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Manifesto Review: Museveni, 4 Other Presidential Candidates Pledge To Cut Size of Government

URNPolitics & GovermentNovember 26, 2020November 26, 2020

Five presidential candidates have promised to reduce the size of public administration in a bid to cut down government expenditure if they are elected into the country’s number one office in next year’s presidential election.Ugandans will go to the polls on 14th January 2020 and choose the next president from the eleven candidates nominated by the Electoral Commission (EC).However, the country public administration expenditure is alarming with an ever increasing number of administrative units which all come with a huge budget. Parliament is another area to look at. Currently it has 457 members including 12 ex-officials and the coming Eleventh…

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Presidential Nominations: What we expected and what we didn’t

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryNovember 4, 2020November 4, 2020

By the end of yesterday, 11 presidential hopefuls were nominated (among them three army generals), paving way for them to contest in next year’s general elections. The unexpected: When it was reported that there would be daytime curfew in Kyambogo and surrounding areas, and the shutting down part of a major highway, no Ugandan would envision such happening just because of a mere nomination exercise. Come Monday, blockades were placed on major roads in and out of Kyambogo and the Kampala- Jinja Highway blocked at Kireka and Nakawa forcing traffic to find its way elsewhere. Businesses and transport in and…

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