Politics
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Lango youth leaders ask govt to create more jobs
LIRA-Youth leaders in the Lango sub-region have asked the government to create more job opportunities for the young people if they are to stop looking for employment in Arab countries where some…
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Soroti hospital gets money for x-ray machine
SOROTI– The Imaging Department of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital will this year get a new x-ray machine, two years after the one that was operating broke down. This is after the hospital…
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Omoro County by-election: Time for campaigns changed as farmers head to gardens
OMORO– Candidates fighting to clinch the Omoro County Parliamentary seat have been forced to adjust their time for campaigns as farmers shun morning rallies. The locals, who are majorly farmers, have so…
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NRM to form SACCOs countrywide
OMORO– The National Resistance Movement Organisation [NRM] is considering establishing Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] at the grassroots in a bid to fight poverty among its members. This follows complaints from…
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MPs quiz land commission officials over fraud
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament yesterday questioned officials from the Uganda Land Commission [ULC] over a case of fraud in the Land Information System [LIS] The MPs on Parliament’s Committee on Statutory Authorities and…
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Bujagali Hydropower project faces forensic audit as it seeks tax exemptions
KAMPALA– The Members of Parliament are immovable on approving tax exemptions for some companies in Uganda Uganda, pending a report on its effectiveness. The MPs instead have allowed a one-year tax exception to…
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MPs urge Museveni to sack Minister Namuganza over Nakawa-Naguru land
KAMPALA– The Members of Parliament have recommended that President Museveni sacks state minister for lands Persis Namuganza over Nakawa-Naguru land scandal. The recommendation was made Wednesday as the House debated the report…
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Omoro voters task parliamentary candidates on service delivery
OMORO– Voters have outlined key social services they want delivered by any of the candidates that will win the Omoro County Parliamentary by-election on May 26, 2022. Some of the key issues…
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Constructing roads: Land owners get Shs12bln
LIRA– The government has compensated 2,092 landlords affected by the ongoing construction of Rwenkunyi-Apac-Lira and Apac-Lira-Puranga roads located in northern Uganda. According to the state minister for works, Musa Ecweru, the Uganda…
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Minister asks SACCOs to charge low interest rates
KAMPALA– Savings and Credit Cooperatives Organisations [SACCOs] in the country must not charge members above 18 percent interest on loans taken, Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune, the State Minister for Microfinance has said. Minister Kasolo…
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