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@matookerepublic Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:06:41
Guinness, FUFA celebrate unsung heroes at inaugural Women in Football Bonanza
The inaugural Women in Football Bonanza to celebrate those bridging the gender gap in the beautiful game was held at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel yesterday. The event was organised by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) in partnership with Guinness Uganda. The event was graced by the attendance of, Ms. Meskerem Goshime, the Head […]
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@kfm Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:12:14
Missing persons reports ‘smear campaign’ for better lives abroad, says govt
Government says it has established that some reports about missing persons are just ‘smear campaign’ for people to attain better lives abroad. Presenting the much anticipated statement on alleged human rights abuses and the ‘shrinking civic space’ as raised by the opposition in parliament, the State Minister for Internal Affairs, Mr David Muhoozi said some reports are ‘well-orchestrated campaigns’ against government as people claim political persecution back home. He expressed dismay at how first host countries believe the allegations without investigation. “In a nutshell, lack of cooperation and the refusal to report, coupled with the other concerns raised in this response, make it extremely difficult to come to the bottom of the matter of alleged disappeared persons,” the report reads […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:10:31
COP28: PM Nabbanja leads Ugandan delegation
By Winnie Watenya The twenty-eighth session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP28), opens today in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Minister of Water and Environment, Mr. Sam Cheptoris said earlier that Uganda’s delegation to the conference that runs until December 12th is led by Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja. He adds that to ensure productive participation in the annual conference, a multi-stakeholder National Organizing Committee (NOC) was constituted to strategize on Uganda’s input. During the meeting, world leaders, ministers, and negotiators from 198 countries that have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement will agree on how to address climate change. In Uganda, like in many other countries, the effects of climate change have […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:29:39
EAC court dismisses petition against EACOP
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has dismissed with costs a petition filed by four civil society actors that sought to challenge the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline- EACOP. These including the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Natural Justice, Centre for Strategic Litigation, the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) Limited, in November 2020 filed a case against the governments of Uganda and Tanzania, and the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), challenging EACOP. The applicants wanted a temporary injunction to stop the construction of the EACOP until the questions of environmental, social justice, and climate justice concerns raised in the case were heard and determined. The Court sitting in Arusha […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 06:31:56
Expansion of East African Community
Conflict-weary Somalia was recently admitted into the East African Community (EAC) as the eighth member of the bloc as it seeks to expand free trade across the region. Patrick Kamara hosts Mr. Godber Tumushabe from Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies, and Senior Presidential Advisor Mr. Moses Byaruhanga on the KFM Hot Seat Show to discuss the expansion of the East African Community. Listen to the show below;
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:00:28
Activists root for scaled-up climate financing at COP28
ActionAid International Uganda is rooting for environment-friendly scaled-up climate financing ahead of the global COP28 summit that started today (Thursday) in Dubai. The world is holding climate talks in Dubai with 167 world leaders. Mercy Grace Munduru, the head of programmes at ActionAid International says developing countries like Uganda are unfairly enduring repeated tragedies over climate change with high costs of restoration. She says more money should be injected into the loss and damage fund given current climate change catastrophes. “We hope COP28 can specifically pronounce itself on how it plans to scale up climate financing because we want them to specifically scale up the concept of climate finance and also we’re very concerned about how world’s financial flows happen, […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:25:45
ULC ordered to produce 26 missing land titles
Members of parliament sitting on the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee have asked the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) together with the Foreign Affairs Ministry to produce 26 missing land titles for Uganda’s missions abroad. This after the acting secretary of ULC, Andrew Nyumba, revealed to the committee chaired by Buliisa district woman MP Norah Bigirwa that it is in possession of titles for only 14 mission properties, out of 40 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted to the Commission. Aruu South MP, Christopher Komakech and Arua Central City’s Jackson Atima said that ULC should urgently develop the land titles for foreign missions abroad for land safety, blaming the commission for not taking the matter seriously. The chairperson of the Committee asked […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:51:04
Govt bans carrying of dead bodies in public ambulances
The Ministry of Health has banned transportation of dead bodies in public ambulances saying that these are meant for rescuing patients who need life support. Dr Diana Atwine, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary says the government has put in place special ambulances that are equipped with expensive life-saving equipment that should not be misused. “I have had people come to my office asking for ambulances to take dead bodies. I want to categorically say that our ambulances are not for transporting dead bodies. Private service people [funeral services] can handle that,” said Dr. Atwine. She revealed this during the handover of 116 type B ambulances to various constituencies across the country at the ministry headquarters in Kampala. The ambulances were purchased […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:25:53
Angry mob displaces residents over alleged theft in Bukedea
By Emuron George Police in Bukedea has arrested the person suspected to have led a mob to attack at least thirty-five residents in the villages of Koboli and Kalupo in Kidongole Sub County in Bukedea district leaving them homeless. The attack was prompted by suspicion that their cattle had been stolen by residents of those villages in Bukedea. Richard Asiimwe, the Bukedea District Police Commander says the prime suspect he identified as William Obumba has been arrested. “We took up that matter and it is under investigation. We actually arrested the alleged cattle suspect and we want to have this gentleman produced in the courts of law for his theft case,” Asiimwe said. It is said that the theft happened […]
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@kfm Thu, 30 Nov 2023 10:21:14
Sebei elders petition Museveni over unresolved boundary demarcation
By Olivier Mukaaya Elders in Sebei Sub region have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni over the demarcation directive issued in 2009 regarding the Bulambulii-Kapchorwa boundary. They say the petition, through the Kapchorwa Resident district commissioner Martin Ssekajja, is meant to help avert possible intertribal wars between the Bagisu and the Sabins. The elders led by Vincent Bartega the chairperson of Sebei sub-region older persons, state that the boundary disputes have persisted since the 1960s hence causing tribal conflicts between Bagisu of Bulambuli and the Sabinys. These elders now want the president to intervene in the boundary disputes to pave way for peaceful co-existence between the people of both districts. The elders who marched from Sebei regional headquarters in Kapchorwa, through the […]
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@matookerepublic Thu, 30 Nov 2023 07:32:19
Minister Muhoozi challenges claims of missing persons, citing lack of police reports
Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi, has said that most of the alleged missing persons have never been reported to the police. While presenting a statement on the alleged enforced disappearance of persons during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, Muhoozi stated that, according to the law and official practice, for one to […]
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@matookerepublic Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:50:23
Why was Netball Federation President Babirye Kityo Sarah arrested?
The President of the Uganda Netball Federation, Babirye Kityo Sarah, is set to appear before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kololo this afternoon after being arrested on Wednesday. Kityo was arrested and taken to the Criminal Intelligence Directorate (CID) headquarters in Kibuli for interrogation. Reports indicate that the cause of her arrest is related to accountability […]
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@chimpreports Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:29:12
Bobi Wine Finally Travels to UK After 10-year Travel Ban
National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has arrived in London, United Kingdom after the western country officially lifted the travel ban against him. “London, it’s been 10 long years,” Bobi Tweeted on Wednesday night. London recently lifted the travel ban that had been in place for over a decade on Bobi Wine, …
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@chimpreports Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:22:54
How Young Engineers Uganda shaping Future Leaders in STEM Education
Young Engineers Uganda, a pioneer in STEM education for children, has once again demonstrated its prowess by securing the second position at the Pan African STEM competitions in Kenya. This triumph adds to the program’s impressive achievements, including a fourth-place finish at the Pan African Robotics Championships in Dakar, Senegal in 2022, and a prestigious …
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@chimpreports Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:38:04
Investors in the Commercial Agriculture Sector Have Potential to Develop – Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reassured investors of the government’s commitment to support them so that they help the country to steer its socio-economic development agenda. “The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives should capture information of all these people so that we give them support because these are not very difficult to support,” he …
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