Special Report Archives

STUDY: Uganda has the most promising financial sector in eastern Africa

The country’s capital markets have been tremendously improving in the past two years, scoring highly in areas such as trade and settlements...

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435 died in 5 weeks due to accidents, over 10 daily – Police report

According to the report, if the road accidents continue to be high, Uganda is likely to have the highest number of road...

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Umeme earmarks UGX 12Bn for revamping power lines in Busoga sub region

Umeme limited has unveiled a 12 Billion Shillings plan to revamp electricity power lines within Busoga sub region.

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Lugazi town agents on the spot over local revenue shortfalls

The probe committee was formed in the previous month to investigate the drop in local revenue collections.

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Ugandan school ranks among world’s best

The school, which is located in Pece Acoyo in Gulu District, has grown from two classrooms to serve over 450 students and...

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How 21-year-old Ugandan girl got HIV after being forced into commercial sex in Dubai

According to the 21-year-old girl, she spent over two years from February 2020 to May this year working as a commercial sex...

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Road Report shows 50% of drivers, motorcyclists are self-taught

According to the report findings, only about 46% of the drivers interviewed had undergone training by a licensed driving school or certified...

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Budaka prioritizes family planning to counter high teenage pregnancies

Statistics from the district shows that 25.8percent of the teenage girls in Budaka get pregnant before making 18 years of age.

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Why Gov’t efforts to end FGM in Eastern Uganda still a challenge even after denouncing it in 2010?

In 2010, FGM was made illegal with the passing of the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Act. This act criminalizes those...

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Buliisa: 55% of families use bush and other public places as latrines

Dr. Mugabe says the habit has increased from 40% to 55% following the recent floodings on various landing sites on Lake Albert...

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It is back to normal at Kenya border, but fuel prices unchanged

Retail fuel prices in the country have not responded accordingly yet, with prices remaining around sh5,000 per liter of petrol and 4,000...

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After coups in Mali and Burkina Faso, will Niger be next?

Some scholars predict that Niger could go the way of its neighbours and others are going so far as to urge the...

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COVID-19 affects sperm quality in men – Study

The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the disease...

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50 percent of P3 learners can’t identify alphabets – Report

According to the report, a staggering 50.7 percent of children who were in primary three could not identify letters of the alphabet...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Parenting styles, media content could trigger suicide amongst children

The other push factors include depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-PTSD, high levels of stress, physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect.

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Kikuube district register low turn-up of learners as schools reopen

A mini-survey conducted by DailyExpress on Monday, Jan 10 in schools within the district found a very poor turn up of pupils,...

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