Pope Francis has appointed Reverend Monsignor Lawrence Mukasa, the Vicar General of Kiyinda Mityana Diocese, as the new Bishop of Kasana Luwero Diocese. The announcement was made by the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Luigi Bianco. Monsignor Mukasa, aged 66, will replace Bishop Paul Ssemogerere, who was appointed as Archbishop
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The Petroleum Authority of Uganda has granted TotalEnergies clearance to conduct detailed engineering designs for the 190,000-barrel Central Processing Facility (CPF) outside of the country. Although there have been concerns that TotalEnergies may have flouted national content rules or denied Ugandan engineers from working on the project, the PAU has
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An increasing number of people are showing up at hospitals with complications related to COVID-19, long after recovery from the viral respiratory disease, according to health workers. Dr Christine Sekajja, a Physician at Mulago National Referral Hospital who is part of the COVID-19 treatment team told URN in an interview
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The Ugandan team representing the country at the ongoing Vex World Robotics Championships in Dallas. Ugandans living in the United States, particularly in Dallas, Texas, have come together and pooled resources to support the Ugandan team representing the country at the ongoing Vex World Robotics Championships in Dallas. Mobilized by
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Planes at Entebbe Airport Parliament's Environment and Natural Resources Committee has recommended for an additional Shs11. 25Bn to the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) for the purchase of new equipment to boost weather predictions at Entebbe International Airport. This is after several airlines complained about the poor weather forecast at the
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Debt distress concerns have mounted in the recent past as countries such as Ghana, Zambia and Ethiopia have engaged their creditors for a restructuring in a bid to ease the burden on their economies. At its just-concluded 2023 Spring Meetings, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that Kenya is not
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Africa must use its oil and gas resources to provide energy for 600 million of its population currently trapped in energy poverty. The call is by Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, the Secretary-General of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APO). Omar Farouk Ibrahim was the keynote speaker at the First Oil
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has offered a tax waiver on salaries of State prosecutors following their repeated demands to have them exempted from paying taxes. The President announced this on Friday evening while attending the 6th Joan Kagezi Memorial Lecture in Munyonyo which was organized under the theme "Organized Crimes
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The Uganda Insurers Association held the Insurance Agents Awards on 27th April 2023 at Hotel Africana under the theme “Celebrating the Role of an agent in the insurance cycle.” In his speech, Jonan Kisakye the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Insurers’ Association (UIA) opened the function by welcoming the the Guest of Honor, CEO, Insurance Regulatory
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Police in Fort Portal on Thursday evening retrieved the body of a student who drowned in a water reservoir in Fort Portal. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson identified the deceased as Bilson Musinguzi 17, a senior Three student at St. Leo's College Kyegobe in Fort Portal City. Twesige
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