Beda (with a book) and Namara (with a bottle) in handcuffs. The former Chief Administrative Officer Kabale Edmund Ntimba has been arrested over the missing 289 million meant for the Parish Development Model-PDM program. Ntimba who was transferred from Kabale to Mitooma district last year was arrested together with Christopher
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The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has so far arrested more than 100 foreigners accused of engaging in petty businesses. Simon Peter Mundeyi, the Spokesperson for Ministry of Internal Affairs, said in the operations they have conducted in the various parts of the
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(L-R) Helen Nangonzi - Absa Marketing & Customer Experience Director, Irene Mutyaba - Absa Corporate Banking Director & Vivian Kityo - Director of Wakisa Ministries Staff from Absa Bank Uganda today embarked on a journey to skill over 500 teenage mothers and women from the Central, West Nile and Albertine
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Land refilling in Namanva industrial park. Investors in Namanve industrial park have protested an order by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to demolish structures established in wetlands. NEMA instructed several investors to raze down structures and restore the destroyed areas of wetlands, an order which, according to the Authority's Deputy Spokesperson,
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Entebbe International Airport has registered a tremendous increase in passengers after easing of COVID-19 restrictions Entebbe International Airport handled 151,653 international passengers in July 2022, an average of 4,892 per day, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority has revealed. This comprised 77,056 arrivals and 74,597 departures. This is the highest number
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Margaret Muhanga, Minister of State for Health (General Duties) MPs have blasted the Ministry of Health for the failure to transport marine ambulances to island districts due to financial challenges. This followed a complaint raised by Idd Isabirye (Bunya South) who revealed that although President Museveni launched 12 marine ambulances for
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Makerere University VC, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe A section of Makerere University students has vowed to boycott the planned universal suffrage elections scheduled for Saturday. The university council is planning to hold a Universal suffrage election across all colleges and halls of residence to elect a constitutional Review Commission that will participate
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A sample garden of the failed beans after the Seeds were Recycled Farmers in the Greater Masaka area are recycling low-yielding seeds following delays in the delivery of agricultural inputs by the government. For close to a decade now, the government has been directly distributing farming inputs that include improved
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A water pond dug for irrigation in Agago District The proposed establishment of a multi-billion pilot irrigation scheme in the Sub-counties of Guru-guru and Amuru in Amuru District hangs in balance over resistance from land owners. The district, in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Environment, identified
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The Chairperson of the Committee on Public Service and Local Government, Godfrey Onzima, presented the report Government has been urged to develop a clear equitable allocation formula for funds under the Parish Development Model (PDM) that takes into consideration different demographic, geographical and socio-economic dynamics. According to Parliament’s Committee on
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