A fight is brewing at the Electoral Commission over a deal to find office space for the commission workers. They are to leave the offices on Jinja road in order to pave way for the construction of the Jinja road Flyover, according to sources.The process that had been ongoing for three years ended in 2018 with Acacia Place Limited selected ...
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Opposition Tried To Negotiate With NRM After Its Plan Leaked
According to FDCs Godfrey Ekanya, the opposition had planned to challenge the ruling NRM in the speakership race. However, their plan unfortunately leaked before the elections. According to him, the opposition had planned to sacrifice legislator Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and proceed with NRM’s Rebecca Kadaga. They would later push for FDC’s Yusufu Nsibambi, but the whole plan fell apart before ...
Read More »Police Probe Fire Outbreak At Paint Factory In Makindye
A fire broke out earlier today at Royal Paint Factory in Makindye, a suburb in Kampala. Police in Kampala is still investigating the cause of the Wednesday morning fire that broke out and destroyed property worth millions of shillings. Mr. Hassan Kyanda, the Deputy Director of Fire Safety and Emergency Services said his team is still trying to establish the ...
Read More »UK Company Trademarks Tribal Name ‘Yoruba’, Nigerians Are Pissed
Nigerians have taken to Twitter to criticize a British clothing retailer for trademarking their tribal word ‘Yoruba. Timbuktu Global is a company based in northwest England. In 2015, it filed papers to trademark ‘’Yoruba’’ with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office. This issue, however, only came into the limelight on Sunday. Gbemisola Isimi, the owner of a cultural organization in London, ...
Read More »Nobert Mao Expects Highly Of The New Parliament Leadership
The Democratic Party (DP) president, Nobert Mao has said his party has nothing but high expectations from the new Parliament leadership. On Monday, newly sworn-in members of parliament went to Kololo Airstrip to elect their new Speaker and Deputy Speakers. Jacob Oulanyah emerged as the victor for the Speaker of Parliament ad as his Deputy, they elected Anita Among. On ...
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