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How sh2.1bn seed school turned into kraal, cattle grazing area

Samuel Justin Tuko, a resident of Tapac sub county blamed the district authorities for constructing the school in an isolated area. Tuko...

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SAD: NTV Journalist collapses dead on Boda boda

Milton Opaco, the NTV Uganda correspondent based in Soroti died on Friday morning as he rushed to cover a story within Soroti...

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Details emerge on Ugandan MP who fainted in public during meeting

According to reports, the MP first experienced a sharp pain in the stomach before collapsing down unconsciously.

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Pinetti coffee deal: Lawyers file additional evidence

In April this year, Henry Byansi and Michael Aboneka challenged the agreement signed by Ramathan Ggoobi, the secretary to the treasury on...

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Entebbe court fines man Shs 2.2m for attempting to traffick 11 girls to Saudi Arabia

Sharif Mbabal was arrested last month after 11 girls, who lacked clearance from the ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to...

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Oil prices retreat from 3-month highs

The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for July delivery lost 60 cents, or 0.5 percent, to settle at 121.51 U.S. dollars a barrel...

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NSSF midterm payments hit sh421 billion in 3 months

The payments are in respect to Section 20A (1), of the National Social Security Fund (Amendment Act) 2022, that allows midterm access...

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Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases; WHO warns of ‘real’ risk

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus and added...

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SAD: Kagamba SS teacher commits suicide by hanging

There was grief at Kagamba Secondary School in Ntungamo District after a female teacher in her twenties committed suicide over yet to...

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UNICEF appeals for funding to avert child deaths in East Africa

UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Rania Dagash said more than 1.7 million children

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FDC fronts Moses Attan as sole candidate for Soroti East by-election

The Soroti FDC registrar, Juma Opolot declared Attan the sole FDC candidate on Tuesday.

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17 percent women think gender equality is not practical: Survey

Funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands, the survey was conducted by the Avocats Sans Frontieres-ASF in partnership with Uganda Women’s Network-UWONET

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Ntoroko CAO charged with forgery

He was charged with ten counts of forgery relating to the illegal appointment of several civil servants using various forged extracts from...

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LASPNET appeals to gov’t over harsh bail terms given to political activists

In their statement, the LASPNET Board of Directors led by Arthur Nsereko from the Public Interest Law, note that they have witnessed...

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Rubirizi HR officer pleads guilty after seeing crowd of prosecution witnesses

Tusiime who had prepared to defend herself during a special court session on Tuesday at Rubirizi Magistrate's court immediately wilted

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Gulu district leaders call for stringent measures against PDM defaulters

PDM was launched in February and aims at helping locals from the parish level to increase their household incomes.

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Fire guts four dormitories at Bwera SS

Edgar Bwambale, one of the students says light went off in the dormitories last night and after a short while power returned...

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New URA software easily identifies landlords dodging taxes

During a recent meeting with large taxpayers, John Rujoki Musinguzi, the commissioner general of the URA, described the Shs 120 billion collected...

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Man collapses dead while working out at city gym

A report filed at the Central police station indicated that the deceased had been visiting the gym for days and that he...

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Protests: Besigye vows to start from where he stopped

Besigye made the statement shortly after being released from Luzira prison by Buganda Road Magistrate's court.

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Encroachers take over Koboko airfield after years of neglect

Despite its historical significance, human activities like bricklaying, cultivation, livestock grazing, and settlements threaten the existence of the airfield.