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Jun202020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Enough IS Enough: Chief Justice Katureebe Retires After Expiry Of His Contract

Enough IS Enough: Chief Justice Katureebe Retires After Expiry Of His Contract

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Hon. Justice Bart Katureebe on Friday June 19, 2020 retired from the position of Chief Justice following the expiry of his contract. Justice Katureebe had served in the position since 2015 when he was appointed by President   Yoweri Museveni and despite having he capability and credibility to push on, he decided to seek another term in office. Statement from the Judiciary about Chief Justice Bart Katureebe's retirement A statement from the Judiciary about his retirement reads in part thus;   Justice Bart Katureebe's Last Day As Chief Justice THE JUDICIARY Plot 2, The Square High Court Building P. O. Box 7085, Kampala Uganda. Today (Friday June 19) is Justice Bart Magunda Katureebe's last official working day as Chie...
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Jun202020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Tullow Oil Shareholders To Vote On Uganda Deal After Company Agreed To Sell Onshore Oil Fields To Total For $575m

Tullow Oil Shareholders To Vote On Uganda Deal After Company Agreed To Sell Onshore Oil Fields To Total For $575m

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 By Keefa Nuwahereza Tullow Oil has issued a circular to shareholders about the proposed sale of its stake in a Uganda project to Total for $575 million (€512 million). The company said in April it had agreed to a deal with Total to sell its stake in their joint onshore oil fields in the region. CNOOC had rights of pre-emption to acquire 50 per cent of these assets under the same terms and conditions as Total, but last month said it would not exercise those rights. That cleared the way for the sale to Total to proceed, but it required approval by regulatory authorities and needed the backing of shareholders. Tullow said it was publishing the circular after receiving approval from the Financial Conduct Authority. COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions The general meeting will be...
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Jun192020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
New Era As Court Allows Ugandans In Diaspora To Vote

New Era As Court Allows Ugandans In Diaspora To Vote

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By Elite News Reporter Ugandans living and working in the Diaspora are for the first time going to get chance to participate in the forthcoming 2021 General Election. This comes after  the High Court on Thursday issued an order allowing all Ugandans living outside the country who are fully registered with the Electoral Commission to vote, unlike past years when it was not allowed. The order was issued by Justice Lydia Mugambe, on the basis of a petition filed two years ago by lawyer Stephen Kalali. In his application, Kalali sought declarations and orders that Prisoners and Ugandans in the Diaspora, possess the fundamental and inalienable right to be registered as voters. He argued that the omission and exclusion of prisoners and Ugandans in the Diaspora from the votin...
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Jun192020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
‘Mafias Want Me Dead For Fighting Illegal Gold Mining ’-Min. Opendi Cries Out Before Parliament

‘Mafias Want Me Dead For Fighting Illegal Gold Mining ’-Min. Opendi Cries Out Before Parliament

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By Elite News Reporter The Mafias that forced Tamale Mirundi from NBS TV are back again, this time hunting for the head of Sarah Opendi, the State Minister for Mineral Resources…. Hon. Opendi told Parliament on Thursday that she continues to receive death threats from anonymous people who she described as mafias promoting illegal gold mining in Uganda. The Minister said that ever since she was appointed to the docket in January, after serving as a State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties, said that her mission was to clean the mining industry, but there are some people who are trying to frustrate her efforts. She noted however that the threats will not frustrate her efforts against illegal mining activities and the violation of rights of other players. Opendi t...
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Jun182020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Lukwago Appoints Nyanjura His Deputy After Kanyike Exit

Lukwago Appoints Nyanjura His Deputy After Kanyike Exit

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The Lord Mayor of Kampala Hajji Elias Lukwago has appointed Hon. Doreen Nyanjura, who is the LC V Councilor for Makerere University as his deputy, following the exit of Sarah Kanyike Ssebagala, who was appointed a Director at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA).   Lukwago made the announcement on Thursday  at City Hall during a presser at which he officially unveiled Nyanjura as his deputy. We have learnt that the move came after Kanyike had held a brief meeting with Lord Mayor Lukwago  shortly before she handed in her resignation letter. Former Deputy Lord Mayor Sarah Kanyike Lukwago had given Kanyike up to today, Thursday, 18 June 2020, to declare her stand on whether she was accepting the position of director gender, community service and ...
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Jun182020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou Accuses US Of Giving Canadian Court ‘Grossly Misleading’ Evidence Summary In Extradition Case

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou Accuses US Of Giving Canadian Court ‘Grossly Misleading’ Evidence Summary In Extradition Case

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By Ian Young Vancouver: Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has accused the United States of providing a “grossly inaccurate misleading” summary of evidence to the Canadian court hearing her extradition case, arguing that the case should be thrown out as a result. The new claims in Meng’s bid to avoid extradition to the US to face fraud charges include that the US misrepresented and omitted details of a crucial PowerPoint presentation that Meng delivered to a HSBC banker in Hong Kong. The 2013 presentation forms the basis of the US claims that she defrauded HSBC by lying about Huawei’s business in Iran, allegedly in breach of US sanctions, and that she should be sent to New York to face trial. “Ms Meng will submit that the Requesting State’s summary of evidence … is grossly inac...
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Jun182020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Tamale Mirundi, NBS TV’s Kalisa Caught In Ameila Kyambadde – Janet Museveni Renewed Historical State House War: M7 In Dilemma Again

Tamale Mirundi, NBS TV’s Kalisa Caught In Ameila Kyambadde – Janet Museveni Renewed Historical State House War: M7 In Dilemma Again

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By Elite News Reporter Many of you may have heard or read that Museveni okayed a section of government officials to sue Tamale Mirundi for repeatedly defaming and insulting them in the media ( NBS and radios) for a long period of time and subsequently NBS has cut ties with Mirundi. From an impeccable State House source, this war of Tamale Mirundi is an extension of the war of two powerful women that once wielded equal power in state house and more or less equal influence over President Yoweri Museveni. That is Amelia Kyambadde and Janet Kataha. The story goes as follows; When the fights of Kyambadde, Janet Museveni and her daughters reached threatening levels, Museveni advised her close confidant Amelia to go and contest in Mawokota and gifted her Shs5Bn for the campaign so a...
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Jun162020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Electoral Commission Announces Stringent Election Laws, Bans Political Rallies Ahead Of 2021 Elections

Electoral Commission Announces Stringent Election Laws, Bans Political Rallies Ahead Of 2021 Elections

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The Electoral Commission on Tuesday announced stringent regulations that will be followed by all politicians and voters in the forthcoming 2021 elections. The regulations enshrined in the E.C Revised Roadmap for 2020/2021 General Elections, which were announced  the E.C Chairperson Simon Byabakama,  include among others conditions that will ensure that all voters are protected from contracting the deadly Coronavirus. The guidelines also include abolishment of political rallies, which have been replaced by online campaigns, specific dates on which candidates for various positions will be nominated and voted.  Below is Justice Byabakama’s full detailed speech about the E.C Revised 2021 General Elections Roadmap;   Dear esteemed members...
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Jun162020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Breaking: Horror As 3 Perish, Scores Injured In Nasty Mabira Accident

Breaking: Horror As 3 Perish, Scores Injured In Nasty Mabira Accident

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By Keefa Nuwahereza The nation has woken to grief on Tuesday morning after  three people perished and several others sustained injuries after getting involved in an accident that occurred in Mabira Forest, along the Kampala-Jinja Highway. According to eyewitnesses, the three died on spot at Kinoni, in Mabira Forest, after a truck loaded with tomatoes collided head-on  with a Toyota Harrier vehicle. Photos showing the accident scene (Courtesy of New Vision) By the time of filing this story the traffic police had been called to the scene to retrieve the body, who included the driver of the Toyota Harrier and his two passengers, although details about them were still scanty. Watch this space for details about this tragedy!
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Jun152020 by Our ReporterNo Comments
Police Storm City Hotel To Disperse Bobi Wine, Besigye Meeting As Opposition Honchos Announce Coalition

Police Storm City Hotel To Disperse Bobi Wine, Besigye Meeting As Opposition Honchos Announce Coalition

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By Keefa Nuwahereza  A joint force of the Uganda Police and Local Defence Unit on Monday afternoon stormed  Rose Gardens Hotel in Wakiso District, where they disrupted a joint press conference between People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi and Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change. Our Moles reveal that the police, which accused the politicians of breaching Presidential Guidelines on social distancing as was of fighting the spread of COVID-19, fired teargas and rubber bullets at the hotel to disperse the meeting, which was attended by among others Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze, Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago, Bugiri Municipality MP  Asuman Basalirwa, Mityana Municipality MP  Francis Zaake, among others. MP Betty Nambooze trying to explain...
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