Kazinda’s jail term reduced from 15 to 7 years.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0714 EAT on Friday 25 March 2022. The Court of Appeal has quashed the 15-year jail term handed to the former principal accountant at the Office of Prime Minister Geoffrey Kazinda for illicit enrichment. Instead, the court comprised of justices Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Christopher Madrama and Catherine Bamugemereire today reduced the…

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KCCA Dons in Senegal for 9th Water Forum

By E K Benj @kivumbi Follow us on Twitter Updated at 0632 EAT on Friday 25th March 2022 DAKAR- Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA team led by Executive Director, Ms Dorothy Kisaka are in Dakar, Senegal participating in the 9th Water Forum. Ms Kisaka travelled with National Unity Platform – NUP’s KCCA Speaker, Hon….

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Queen Elizabeth Hopes To Attend Memorial Service For Late Husband Philip

Updated at 1826 EAT on 24th March 2022. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth hopes to attend a memorial service next week for her late husband Prince Philip, a palace source said on Thursday, after the 95-year-old monarch cancelled a public appearance earlier this month. The queen’s health has been in focus since she spent a night in…

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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy Calls For Global Protests

By Updated at 1121 EAT on 24th March 2022. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second month, The president of Ukraine Zelenskyy calls for global solidarity and urges NATO to provide Kyiv with ‘effective and unrestricted’ aid. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for global protests to demand an end to the Russian invasion. He also…

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Analysis; Russia falls back on urban siege warfare in Ukraine.

Sequential urban sieges are brutally effective, but ensure lasting hatred from the population and make long-term political success unlikely. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1019 EAT on Thursday 24/03/2022. One month after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has failed to execute a swift takeover of its neighbour and install…

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Who says 64 hospitals attacked since Russian invasion of Ukraine.

UN agency condemns attacks in ‘strongest possible terms’ and notes attacks on health facilities are a breach of international law. Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0943 EAT on Thursday 24/03/2022. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has verified some 64 attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine since Russia began its invasion a…

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Putin announces gas currency switch for ‘unfriendly countries’

Rouble firms after Putin announcent that Russia would start selling its gas to ‘unfriendly countries’ in roubles. Updated at 0654 on 23 Mar 2023 The Russian rouble briefly leapt to a three-week high past 95 against the dollar on Wednesday in Moscow, before settling close to 100, after President Vladimir Putin said Russia would start…

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