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UDB Wins Global Sustainable Finance Award.

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By Solomon Lubambula/KMA Updates Uganda Development Bank (UDB) has been honored with the Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Award 2025 at the Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards, during the Global Sustainable Finance Conference (GSFC) in Karlsruhe, Germany. The accolade was received by UDB’s Managing Director, Dr. Patricia Ojangole, and marks another milestone in the Bank’s journey toward […]

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Police human rights boss AIGP Charles Kataratambi dead

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Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda Police Force has confirmed the death of Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Charles Kataratambi, the Director of Human Rights and Legal Services. Kataratambi, who previously headed the Special Investigations Division (SID), passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2025, after battling diabetes and related complications. Police confirmed his death in a statement,

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Former Congolese president sentenced to death for war crimes

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Joseph Kabila returned to DR Congo in May after a period of self-imposed exile Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes and treason. The charges concern accusations that Kabila has been supporting the M23, a rebel group who have wreaked devastation across the country’s

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FULL LIST: Here is NUP 2026 parliamentary flag bearers

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KAMPALA – The National Unity Platform (NUP) has officially unveiled its flag bearers for the 2026 general elections across the central region, naming candidates who will represent the party in various constituencies for both woman representative and directly elected Member of Parliament seats. The unveiling comes after a rigorous internal selection process aimed at strengthening

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Security blocks Bobi Wine in Butyende

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Buyende, Uganda: The Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP)’s Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, was blocked by security on Tuesday from accessing Bukungu Landing site, where two ferries remain uncommissioned and a long-awaited ice plant has been vandalized. Security personnel deployed heavy armoured vehicles, denying the candidate entry and forcing a diversion to

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US government on brink of shutdown after last-ditch Senate vote fails

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Forget the shutdown of national parks (except, of course, we’ve got it reported for you). It’s the likely delay to publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report that has folks on Wall Street fretting. That report – a monthly snapshot of job creation – is always closely watched. And it’s been under even

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China sentences former agricultural minister to death with reprieve

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Tang Renjian accepted cash and property bribes totalling more than 268 million yuan (US$38 million) between 2007 and 2024, the People’s Court of Changchun in northeast Jilin province said in a statement. China’s former agricultural minister was sentenced to death on Sunday on corruption charges, with a two-year reprieve, a court statement said. Tang Renjian

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Uganda on Monday officially launchesd presidential campaigns

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Buwenge,Uganda:KAMPALA, Sept.30 29: Uganda on Monday officially launched presidential campaigns. National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu was welcomed by hundreds of fervent supporters who lined the Amber Court Gardens roundabout in Jinja City and clustered at petrol stations along Nalufenya Road West. Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, widely known as Bobi

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI KICKS-OFF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN LUWEERO, VOWS TO SAFEGUARD REVOLUTIONARY GAINS

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KAMPALA, Sept.30 29: Uganda on Monday officially launched presidential campaigns, with eight candidates, including incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, vying for the East African country’s top office in the 2026 polls. The campaigns will run for three months across all 146 districts before culminating in the presidential election on Jan. 2, 2026. Museveni, who

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US House minority leader vows bipartisanship to avert shutdown but rejects health care cuts

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‘What we will not do is support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut health care,’ says Hakeem Jeffries. The US House minority leader on Monday vowed that Democrats would work with Republicans to avert a looming government shutdown, but rejected what he called partisan Republican efforts to cut health care. “We are

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