Category: Uganda
Uganda: Uhuru-Museveni Sugar Deal Flops on Kampala Shortfall
KAMPALA (HAN) February 8, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The much-anticipated sale of Ugandan sugar in the country has flopped due to lack of sugar surpluses in the neighbouring state forcing Kenyan authorities to withdraw import licences. Ugandan sugar millers have been hit by a shortage that has seen leading factory Kakira…
Uganda: Taming the Supermarkets
KAMPALA (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The government is planning to introduce a regulation requiring all supermarkets to submit financial and audit reports annually to the trade ministry. This is to be implemented under the Trade and Licensing Act intended to guide the operations of supermarkets in the country,…
Uganda: 10 Key Issues where Election will be Won or Lost Going by Recent Trends
KAMPALA (HAN) February 7, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The February 18 election in Uganda is President Yoweri Museveni’s to lose as he seeks to extend his 30-year stay in office, but with recent opinion polls showing his main rival Dr Kizza Besigye gaining ground, we explore some of the key…
Uganda: Rights Groups Set to Monitor Violence Against Women During Elections
KAMPALA (HAN) February 6, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Ugandan women’s rights groups are setting up a control centre to monitor any violence against women in the East African nation’s elections this month and to act quickly on any reports. The move comes after the United States voiced concern that the electoral…
Uganda: EC Says it Received 16m Ballot Papers
KAMPALA (HAN) February 6, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda’s Electoral Commission says it has received close to 16 million ballot papers for the presidential and parliamentary elections, putting to rest claims by the public that it was not aware of or was hiding the exact number in its possession. A day…
Uganda: How Next Election Will be Won
KAMPALA (HAN) February 5, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. There are no prizes for predicting who wins Uganda’s presidential election on 18 February. After 30 years in office and four victorious elections in the last 20 of them, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni knows every trick in the book. Yet he’s still taking…
Uganda: Fears of Violence Ahead of Elections
KAMPALA (HAN) February 5, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. With barely two weeks till the presidential election in Uganda, civil society groups are concerned that the poll might be marred by violence. They are now campaigning for peace ahead of election day on February 18, 2016. A local NGO, the Human Rights…
Uganda: Museveni to Skip Presidential Debate Again
KAMPALA (HAN) February 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. President Yoweri Museveni, the NRM presidential flag bearer, will not participate in the second presidential debate slated for February 14, crushing Ugandans’ hopes of seeing him debating the other seven candidates. The NRM taskforce deputy spokesperson, Ms Maria Mutesi said Museveni will be…
Uganda: Readies for Tense Presidential Polls, But Few Doubt Winner
KAMPALA (HAN) February 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. As the only female presidential candidate in Uganda, a male-dominated country where the leader is eyeing a fourth decade in power, Maureen Kyalya admits the odds are stacked against her. “He uses force and intimidation,” said Kyalya, describing her former boss, veteran leader…
Uganda: Taxman Threatens to Cancel Clearing Agents’ Licences Over Delays
KAMPALA (HAN) February 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has threatened to revoke operation licences of clearing agents who are found delaying the clearance of goods at the country’s border points. In addition to collecting revenue, URA is also responsible for issuing licences to clearing agents whose…
