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Lira councilors want Shs35bln World Bank project terminated
LIRA– A section of Lira City councilors are calling for the termination of Shs 35 billion contract for the upgrading of five major roads in the city under Uganda Support to Municipal…
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Legislators urge gov’t to give farmers seeds for new season
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have asked government to procure and distribute seeds to the farmers as a measure to avert famine in the months to come ahead. Some parts of the…
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URA moots using drones to fight smuggling at border points
MASAKA– Uganda Revenue Authority [ URA ] could start using drones as an alternative measure to fight smuggling at various porous border points. This was revealed by URA customs manager in charge…
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Pork business resumes in Sheema and Bushenyi districts
BUSHENYI-Piggery farmers, businessmen and consumers in Bushenyi and Sheema districts are excited after the district veterinary department partially lifted the quarantine on the pork business. The districts had been attacked by African…
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Bugisu MPs want Lwakhakha upgraded to one-stop border post
MBALE – Bugisu Members of Parliament have urged government to transform Lwakhakha town council into a modern one-stop border post. The legislators said it will increase Uganda’s competitiveness in the East African…
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Minister Lugoloobi calls for more research on Local Content Bill
KAMPALA– The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Planning Amos Lugoloobi has asked Members of Parliament to conduct extensive research on the Local Content Bill stating that in its current…
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Mbale city residents pool resources to build own road
MBALE – After living for years without a good road, residents of four villages in Industrial City Division, Mbale City have decided to construct one so that they can have easy access…
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Heavy security deployed at Uganda-Kenya border
BUSIA-A joint security team has been deployed at the main border points between Uganda and Kenya ahead of a general election tomorrow. According to officials, the Ugandan security officers will control traffic…
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Archbishop Kaziimba decries GBV, teenage pregnancies
KIBUKU– The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Rt. Rv. Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has decried the rising cases of gender-based violence [GBV] and teenage pregnancies in the country. Speaking…
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Village chairman, four others arrested over attacking pastor’s farm
KIKUUBE-Police in Kikuube district are holding five suspects who allegedly incited the residents to attack the farm belonging to Pastor George Baguma of Bwera Miracle Church in Kyangwali Sub County, Kikuube district,…
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