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Up to 23 members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have been killed during attacks carried out by the Joint team of the UPDF and the Armed Forces of the DRC in Mambasa territory, Ituri province. The attack against the rebels happened on Tuesday in the villages of Makusa and Makumo, on the border with [...]
The Police Crime Intelligence Unit is hunting for a group of thugs who are targeting foreign businessmen and officials in various parts of Kampala. The group mostly youths aged between 17 to 25 allegedly has its bases in Kinyoro, Buligwanga, Kisenyi-Mengo, and the slums of Katwe. Charles Twine, the spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate [...]
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The Ministry of Agriculture has launched the construction of a 2.8 billion shillings Zonal Animal disease control centre in Nwoya District. The multibillion facility will be constructed in Got Apwoyo Government Farm under the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project funded by the African Development Bank-ADB. Speaking to stakeholders and community members of Got Apwoyo at [...]
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The government is targeting to vaccinate 2.6 million people in the Central region during a mass Covid-19 vaccination exercise. The districts are Butambala, Gomba, Kayunga, Mpigi, Buikwe, Mukono and Wakiso. The Director-General of Health Services, Dr. Henry Mwebesa says that the vaccination exercise targets everybody aged 18 years and above. He says children aged 12 [...]
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The curfew restrictions imposed on the boda boda sector will come to an end today at 6:00pm. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni made the pronouncement while presiding over the Uganda People’s Defense Forces Tarehe Sita celebrations yesterday at Malukhu grounds in Mbale City. In his address on December 31, 2021 President Museveni reopened the economy from [...]
Government has unveiled a plan to impound imported counterfeit mobile phones currently sold in shops around the country. The State minister for ICT and National Guidance Godfrey Kabbyanga Baluku made the disclosure while appearing before the parliamentary committee on ICT chaired by Budiope East member of parliament Moses Magogo. The committee is handling a petition [...]
Through this partnership, MTN Pulse and VU will provide 5 full and 5 partial scholarships to Pulsers to commence studies in the University’s March intake. The these scholarships are targeting creative and innovative teens with transformational ideas that can be developed and implemented to solve society's problems and positively impact society. Through this partnership, both [...]
The Uganda Young Democrats has announced plans to reclaim its position as one of the strongest youth organizations on the African continent. Among the plans to rediscover its past glory is the strengthening of its student organizations by launching the UYD Students Union as an umbrella of all UYD Chapters in educational institutions in Uganda.
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Members on the defence committee of parliament have objected to a cut in the police budget for crime intelligence gathering. The Police presented their budget proposals to the committee for the financial Year 2022/23 totaling Shs840 billion. Currently, the force needs Shs304 billion annually for crime intelligence but only gets Shs 42.7 billion. MPs on [...]
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Members of Parliament have opposed a government move to buy out Umeme. UMEME was granted a 10-year concession in 2015 and has so far invested 547.5m dollars. However government has not indicated any interest in renewing the concession which expires in 2025. The Ministry of Energy has however sought a budget of 256.2 billion Shillings [...]
