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COSASE Rejects Uganda Airlines Plea To Bar Media From Meetings

The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has rejected a request by Uganda Airlines to bar the media from covering its proceedings. The national air carrier, through its Manager, Corporate Quality, Michael Kaliisa, also requested the committee, without revealing details, to reschedule their ongoing meetings to the second week of September 2022…

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Legislators Grill DOTT Services Officials Over Delayed Works At Nyagak III Dam

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on Thursday roasted officials from DOTT Services LTD, the company that was contracted to construct the Nyagak III hydropower dam, in a bid to solve the problem of power shortage in the region. Led by their Chairperson Hon. Otim Emmanuel Otala, the legislators traveled…

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CEO BAMUTURAKI: I am Qualified Enough To Run Uganda Airlines

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uganda Airlines, Jenifer Bamuturaki has said she is qualified and experienced to run the airline. Bamuturaki was appearing before the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities (COSASE) chaired by Nakawa West Member of Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi on Wednesday, 17 August 2022. She was accompanied by other officials from the airline…

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Big Story: Here Is How Ghost Beneficiaries Have Frustrated Compensation Of Acholi War Debt Claimants

Leaders from the Acholi sub-region are disturbed by the continued existence of ghost names on the list of war-debt claimants. They are questioning names that keep featuring on the lists that were verified earlier by the government through the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs as genuine claimants for the compensation that is meant for…

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NIRA Breaks Silence On Status Of Current National IDs

Reports circulating on social media detailing a resolution of Uganda’s Cabinet on National Identity Cards (IDs) have been dismissed as untrue. The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) sent out a response on twitter, describing the news as ‘fake news’. “We would like to clarify that, there has not been any pronouncement to ‘scrap off…

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Independent Online Journalists Association-Uganda Tells Parliament To Trash MP Nsereko’s Computer Misuse Amendment Bill

The Independent Online Journalists Association-Uganda (INDOJA-U) have called for an overhaul of the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill. The bill proposed by Kampala Central Member of Parliament, Muhammad Nsereko among other things prohibits the sharing of any information relating to a child without authorisation from a parent or guardian, the sending or sharing of information that…

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