Stories :: User: Baker Batte :: Accepted date: October 2021
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Kenyans Attack Bobi Wine for Supporting A Politician Accused of Attempted Murder
19 Oct 2021, 10:05 Comments 467 Views Politics UpdatesBabu Owino, whose real name is Paul Ongili was charged in a Kenyan court in January 2020, after he shot at a popular DJ Felix Odhiambo commonly known as DJ Evolve. The two had a brawl in a bar that resulted in Owino pulling out a pistol and fired at DJ Evolve. The case is yet to be disposed of as Kenya heads into the 2022 general election.
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Outlawing Bail is Tantamount to Overthrowing Constitution - Justice Kanyeihamba
18 Oct 2021, 15:01 Comments 379 Views Kampala, Uganda Human rights UpdatesSpeaking to the media today at his home in Buziga, Kanyeihamba who was once a minister in President Museveni’s cabinet before being appointed a justice said the right to bail is one of those that are inalienable and implored parliament to disregard the President’s renewed push to limit it.
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Why NUP Stayed Away From Besigye’s Front
15 Oct 2021, 17:47 Comments 371 Views Politics UpdatesHowever, although Rubongoya publicly professes no ill will with the Front, four people who know the goings on in NUP say that the real reason why the party will not join is their suspicion of FDC and Dr Kiiza Besigye personally.
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Court Confirms Joel Ssenyonyi as the Rightly Elected Nakawa West MP Top story
14 Oct 2021, 15:09 Comments 896 Views Politics UpdatesIn his ruling, Muwata said even if Mukesh had proved any of the grounds, which he didn’t, such irregularities wouldn’t have affected the election in a substantial manner.
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We Are Not Against Besigye’s New Front-NUP
12 Oct 2021, 15:53 Comments 461 Views Politics UpdatesDavid Lewis Rubongoya, the NUP Secretary-General said although they are not willing to join the Front, they nevertheless have no problem with it for as long as it’s pushing in the same direction of ending President Yoweri Museveni’s continued stay in power.
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NRM Calls for Consensus Rather than Elections for Local Council Executives
10 Oct 2021, 12:20 Comments 415 Views Politics UpdatesIn a letter seen by URN written to all NRM district election officers, the party Electoral Commission chairman Dr Tanga Odoi said voting should only be considered where consensus fails.
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Opposition Parties Accuse NRM of Hijacking Uganda’s Independence Day Celebrations
9 Oct 2021, 15:24 Comments 681 Views Politics Updates"When you go to hospitals and find mothers giving birth of floors, you can’t talk about independence; it means nothing to them. Young people are running away to become slaves elsewhere simply because they have no opportunity here." - NUP Spokesman, the Hon Joel Senyoni.
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Opposition Launch New Front Against President Museveni Top story
7 Oct 2021, 16:32 Comments 939 Views Court UpdatesSpeaking today at the unveiling of the coalition named; People’s Front for Transition, former President of the Forum for Democratic Change, Dr Kizza Besigye who was selected as the group’s National Chairman said Uganda is at an unprecedented level of crisis that it necessitates all political forces coming together to end the National Resistance Movement hold onto power.
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Ten Months After The Election; Which Way Should NUP Take?
6 Oct 2021, 18:53 Comments 332 Views Politics UpdatesYusuf Serunkuma, a PhD student at Makerere Institute of Social Research says Kyagulanyi must realize that the more than three million voters who voted for him were never interested in him replacing Besigye as the leader of opposition but rather upstaging Museveni regardless of the means.
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Jim Muhwezi; The Ugandan Politician in The Pandora Papers
5 Oct 2021, 18:53 Comments 627 Views Crime UpdatesYesterday, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists-ICIJ released the now-famous Pandora Papers where it reviewed more than 11 million documents from 14 organizations that help powerful people across the globe hide properties overseas in offshore accounts away from the intriguing eyes of the public and tax collectors. According to reporting by ICIJ, Muhwezi owned and held shares in two shell companies.
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Only 600 Guests to Attend Independence Celebration
5 Oct 2021, 13:46 Comments 673 Views Politics UpdatesOgwang said that the 36-years of NRM rule have seen Uganda transform in reaps and bounds and that despite challenges of corruption, poor service delivery, sectarianism and tribalism, the leadership is still on course to achieve Vision 2040 that which will see Uganda transformed into a prosperous country.
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One Ugandan Politician, Eight Companies Cited in The Pandora Papers Top story
4 Oct 2021, 17:16 Comments 1289 Views Crime Business and finance UpdatesThe papers revealed that individuals from at least 200 countries and territories had opened secret accounts in order to amass wealth. 336 current and former politicians have been cited in the papers.
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Uganda to Open Shelter for Stranded Girls in UAE
4 Oct 2021, 14:47 Comments 419 Views Politics UpdatesMuseveni made the pronouncement after discussions with the executive leaders of Ugandans living and working in the United Arab Emirates, under their umbrella body; The Association of Ugandans living in the United Arab Emirates (AUU) led by the Chairperson Nsubuga Abdulbasit.
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Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Salim Uhuru's Election as Kampala Central Division Mayor
1 Oct 2021, 07:34 Comments 421 Views Court Politics UpdatesUhuru's victory had been challenged by Ssemugooma Hamdan Kigozi, the runner-up and National Unity Platform sponsored candidate alleging that he was erroneously nominated after failing to present the required signatures supporting his candidature.
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