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By Xinhua Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday agreed by consensus to appoint Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the organization’s seventh director-general. After taking office on March 1, Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to serve as the chief of the 26-year-old global trade […]

BY RONALD KABANZA The body of Capt. Caroline Busingye, who died in plane crash, has been laid to rest at her home in Rwekuraijo cell, Buyanja Sub- county Rukungiri District. A jet ranger Capt. Busingye, 34, who was piloting crashed immediately after take-off in Entebbe last Thursday. Her body was carried to her […]

Ruth Anderah    The Supreme Court Justices have fixed  February 23rd to hear an application filed by City lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi seeking an order compelling the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to excuse  himself from hearing an application filed  by NUP’s president Robert Kyagulanyi challenging Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s victory.   […]

By Benjamin Jumbe and Juliet Nalwooga    The leadership of National Unity Platform (NUP) has expressed disappointment with a decision by the General Court Martial to deny its supporters bail.   The 7 member panel chaired by Lt. Gen Andrew Gutti sitting at Makindye yesterday declined to release on bail 36 […]