The big fear behind Lowassa’s presidential aspirations

There is a tendency in Uganda, to personalise matters. Instead of looking at the causes of events and analysing any underlying trends, we are content to focus on the transient and the trivial.

Worry, problems and strife: Investors fear markets not out of woods despite big rally  Reuters

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Lowassa joins presidential race
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Former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa, who on Tuesday publicly announced that he was joining opposition Chadema, is today expected to pick up nomination forms for the presidential race slated for October. Lowassa was one of 38 CCM presidential ...

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Lowassa presidential candidate under Ukawa
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The coalition of four opposition parties popularly known as Ukawa has endorsed former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa as its presidential candidate in the October General Election. The parties – Chadema, Civic United Front, NCCR-Mageuzi and National ...
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UKAWA presidential candidate Edward Lowassa
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Chadema presidential candidate Edward Lowassa has finally become vocal over his anti-corruption stance, after nearly a month of silence over the issue his political rivals would use as a weapon to counter his moves to the State House. Lowassa, who ...
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Tanzania: campaign gets ugly with 3 weeks to pollsGhanaWeb
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Dr Magufuli, Lowassa return presidential forms to NEC
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CHAMA Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Presidential candidate, Dr John Magufuli and his running mate, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, yesterday returned the presidential forms to the National Electoral Commission (NEC) office in Dar es Salaam after successfully ...

Leading presidential candidates Dr John Magufuli of CCM and Edward Lowassa of Chadema did not participate in a debate with other political parties’ contenders for the post as had been widely expected.

Dambe is a sport that originated from the Hausa people but has now become popular around the world.

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