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701Education minister to meet UNATU officials over strike
UNATU declared a nationwide strike at all levels starting Wednesday in their quest for equality and harmonization of salary enhancement among teachers
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1.1KGovt agrees to meet teachers as strike paralyses learning
While addressing the media on Wednesday, Public Service minister Muruli Mukasa said Minister Janet Museveni will meet UNATU officials on Friday, June...
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898WHO calls for “genuine, unselfish” collaboration against monkeypox
According to Kluge, monkeypox has been endemic in parts of western and central Africa for decades and has been neglected by the...
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665Besigye, Mukaku remanded for inciting violence
Besigye together with former Rubaga South Constituency Parliamentary candidate, Samuel Lubega Mukaku, were remanded by court presided over by Grade One Magistrate...
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946M23 rebels allow refugees to cross to Rutshuru for basic needs
The rebels said they allowed the civilians to cross and pick up their food, water, clothes, bedding, and money among other properties...
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1.1KMukono Diocese hunts new Bishop as Ssebaggala clocks 65
Bishop Ssebaggala was consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Mukono Diocese on September 19, 2010, replacing Bishop Emeritus Eria Paul Luzinda.
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1.1KThree dead, over 30 critically injured after two buses collide in Bukedea
Preliminary findings indicate that the cause of the accident was by the Gateway Bus driver who tried to overtake in the corner...
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1.1KGovt to increase elderly citizen’s grant to Sh35,000 monthly
SAGE was introduced as a pilot project in 2010, specifically targeting labour-constrained older persons. Each beneficiary receives a monthly stipend of Shs25,...
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775Museveni pushes for compulsory primary education in next financial year
President Museveni has urged lawmakers to budget for compulsory primary school education in the next financial year as a move to improve...
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945Arts vs science salaries: Teachers union declares indefinite strike
The strike, which is scheduled to start a day after the budget speech, is premised on the fact that the government has...
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1.4KCongolese soldiers flee to Uganda as M23 rebels capture Bunagana border
A Ugandan security source at the border, says that the soldiers fled into Uganda following non-stop fighting on Sunday throughout the day...
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828Mbarara prison warder shoots dead girlfriend, commits suicide
Aloysious Chemutai, 27, who is attached to Kakiika prison commonly known as Kyamugorani in Mbarara, shot and killed on Monday night
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725Fake Kamwokya wedding raises Shs 10m for children suffering from cancer
It was a celebration and the climax of the mock-up wedding that had raised Shs 10 million to support children suffering from...
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589Besigye resumes protests, detained at Nagalama police station
According to Onyango, police were forced to tow Besigye’s vehicle registration number, UAK 773K to the Central police station (CPS).
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900BUDGET SPEECH: Financial Year 2022/2023
In an insight view of the budget, Uganda’s GDP per capita increased to USD 1,046 (Shs3.7 million) per person per year, while...
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910National Budget 22/23: Transport, PDM, Security eat big, No new taxes introduced
In the Sh 48 trillion budget, government expects to generate up to 30.8 trillion of this money locally, of which 23.75 trillion...
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726Another ISO staff shot by suspected cattle rustlers in Moroto
Micheal Longole, the Karamoja Regional Police Spokesperson says that rustlers shot Longok at his home on Monday night before fleeing to an...
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1.3KBURSTED: How under-fire businessman Eriya Mubiru used fake documents to get juicy engineering deals from govt
Mubiru is alleged of having used fake academic documents to claim that he was a qualified Engineer to get juicy contracts from...
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1.6KBritain records 104 more monkeypox cases
The agency told people in Britain to contact a sexual health clinic if they have a rash with blisters, and if in...
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1.0KHow police tracked down, arrested two thugs in guest house celebrating sh200m robbery
Mubi added that an AK-47 assault rifle belonging to the UPDF with serial number UG-UPDF-UH-3113, 27 rounds of live ammunition, a hammer,...
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618Councilors defer Mpigi district budget over lack of quorum
Mpigi district council passed a 38.8 billion Shillings budget on Friday amid grumbling among leaders.
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1.2KIganga journalists commended for unity, rallied to upgrade and work professionally
At the function which took place at Iganga district headquarters, Hon Kauma said that maintaining unity and upgrading in the profession is...
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1.1KMBARARA: Prison warder shoots lover dead, kills self
An SMG Rifle No.UG PRI 49001094-01247 with 24 rounds of ammunition and three cartidages of the discharged bullets which might have been...
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982Gulu city earmarks Ugx 50m to establish an engineering laboratory
Christopher Balmoi Omara, the Gulu City Engineer, told URN in an interview that most public and private infrastructures in Gulu City
