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Business Tycoon Reginald Franklin Rallies African-Americans to Invest in Africa where they are not Discriminated

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The Chief Executive officer (CEO), Brookes Distribution in USA, Reginald Franklin II has rallied fellow African-Americans to consider retreating to Africa to take up investments as well as settlement since they will not be discriminated upon in the continent. Reginald made the call after a meeting with President Museveni at State House whom he praised for having opened up Uganda…

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MPs Question Delay on Procurement of Voters Biometric Machine

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A section of Members of Parliament (MP) have come out to express concerns over delay by the Electoral Commission to procure the E-verification voter system as a tool to curb the malpractices and multiple voting ahead of 2021 general elections. While at the NRM party headquarters on Monday, President Museveni directed the electoral commission to first track the procurement of…

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Museveni Blames Sacked URA Officials for Low Revenue Collections

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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has lashed out at the fired Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) top officials who he accused of running down the institution by engaging in corruption. The President made the remarks while addressing the nation during the 2020/2021 national budget Speech, when he warned other corrupt public servants that he is coming to clean up their entities. It…

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Traffic jam back as Uganda eases lockdown

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Uganda slowly begins easing virus restrictions Kampala, Uganda | AFP | The capital Kampala appeared more lively than it has in recent weeks as food markets, wholesale shops, garages, workshops, law firms and hardware shops were allowed to re-open Tuesday. One or two long stretches of traffic jams were reported on the outskirts of the city as cars made their…

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Museveni to Judges: Don’t Make Rulings that Will Affect Development

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President Yoweri Museveni has asked judges not to make rulings that will interfere with the development of projects. Museveni argued that such rulings will affect the development of the economy. Museveni made the remarks on Tuesday at the opening of the four day annual 22nd Judges Conference at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. Citing the Sukulu Phosphate Project in Tororo District,…

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President Museveni Tasks MPs to Explain Slow Growth in Ibanda

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Land fragmentation, degraded natural resources, lack of access to water and electricity, and a poor road Network have been listed as some of the reasons for the slow growth of Ibanda district in Southwestern Uganda. The district which borders Mbarara, Kiruhura, Buhweju and Kamwenge hosted this year’s National Resistance Movement-NRM liberation Day celebrations, commemorating the date in 1986 when the…

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Africa should not have allowed the western countries to attack Libya – Museveni

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In an interview with the BBC’s Newsday programme, Museveni said African should have intervened militarily and “taught those people a lesson”. “Libya was an African country being attacked by foreign powers. We should have intervened,” Museveni said. Museveni was referring to the on-going crisis in Libya in which several Western countries are backing military strongman Khalifa Haftar to fight against…

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Museveni in Togo for summit on drug trafficking, counterfeit medicines

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Seven African leaders from the Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Togo and Uganda will sign an agreement for stronger legislation to criminalise the sale of fake drugs at a two-day summit on counterfeit medicines The President was received at the Lome- Tokoin Gnassingbe Eyadema International airport and by his host President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe. Seven African leaders from…

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