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Youth take pigs to parliament

Reporter | June 17, 2014

Two youths were this afternoon arrested at Parliament as they tried to hold a protest outside the August House. Robert Mayanja and Norman Tumuhimbise, a law student at IUIU beat the security at Parliament’s main gate and stationed themselves in the parking lot with placards. They came along with two […]

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President Salva Kiir will not resign

Reporter | June 17, 2014

The government of South Sudan has rejected demands by rebels for the president to step down. The group loyal to former vice president Reik Machar want president Salva Kiir to step down as a precondition for the formation of a unity government. Meeting his Ugandan counterpart Edward Sekandi in Kampala, […]

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Commercial Banks still confused

Reporter | June 17, 2014

Commercial banks have expressed confusion on how to implement the 10% increase in bank charges announced recently by finance minister. According Minister Maria Kiwanuka, the move is expected to raise 22 billion shillings. Players in the banking sector have however told KFM that they are yet to agree on how […]

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Lukyamuzi vows to fight partisan politics

Reporter | June 17, 2014

A section of Legislators has vowed to fight partisan politics when the debate on electoral reforms comes up. Recently the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga expressed the urgency of the debate on the electoral reforms as Uganda heads to the 2016 general elections. Rubaga South MP Ken Lukyamuzi says in […]

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URA threatens travel bans on defaulters

Reporter | June 17, 2014

In a bid to crack down on tax defaulters, the Uganda Revenue Authority says it will push for travel bans on company directors found guilty of evading taxes. According to the authority’s Manager Debt Collection Abdul Salaam Waiswa, tax defaulters will be stopped from travelling through the airport until all […]