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DATA TRAILS: How Nigeria’s State Surveillance Cracks Down On Journalists

DATA TRAILS: How Nigeria’s State Surveillance Cracks Down On Journalists

By Hannah Ajakaiye.  ABUJA, Nigeria [SHIFTMEDIA NEWS] In 2018, Azeezat Adedigba, a reporter at the time with Premium Times –  a digital news platform – was about her duties when she received a call from an…

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MURDER: How Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited Driver Was Clobbered To Death

MURDER: How Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited Driver Was Clobbered To Death

By SMN INVESTIGATIONS TEAM KAMPALA, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] Wednesday March 16 2022 seemed liked any other normal day for Mahad Mohammed, a hitherto driver at Distribution Company, Dembe Trading Enterprises Limited  located in Industrial Area in Kampala.…

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BATTLE: Interim Emorimor Paul Sande Emolot Dragged To Court Over Illegal Installation

BATTLE: Interim Emorimor Paul Sande Emolot Dragged To Court Over Illegal Installation

By PATRICK JARAMOGI SOROTI, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] On March 2 2022, there was glamour and pomp as Tororo based businessman Paul Sande Emolot, the hitherto former Prime Minister of the Iteso Cultural Union  was installed as…

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ACCOUNT: IGG Probes Coffee Authority Boss Over UGX9B Coffee Fertilizer Cash

ACCOUNT: IGG Probes Coffee Authority Boss Over UGX9B Coffee Fertilizer Cash

By SMN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM KAMPALA, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA]The Inspectorate of Government is probing the alleged abuse of office by the Managing Director Uganda Coffee Development Authority  Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira , Shift Media has discovered. The investigations…

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FACE OFF: Uganda Coffee Boss, Dr. Iyamulemye On Spot Over Shs1.3b Seedlings Money

FACE OFF: Uganda Coffee Boss, Dr. Iyamulemye On Spot Over Shs1.3b Seedlings Money

By SMN INVESTIGATIVE TEAM KAMPALA, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA NEWS] The woes of the embattled Uganda Coffee Development Authority  (UCDA) boss Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira seems far from over. Yesterday we broke the story of he faces arrest…

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SUMMONED: Coffee Development Authority Boss, Iyamulemye Faces Arrest Over A Civil Suit

SUMMONED: Coffee Development Authority Boss, Iyamulemye Faces Arrest Over A Civil Suit

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] In September last year we broke in this pages how Uganda’s coffee boom was set to dwindle after reports emerged that the nation had withdrawn from the intercontinental coffee body,…

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CHOCKING: Buikwe Residents Cry Foul As Toxic Industrial Discharge Renders Water Consumption Harmful

CHOCKING: Buikwe Residents Cry Foul As Toxic Industrial Discharge Renders Water Consumption Harmful

By PATRICK JARAMOGI BUIKWE, Uganda[SHIFTMEDIA] When President Yoweri Museveni commissioned 10 factories in Buikwe and Jinja districts way back in May 2019, there was allure that the industries would create jobs. Just a few years…

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HALTED: President Intervenes, In Equity Bank Illegal Sale Of City Businessman’s Property

HALTED: President Intervenes, In Equity Bank Illegal Sale Of City Businessman’s Property

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda |SHIFTMEDIA| The Office of the President has intervened and halted a looming forced eviction following an ‘illegal’ sale of a property belonging to a city businessman by Equity Bank.  …

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UNDER FIRE: State House Detectives Grill Kibuku Education Chief Over UPE Funds

UNDER FIRE: State House Detectives Grill Kibuku Education Chief Over UPE Funds

By SMN INVESTIGATIONS TEAM KIBUKU, Uganda-  For the last two weeks scores of detectives attached to the State House Anti Corruption United headed by the dreaded Col. Edith Nakalema has been in Kibuku district. The…

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BUSTED: How Police Saved A City Businessman’s Shs4.5b Property From Equity Bank Sale

BUSTED: How Police Saved A City Businessman’s Shs4.5b Property From Equity Bank Sale

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, SHIFTMEDIA- Commercial Banks have an obligation to provide loans to clients to bolster their economic growth, but the harassment that comes with recovery of these loans is so distressing. Scores of…

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