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Kumam Cultural Heritage: Assembly to elect leader on July 7, 2022
SOROTI– The committee spearheading the breakaway of the Kumam speaking community from Iteso Cultural Union [TCU], has issued a new election road map for electing their cultural leader, “Won Ateker Papa me…
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Museveni assures people of livestock compensation
LIRA– The government is committed to compensating claimants who lost their cattle during the insecurity in north and eastern Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Museveni said the compensation has since delayed…
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Over 2,000 pilgrims set off from Fort Portal to Namugongo to mark Martyrs Day
FORT PORTAL – More than 2,000 foot pilgrims from Fort Portal and Kasese dioceses were on Monday flagged off from Fort Portal heading to Namugongo in Wakiso district to mark Uganda Martyrs…
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Banyankole managers arrested over misuse of union funds
MBARARA – Former Banyankole Kweterana Co-operative Union [BKCU] Chairman, Emmanuel Natukunda and his treasurer Andrew Kaggwa were Friday arrested and dragged to police to record statements over the alleged mismanagement of the…
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NRM urges religious and cultural leaders to help masses fight poverty
OMORO- Richard Todwong, the Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Movement [ NRM ] Party, has interested the religious and cultural leaders in Omoro district and the entire Sub region to…
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MP to move motion asking govt to rejoin International Coffee Agreement
KAMPALA-Legislators of Parliament of Uganda will this Thursday discuss important matters in agriculture particularly, coffee and tobacco sub-sectors, according to Tuesday’s Order Paper that contains a motion on each of the sectors.…
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EAC ministers adopt 35 percent common external tariff
KAMPALA– East African Community (EAC) ministers of trade and finance have adopted 35 percent as the 4th band of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET), officials say. The Ministers, during a retreat on…
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Envoy enthroned as Lango clan leader
KOLE – Uganda’s ambassador to Khartoum, Dickson Ogwang Okul has been enthroned as leader of one of the 152 clans in the Lango sub-region. Ogwang, who is in charge of D`Affairs at Khartoum…
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APG withdraws ultimatum after reaching agreement
AMURU – Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) has withdrawn the 7-day ultimatum given to the government to find a long-lasting solution to the disputes and violence that has left more than 20 people…
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Bugisu Coop Union Founder to be remembered
The family of the late EV Samson Kitutu, one of Uganda’s first Cooperators and a founding father of the Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU), is planning to host a Public Memorial Day in…
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