from the company’s accounts and Loan statements availed from the Bank records revealed that all loans were already paid to zero balance a...
FORTEBET FIRES UP BUGWERE, KUMI WITH PRICELESS GOODIES

FORTEBET FIRES UP BUGWERE, KUMI WITH PRICELESS GOODIES

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Fortebet clients in Pallisa, Kibuku, Kumi, Budaka and Kadama experienced a rare thrill as hhundreds bagged Fortebet gifts. Over 1000 clients received atleast a gift. The gifts, among others, included phones, jerseys, t-shirts, pens and wristbands. Fortebet also gave out reflector jackets to bodaboda riders in Pallisa in a bid to reduce their chances of being knocked, especially during the night. All the gifts were handed over by Fortebet brand ambassador, Alex Muhangi together with John Nanyumba, the company’s media manager. “I will forever call Fortebet my betting home because I came here with no expectation of getting it. I am also happy because even my friends have won some other gifts,” said the winner of the phone at Pallisa main branch. The bodaboda cyclists in Pallisa taxi park,...
Libya Election Head Rules Out Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi as presidential Candidate

Libya Election Head Rules Out Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi as presidential Candidate

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Libya’s election commission said on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former ruler and a major candidate in December’s planned presidential election, was ineligible to run, compounding the turmoil surrounding the vote. Gaddafi was one of 25 candidates that was disqualified in an initial decision pending an appeals process that will ultimately be decided by the judiciary. Some 98 Libyans registered as candidates. Disputes over the election rules, including the legal basis of the vote and who should be eligible to stand, threaten to derail an internationally backed peace process aimed at ending a decade of factional chaos. The military prosecutor in Tripoli had urged the commission to rule out Gaddafi after his conviction in absentia on war crimes charges in 2015 for hi...
Prince Nakibinge Appoints Sheikh Muhammad Galabuzi, As Supreme Mufti of Uganda

Prince Nakibinge Appoints Sheikh Muhammad Galabuzi, As Supreme Mufti of Uganda

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According to Dr. Muhammad Musoke Kiggundu, the Director of Communication and research in the office of the Supreme Mufti of Uganda, Galabuzi will be deputised by Sheikh Ibrahim Mustafa Brands and Sheikh Mahad Kakkoza. Sheik Muhammad Galabuzi has been appointed Supreme Mufti of Uganda. Deputies: Sheik Ibrahim Mustafa Brands and Sheik Mahad Kakooza. Galabuzi replaces Sheikh Muhamood Kibaate who was named in April this year as the acting Supreme Mufti following the resignation of the then supreme Mufti Sheik Kasuule Ndirangwa. Sheikh Galabuzi will be sworn in this Friday at Kibuli alongside his two deputies Sheikh Ntanda and Sheikh Mahad Kakooza. Sheikh Ndirangwa’s resignation came moments after the death of outspoken Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata who was the spokesperson of the Kibuli faction. Th...