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KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni on Friday named a new head of Uganda’s electoral commission but critics said the nominee was another government loyalist and reflected the veteran leader’s intent to extend his three decades in power. Check also: President Yoweri Museveni Surprised Villagers Of Luweero District By Fetching Water On A Bicycle Since taking office in 1986 after a five-year ...

Kampala — Opposition leader Dr Besigye has cancelled his trip to South Africa where he was scheduled to address the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Conference. Check also: Uganda Shuts-Down 63 Schools Backed By Microsoft And Facebook Founders Dr Besigye was on Tuesday forced to call off the trip after police blocked him at his home in Kasangati. The opposition politician ...

Kampala – Uganda’s High Court on Friday ordered the closure of a chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft and Facebook founders Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. Check also: Akon In Liberia To Install Electricity In Primary Schools Judge Patricia Basaza Wasswa ruled the 63 Bridge International Academies provided unsanitary learning conditions, used unqualified teachers and were not properly licensed. ...

Goma – Six civilians were hacked to death in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack by Ugandan Islamist rebels, local officials said on Tuesday. Check also: Uganda’s Islamist Rebels Have Attacked Again In Eastern Congo Fighters from the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked a small village in North Kivu province on Monday, an administrator in ...

President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was pictured doing the unusual this morning when he was spotted by villagers fetching water on a bicycle in a Kawumu village, Luweero District, of Uganda. Check also: Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni’s Roadside Phone Call Gets Twitter Users Guessing The president did this to create awareness on his ‘Operation Wealth Creation’ agenda of drip irrigation ...