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Gender-based violence: Speaker Among calls for protection of boys and men
KAMPALA, November 30, 2024 — The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has called for the protection of boys and men against gender-based violence [GBV] in homes and society at large. “Gender-based violence…
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Trade ministry official implicated in misappropriation of over Shs 9.6bln for Rwampara cooperative
RWAMPARA, November 5, 2024 – A new investigative report has implicated the Registrar of Cooperatives, Bob Barigye Bariyo, for conspiring with the cooperative’s board members to embezzle over Shs 9.6 billion that…
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PDM: Seven arrested over embezzlement of Shs 50mln in Namutumba
NAMUTUMBA, October 13, 2024 – Seven officials in Namutumba district are in police custody after failing to account for Shs 50 million intended for the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM].…
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Police and State House Health Monitoring Unit recover 57 units of stolen blood in Mbale City clinic
MBALE CITY, September 13, 2024 — The Uganda Police in Mbale City, in collaboration with the State House Health Monitoring Unit, has recovered 57 units of blood from a private health clinic…
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Ex-boyfriend who killed Ugandan athlete dies from burns
NAIROBI, September 10, 2024 – The former boyfriend of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who killed her by setting her on fire, has himself died from burns sustained in the attack, a…
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Govt has no money to fund medical interns, says Museveni
ENTEBBE, August 25, 2024 – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that the government doesn’t have enough money to fund medical interns. Museveni proposed that to make the work easier, the person…
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Two arrested for printing and issuing counterfeit money in Lira City
LIRA City, August 13, 2024 – Two individuals are currently in detention at Lira Central Police Station for printing and distributing counterfeit money to the public. The suspects have been identified as…
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Money lenders in Lira City arrested over retaining clients’ national IDs as collateral
LIRA CITY, August 6, 2024 – Police in Lira City West Division have arrested three money lenders in Lira City for allegedly keeping the national identity cards [IDs] of their clients as…
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Mbarara: Two health officials arrested, charged over stealing gov’t drugs
MBARARA, July 24, 2024 – Two health workers at Bwizibwera Health Centre in Bwizibwera–Rutooma Town Council in Mbarara district were recently arrested, and charged for allegedly stealing government drugs worth Shs 12…
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KIKUUBE: Over 400 farmers stranded as hailstorm devastate five villages
KIKUUBE, July 12, 2024 – More than 400 farmers from five villages in Kasonga parish, Bukinda parish in Kyangwali Sub-county in Kikuube district are counting losses after heavy hailstorms pounded the area,…
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