Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei (pictured above) smashed the men's 10,000m world record as Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey broke that of the women's 5,000m in Valencia. Cheptegei, 24, clocked 26 minutes 11.00 seconds to beat Kenenisa Bekele's 15-year-old time by more than six seconds. Gidey, 22, clocked 14 minutes 6.62 seconds to better
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Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has warned that families of MPs would grapple with processing pension, because of the failure by most MPs to submit data on their families in case of any calamity. The Speaker made the call during Wednesday’s plenary sitting where she urged MPs to submit to the Parliamentary
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has urged the ministry of education and sports to implement a curriculum whose mission is helping Uganda and, by extension Africa, overcome challenges surrounding us. “Besides, I urge our teachers all over the country and the Ministry of Education to tailor our system to the needs
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MPs wearing face masks during plenary on Tuesday, 6 October 2020. The mass distribution of masks has faced challenges The low mass production capacity of local manufacturers hampered the nationwide distribution of face masks, the Minister of State for Primary Healthcare, Dr Joyce Moriku, has told Parliament. “The total production
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Dr Livingstone Sewanyana Dr Livingstone Sewanyana’s mandate as the United Nations (UN) Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order has been renewed for a period of three years. Dr Sewanyana is one of the a few Ugandans serving on the international scene and his niche
Read MoreParliament has approved loans to a tune of Shs507.058bn that will be used for the construction of oncology facilities to help in the treatment of cancer and solar powered Water Pumping Systems. The three loans passed include USD98.8m (about Shs365.912bn) from World Bank to finance competitiveness and Enterprise Development, Euros7.5M
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Ntambi was represented by criminal law expert Mac Dusman Kabega Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson, Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi did not show up at the Anti-Corruption Court this morning despite Criminal summons being issued against her. Ntambi was represented by criminal law expert Mac Dusman Kabega who said his client was sick
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Uganda’s chances of eliminating poverty by 2030 as per Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are very minimal, Researchers at Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) have revealed. The Ugandan Government committed itself to attaining SDGs. Authored by Madina Guloba, Sarah Ssewanyana, Medard Kakuru and Ibrahim Kasirye, the team argues that poverty is
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By Phillip Niwamanya The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives, livelihoods, communities and businesses worldwide. While the pandemic has affected every corner of the world, not everyone has been affected the same way. According to a report by the International Trade Centre titled “The Great Lockdown and its Effects on Small
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga (pictured) has directed the Attorney General to ask the Electoral Commission to extend the nomination of Members of Parliament by at least 14 days to enable women who adopted their husband’s names be able to fulfill the legal process stipulated in the law.
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