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2023/2024 budget: Mpuuga pledges to support social protection funding drive
KAMPALA-The Leader of Opposition in Parliament [LoP], Mathias Mpuuga has committed to supporting efforts geared towards funding social protection in the 2023/2024 national budget. This was during a meeting where the Uganda…
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Museveni directs more funding for banana factory in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI-President Yoweri Museveni in a letter dated October 2022, has directed Finance Minister Matia Kasaija to provide Shs 23 billion for the capitalisation of the Banana Industrial Research & Development Centre [BIRDEC]…
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Alcohol Bill: Stakeholders in Kampala propose harsher restrictions
KAMPALA-Stakeholders have proposed tougher restrictions to regulate the sale and consumption of alcohol in the country with a fine of Shs 20 milliom or spending 10 years in prison proposed in the…
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Resurgence of cattle rustling worries Karimojong
KAMPALA-The resurgence of cattle rustling in Karamoja is threatening the re-opening of schools in the region, according to Agago County Member of Parliament, David Lagen. Lagen raised the concern during the plenary…
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Shs 14mln recovered as Pallisa district officials are probed over extortion of job seekers
PALLISA- Police in Pallisa are investigating members of the District Service Commission [DSC], technical staff, and politicians over allegations of corruption and extorting staff in the recruitment process. The Resident District Commissioner…
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Leaders ask Museveni to intervene in Kikuube land row
KIKUUBE– Leaders in Kikuube district have asked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to resettle more than 1,000 people who have since February last year pitched camp at the offices of the Kikuube resident…
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Mbale MP uses own money to construct local road
MBALE– The Mbale Northern City Division Member of Parliament, Seth Wambede Kizangi days ago launched the construction of Lwaso road to ease transportation in the area. The road works are expected to…
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Omoro: Food security ordinance in offing
OMORO– Omoro district local government is in the process of developing a nutrition and food security ordinance in a bid to fight food shortage that was experienced by some families in 2022.…
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210 local council chairpersons receive bicycles from govt
MBARARA– A total of 210 bicycles have been handed over to Local Council I [LC I] and Local Council II [LCII] chairpersons in 24 wards and 186 villages in Mbarara City after…
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Prices of meat in Aduku shoot up
KWANIA –The scarcity of animals for slaughter has compelled butcheries in Aduku Town Council in Kwania District to hike the prices of various kinds of meat. A kilogramme of goat meat and…
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