All posts tagged "News"

Northern Uganda urged to tap into Free Trade Zones to boost exports, household incomes

Gulu, Uganda: Businesses and private investors in Northern Uganda have been challenged to invest in free trade zones as a pathway to...

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Improve agricultural practices to earn more – Bamasaaba farmers told

Mbale, Uganda: Bamasaaba farmers have been challenged to improve their agricultural practices if they are to benefit meaningfully from farming, especially in...

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OP-ED

After Humiliation in Mityana North, Kiwanda should step aside and not campaign for CEC

By Hakim Kyeswa Kampala, Uganda: I was shocked this week to witness Kiwanda Ssuubi, fresh from a humiliating rejection in Mityana North,...

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Lifestyle

Gashumba not interested in Rwandan ID but wants to be recognized as one

Kampala, Uganda: Controversial political and social analyst Frank Gashumba has publicly stated that although he does not desire a Rwandan national identity...

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Embattled Namisindwa LCV Boss Wakweika demands vote breakdown after loss in NRM Primaries

Namisindwa, Uganda: Jackson Wakweika, the incumbent Namisindwa District LCV Chairperson, has written to the NRM District Registrar demanding a detailed breakdown of...

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Bukomansimbi police to probe parish chiefs over PDM extortion after ONC expose

Bukomansimbi, Uganda: Coordinators from the Office of the National Chairman (ONC) for Greater Masaka yesterday uncovered a web of corruption and mismanagement...

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CEC Aspirant Jonard Asiimwe unveils six-point plan to revamp NRM grassroots, digitize party leadership

Kampala, Uganda: Aspiring NRM CEC member for Western Uganda, Eng. Jonard Asiimwe Akiiki has unveiled a comprehensive manifesto targeting the revitalization of...

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Football

No Physical Tickets: Uganda goes digital for CHAN 2024 games at Namboole

Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) has announced a fully digital ticketing system, phasing out paper tickets for all TotalEnergies CAF...

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Big Story

LIST: Inside seven new deals signed by Kenya, Uganda to spur bilateral relations

Nairobi, Kenya: Uganda’s President H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Kenyan counterpart, H.E. William Ruto Wednesday signed a new set of bilateral agreements...

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Nambooze questions gov’t claims of no funds for LC1 elections after lavish NRM primaries

Mukono, Uganda: Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze has slammed the government for claiming a lack of funds to conduct LC1...

Acom denies apologising to Minister Adoa as NRM tribunal hears Serere Woman MP petition

Serere, Uganda: Serere District Woman MP aspirant Esther Lucy Acom has dismissed as “malicious and false” reports circulating on social media claiming...

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Big Story

Gen Muhoozi denounces alcohol, says he was ‘spoilt by military elders’

Kampala, Uganda: The Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has urged young Ugandans to abstain from alcohol, cigarettes, and...

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Gov’t to digitize customary land rights under new policy framework

Kampala, Uganda: The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has confirmed that Uganda’s upcoming land policy reforms will place customary landowners...

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Irregularities in NRM Primaries Cost Party Strong Candidates, says Kira’s Byomuhangi

Wakiso, Uganda: Newly elected NRM flag bearer for Kira Municipality Councilor seat, Hon. Byomuhangi Bosco, alias Headmaster, has blamed the irregularities in...

King Ceasor Mulenga banks on practical reforms to lead NRM Entrepreneurs League

Kampala, Uganda: King Ceasor Augustus Mulenga, a renowned entrepreneur, philanthropist, and educationist, has emerged as the most pragmatic and visionary candidate to...

$130M Koboko–Yumbe–Moyo Road construction takes shape, locals hopeful

Moyo, Uganda: Construction of the long-awaited 103-kilometre Koboko–Yumbe–Moyo road is steadily taking shape as the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Chinese...

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SPA Namyalo honors Kabaka’s 32nd Coronation, urges youth to take lead in HIV prevention

Kampala, Uganda: As Buganda prepares to mark 32 years since the restoration and coronation of His Majesty Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, the...

Crime

Five arrested, as security forces destroy 4 marijuana acres in Nwoya

Nwoya, Uganda: A joint operation by the Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has led to the arrest...

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Architects donate Shs8m to support blind community’s mobility and learning tools

Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda Society of Architects (USA) has donated Shs8 million to the Uganda National Association of the Blind (UNAB) to...

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