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826Mukono authorities call for incorporation of sex education in schools
“They need to receive accurate education about sexuality to understand ultimately how to practice healthy sexual behavior and also to avoid exploitative...
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734Namugongo Pilgrims feel pinch of rising commodity prices
Muhereza one of the pilgrims says during the previous celebrations, they used to buy food at 1,500 to shillings 2,000, however, a...
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881UNBS to work with trader associations in enforcing standards
Patricia Bagaine, the Deputy Executive Director in charge of standards says some of the trader associations they will collaborate with include Uganda...
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83030 enroll for rift valley fever vaccine trails in Masaka
The study conducted by the Uganda Virus Research Institute and Medical Research Council-UVRI/MRC is happening in Masaka, which was selected to assess...
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813Why are commercial banks adopting online lending?
This was an expansion of MTN’s Mobile Money services to diversify into savings and loan products away from just money transfers, with...
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767Operation shujja commanders discuss progress in Fort Portal
General Kayanja Muhanga of UPDF and General Bombele Camille of FARDC begun the engagement with a 12km run in Fort Portal city.
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893Gulu University dean of students demands reinstatement
Alou accused Mpora of fraudulently withdrawing 3.5 Million Shillings in the name of Goma Oil Ginnery from Centenary Bank in Gulu City...
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687Namugongo: Covert security personnel arrest 30 thugs targeting pilgrims
The operation followed outcries by pilgrims whose bags and luggage had been snatched by men dressed like boda boda riders.
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818Rubanda man buried alive in stone quarry.
A 27-year-old man in Rubanda district was buried alive in a quarry where he was mining stones for economic survival after it...
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1.2KNine arrested for extorting money from Namayingo PDM groups
It is alleged that the suspects, whose identities have been withheld, were soliciting money from unsuspecting victims with promises of helping them...
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864USAID rolls out project to tackle corruption in refugee response
Uganda is currently home to 1.5 million refugees. The majority of the refugees are settled in the West Nile sub-region.
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1.0KEx-Minister Nantaba on the spot over land grabbing, destroying crops of residents
“I was grading my land. Those crops that were destroyed by the grader are not a big issue. You are just fighting...
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655Army denies killing 400 in Karamoja in aerial bombardment
Early last week, local media quoted Emmanuel Chero, chairperson of Karamoja Youth Agenda Vision 2040 alleging that UPDF carried out aerial bombings...
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1.2KGov’t turns to private health providers to salvage high vaccine stocks.
While the National Medical Stores (NMS) doesn’t reveal the exact number of vaccines in stores now, the country has since March 2021...
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816Mbarara city to adopt new policy to increase local revenue
The charging policy will see an increase in fees and licenses for specified businesses and activities.
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967Kawempe hospital officials on the spot over extortion.
The officials were appearing before the Public Accounts Committee-PAC, Central Government to respond to queries in the Auditor General’s report for the...
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642North Kyoga police arrest their own over torture of suspect in custody
They were arrested on Wednesday after a video showing them beating and kicking a suspect in handcuffs started making rounds on social...
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738Pastor Ssenyonga’s bodyguards jailed over robbery of church member
One of the guards Ali Ojulango has been convicted in absentia and will be handed his sentence upon arrest whereas Godfrey Mwanda...
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840Oil and gas land acquisitions near completion.
Total Energies and CNOOC Uganda Ltd – the two companies developing the country’s oil and gas resources – are expected to start...
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1.2KSouth Sudan gets first 5-Star hotel
Radisson Hotel Group has launched the first internationally branded 5-star hotel in South Sudan.
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706DPP ready to prosecute Mumbere on terrorism charges
The charges stem from Mumbere’s arrest following a raid by the army on his palace on November 27th, 2016.
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1.3KUganda shilling plunge may persist till global crises ease: BOU
The official foreign exchange rate by the Bank of Uganda put the dollar at 3,750.91 buying, while it was selling at 3,760.91...
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1.2KWhy govt threats can’t kill strikes.
Between 2013 and 2021, the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) sanctioned four industrial actions; the Uganda Judicial Officers Association sanctioned two between...
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1.0KMasindi Journalist shot dead by security guard
Aseera who was a news anchor at the popular Masindi radio was killed by the security guard at a Soda Depot in...