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During its last trading session last week, the Ugandan shilling remained on the back foot, touching the technical levels of 3605/3615. The shilling received pressure from substantial demand for dollars from commercial banks, the energy and manufacturing sectors. There seemed to be a similarity between the local unit trend and its peers in the region. The Kenyan and Tanzanian currencies ...

Forum For Democratic Change, FDC party, Women’s league have demanded the freedom of their former Party President, Kizza Besigye. The women say it is not fair to keep Besigye under house arrest as it distorts his freedom as a person. The women who carried placards and chanted FDC slogans demanded the unconditional release of Besigye. Led by Mariam Kizito, they ...

Patrick Oboi Amuriat, the Forum For Democratic Change has warmly welcomed 12 new members who defected from NRM. The Agago District branch secretary for mobilization and Organisation Mr Wilbert Opio presented them to Amuriat. POA welcomed them to the Party and pledged to receive them in Agago officially in due course. This happened during the conclusion of the party’s 2021 ...

Yesterday, a team of lawyers managed to gain access to political activist Col (Rtd) Dr Kizza Besigye amidst heavy police deployment around his home. They promised that they would sue government for damages despite the police’s warnings to arrest anyone demonstrating. Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Mr Gawaya Tegule, and Ms Proscovia Kunihira are the lawyers that made contact with ...

Law Development Center, LDC, has decided to suspend its 49th graduation indefinitely due to the expiry of the term of the management committee. The management committee is in charge of the administration and management of the LDC. Among the duties is to approve the students’ results and this is under LDC Act 1970. “They postpone the ceremony because the term ...