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@allafrica Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:50:26
Police Warns Nup Against Procession to Welcome Bobi Wine, Supporters Arrested (Video)
[Nile Post] In a turn of events that foreshadows rising tensions, National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters in Abayita Ababiri, Katabi town council, found themselves in police custody today.
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@allafrica Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:13:41
Acholi MPs Bitter Over Delayed Northern Uganda Social Action Fund
[Nile Post] The legislatures representing the people of Acholi in the 11th Parliament have expressed their disappointment and frustration with the delay in rolling out the NUSAF 4 follow-up program.
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@allafrica Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:54:24
From Johannesburg to Jail - Bobi Wine Pleads for Action Against Museveni As He Is Arrested At Airport
[Daily Maverick] Silence over abuses of human rights and democracy such as those experienced in Uganda and Zimbabwe amounts to consent.
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@allafrica Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:40:32
Opposition Leader Bobi Wine Seized At Airport, Says He Is Under House Arrest
[DW] The former presidential candidate had been returning from South Africa to promote a documentary about himself. The government had banned his supporters from greeting him en masse.
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@sqoop Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:42:43
Uganda musicians federation runs to Parliament for help
Artists through their body, Uganda National Musicians Federation (UNMF) have petitioned Parliament seeking to have radio and TV stations to dedicate 90 percent of airtime to Ugandan music as a way of promoting local content and supporting the development of the music industry in the country. The artists also want amendments to the Copyright […]
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@sqoop Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:29:08
Big Sunday Comedy Show: A worthwhile evening of laughter
2020 was the last time Fun factory put up a show at Kampala Serena Hotel to mark 10 years in the industry. The show went on smoothly despite a few sound glitches. The group had plans of staging another show the following year but Covid got into the mix among other things and the show […]
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@sqoop Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:21:46
Azawi offers exclusive first listen of ‘Sankofa’ Album ahead of lunch
Anticipation fills the air as Azawi’s highly-anticipated sophomore album, ‘Sankofa,’ is set to be released on October 9. Last evening, a select group of fortunate individuals from the public and the media were treated to an exclusive sneak peek of the artiste’s album. This special listening party, organised by Azawi in collaboration with Guinness Uganda, […]
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@kampalasun Wed, 04 Oct 2023 09:55:53
I am very poor, cries Ritah Dancehall as she contemplates ditching dancing for singing
By Mariam Nakalema Video vixen and backup singer Ritah Dancehall (Ritah Nasaazi) was thrust into our faces after she bashed musician Spice Diana’s show…
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@kfm Thu, 05 Oct 2023 18:43:20
Bobi Wine grabbed by security at Entebbe, driven home
By Paul Adude | Monitor National Unity Platform (NUP) principal, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine was Thursday picked by security operatives upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport from his international mobilization tours and whisked away. “He was picked off the plane and driven to an unknown destination. Up to now, we cannot speculate his whereabouts,” NUP Secretary General, David Lewis Rubongoya told journalists at a security checkpoint along Entebbe Kampala highway where he had been blocked from proceeding to Entebbe Airport. A video recording shared on social media and seen by this reporter showed a group of non-uniformed security operatives grabbing the former presidential contender as he disembarked the plane before shoving him into a waiting van that sped […]
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@kfm Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:55:48
Universities tasked to review curricula
The Executive Director of the Uganda Vice-Chancellors’ Forum, Prof Eriabu Lugujjo has urged Universities to review their curricula and redirect academic programs to practical skills, to enable graduates survive in the fourth industrial revolution. Speaking at the 25th anniversary of the Uganda Vice Chancellors Forum, in Kampala, Prof. Lugujjo says universities should go beyond training students to pass exams and nurture them into professionals who can use their competencies to solve problems at hand. “Conducting practicals for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) might be expensive but, I advise universities to start slowly. Their programmes must be practically oriented. It will not be good for the students, parents, sponsors and the country when graduates come out with only theoretical materials,” […]
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@kfm Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:30:45
High Court okays FDC delegates conference
The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application that sought to block today’s Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) delegates’ conference. This is after the two warring FDC factions appeared before Justice Musa Sekaana yesterday to hear an interim application in which 28 aggrieved FDC members seek to block the national delegates conference called by the Amuriat-Nandala faction. The aggrieved members had also sought to stop the party’s chief electoral commissioner Toterebuka Bamwenda whom they accused of overstepping his powers by convening the conference to conduct elections of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). These, led by the party National Chairperson Wasswa Birigwa contended that today’s delegates conference is illegal because the notice calling for the same was neither issued […]
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@matookerepublic Thu, 05 Oct 2023 06:30:03
Musicians want 60 per cent share of caller tune proceeds
Musicians represented by the Ugandan National Musicians Federation (UNMF) have petitioned Parliament, urging the amendment of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act of 2006. In their petition, presented by Phiona Nyamutoro (NRM, National Female Youth Representative) during a recent plenary session, the musicians argue that the 17-year-old law is outdated, especially given technological advancements and […]
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@matookerepublic Thu, 05 Oct 2023 08:32:27
VIDEO: Security operatives drag Bobi Wine off the plane at Entebbe Airport
National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, has been arrested upon his arrival at Entebbe International Airport. The former presidential candidate arrived at around 10:20 am but was taken off the plane by plain-clothed security personnel and swiftly escorted into a waiting convoy of vehicles. The reason for his arrest remains undisclosed. […]
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