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UPC EALA aspirant vows to push for regional currency
LIRA- The Uganda Peoples Congress [UPC] Candidate for East African Legislative Assembly [ EALA ], has pledged to champion the establishment of a single currency for the East African Community [EAC]. Fred…
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Tororo victims of Lakwena war want compensation
TORORO– Local leaders in Tororo district have asked the government to compensate families that lost property and relatives in the 1980s as a result of the war orchestrated by the late Alice…
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EALA aspirants urged to uphold morals and culture of Uganda
KAMPALA – The Parliamentary Forum on Ethics and Integrity has urged Ugandan candidates aspiring to join the East African Legislative Assembly [ EALA ] to uphold the moral and cultural values of…
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Hunger in Otuke: Leaders to collect 25,000kg of relief food
OTUKE-Leaders of Otuke district are to mobilise relief food and planting materials to be distributed to poor households after two people in Okwongo Town council reportedly died due to hunger that has…
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Experts warn of more landslides in Bugisu
MBALE – Environment experts have predicted more landslides and floods in Bugisu Sub-region if people ignore interventions designed to mitigate climate change effects. Moses Mugisha, an environmentalist, blamed the disasters on poor…
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Over 40 cows killed, houses burnt as State House operatives arrest five
KIKUUBE-Angry residents of Bwera LC1 in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district turned violent on Wednesday, killing 40 cows, and torching four houses belonging to Pastor George Baguma of Bwera Miracle Church. The violence…
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Biting hunger: Charity donates food aid to Napak families
NAPAK– Etop Blessing Uganda Foundation [EBUF] in conjunction with Teso Students Development Association has donated food aid including1,500 kilogrammes of maize flour and 600 kilogrammes of beans to Napak district where hunger…
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Over Shs 60mln in fines collected from illegal charcoal dealers
AMURU-Authorities in Amuru district local government authorities have so far raised over Shs 60 million in fines imposed on lorries loaded with charcoal from the district to cities like Kampala. The ongoing…
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TotalEnergies to address gender issues in Albertine Graben
MASINDI -TotalEnergies Uganda has contracted Net Worth Company Limited to provide gender management services in the six districts affected by the Tilenga Project in the oil-rich Albertine graben. The districts include Masindi,…
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EPRC researcher wins Analyst Forecast of the Year 2021 Award
KAMPALA– Corti Paul Lakuma, the Economic Policy Research Centre [ EPRC ] research fellow and Head of Macro Department, is the overall best Uganda economics analyst forecaster of the year 2021. The…
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