Rose Nakisita showing wounds with plater on her body A survivor of the bomb explosion at Georon’s place joint next to the famous Digida Pork joint in Komamboga is crying out for support. Rose Nakisita, 29, was working as a waitress at the joint and had been recruited three days
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Mobile Money booth The Uganda Police Force has asked mobile money operators and fuel dealers in the country to report suspicious unusual transactions. The call by the police follows last week’s bomb explosions that left two people killed. On October 23, a bomb exploded at a pork joint in Komamboga
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Pupils under community learning The Ministry of Education and Sports will give special attention to learners in lower primary and semi-candidates when schools reopen in January. Sources privy to the matter in the Ministry of Education says that an opportunity will be given to classes that have had the least
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Makerere University Students at Freedom Square Online lectures have attracted a physical presence of students at Makerere University. The online lectures resumed on October 4 but due to Covid-19 restrictions, students are not expected not to be physically at the university. Since then, students have been gathering in big numbers to use the
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Ramathan Ggoobi, Secretary to Treasury The Ministry of Finance has said Parliament, Judiciary and other Government agencies that have been lamenting about budget cuts that more items included in their ministerial policy statements that don’t suit into the priorities of Government will not be funded. Ramathan Ggoobi, Secretary to Treasury made the
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Asadu Kistu Kigozi, Assistant Commissioner Field Services at URA Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA-Uganda) has hailed Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for listening to traders and creating a fair business environment for traders since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020. The remarks were made by KACITA Chairman, Thadeus Musoke Nagenda
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Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary to Treasury Government is reviewing the 12% excise duty tax that was imposed on internet data to ensure it isn’t distorting the growth of the ICT sector, the Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi, has revealed. Ggoobi made the revelation on Friday during a workshop with journalists on the budget
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Passengers boarding the Airbus ahead of Uganda Airlines’ maiden flight to Dubai on October04, 2021 Uganda Airlines will now fly to Dubai four times weekly as passenger traffic for the national carrier on the route continues to grow. The airline started with three weekly flights to Dubai, with days and times
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Human traffickers who trick people with fake job offers and promises and then exploit them for profit are taking advantage of online technologies for every step of their criminal activities. Research conducted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows how victims are being targeted and recruited via
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The State Minister for Economic Monitoring in the Office of President Peter Ogwang has ordered a forensic audit in the Mbale City revenue collection for the last four financial years. Mbale City has in the past struggled to collect local revenue. In the previous financial year, the council suffered a
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