Legal
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PDM SACCO leaders, members sent to police over misuse of funds
KWANIA, September 26, 2023 – 16 leaders and members of Owiny PDM SACCO in Ayabi Sub-county were made to record statements with the police following the allegations of extortion and misappropriation of…
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Mbarara woman seeks Shs 30mln from Multiplex Company
MBARARA, September 25, 2023 – Justine Abeera Nasasira, 47, a resident of Katete central in Mbarara City now has to use clutches to walk after falling into an uncovered drainage manhole at…
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Underground ivory trade threatens dwindling hippo population in Uganda and DRC
ARUA, September 25, 2023 – The hippopotamus in Africa’s Great Lakes is on the verge of extinction. The number of hippos is reducing in Lake Albert, at Murchison Falls National Park in…
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Kuwait cooperatives oppose govt over privatisation plan
TEHRAN, September 18, 2023 – Kuwait Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies is against the government’s plan to privatise the country’s cooperative retail societies. According to Arab Times, the President of the Union…
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Wakiso khat growers and traders threaten to demonstrate over Narcotics Bill
WAKISO, September 14, 2023 – Khat growers and traders in Wakiso district have threatened to demonstrate should President Yoweri Museveni assent to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill, 2023 reintroduced by the government. The…
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Compensating coops for war losses: Gov’t blamed for not involving district leaders
LIRA, September 11, 2023 – Leaders from Lango and Bunyoro sub-regions have said the money released to cooperatives by the government as compensation for war losses was abused because district local governments…
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War loss compensation: Treasurer of Lango Cooperative Union arrested
LIRA, September 7, 2023 – A top official of Lango Cooperative Union [LCU] was detained overnight at Lira Police Station for allegedly mishandling part of the Shs 6 billion that government released…
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Minister Nabakooba warns against land evictions
LIRA – The Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba has cautioned unscrupulous people against illegal land evictions, saying those involved will face the wrath of the law. The minister…
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Seven-year jail sentence for vets causing death to animals
KAMPALA – Veterinary practitioners whose licences are revoked but continue to practice and in the process cause death to animals or humans face a seven-year jail sentence, or fine of Shs 10…
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Apac residents call for pro-poor land law
APAC – Residents of Apac district in Northern Uganda have blamed the increase in land disputes in the district on the weak law governing land in the country. Land in Uganda is…
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