Six members of the same family have died in an accident in Pakwach District. The six had accompanied one of their relatives to board a bus and as they waited by the roadside near Panyimur junction on the Nebbi-Pakwach highway, when a Toyota Hiace Registration number UBG-674G commonly referred to
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Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has suspended the operations of the weighbridge at the Kenya Uganda Malaba border to help to reduce the pile-up of trucks at the border. The prime minister on Friday made an impromptu visit at the Malaba border on a fact-finding mission to establish why the fuel
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Men infected with COVID-19 might experience a short-term reduction in sperm count, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the disease due to a reduction in
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The Ministry of Works and Transport on Friday blamed the delay of the commencement of Lira – Kamdini road reconstruction work on the stringent conditions on environmental and social impact studies set by the World Bank for its loan. The explanation was given following threats of nude protests by the
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has made an appeal to the international community to embrace Uganda as a tourist destination again, after two years of low business. Launching a new Destination Uganda campaign, Museveni said that while Africa has not suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic as much as the rest of
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The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is seeking for Shs89.7Bn to pursue the Allied Defence Forces (ADF) rebels that the army claims are holed up in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The details are contained in the documents tabled by officials of Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs who had
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Passengers boarding Uganda Airlines Airbus A330-800 Neo aircraft Plans by the Uganda national carrier to launch direct flights to London, United Kingdom have been hindered by changes in aviation procedures that came after Great Britain exited the European Union bloc. Before the exit, also known as Brexit, airlines operating flights to
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NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber The final frontier for oil and gas exploration, a range of untapped resources awaiting exploitation, and opportunities across the entire energy value chain all represent key components of Africa’s hydrocarbon market. For years, resource rich nations have been capitalizing on their
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The effects of COVID-19 lockdowns and reduced disposable income have impacted businesses all over the world, but perhaps none more so than companies in Africa's consumer-focused sectors. This has highlighted the critical need for African countries to develop and implement a digital-first approach to work, shopping, and other aspects of
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Muwanga Kivumbi, the Butambala County MP led the probing MPs on Parliament’s Finance Committee have questioned officials from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on the Shs7 trillion Tax Exemptions, with demands to have the list of Ugandan individuals and companies that are benefiting from the tax bonanza. Muwanga Kivumbi, the Butambala County MP, led the probing
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