Traders in Kikuubo are expressing concern over a decline in sales due to intensified security checkups by the police in response to the UK terror alert. Security chiefs have implemented rigorous operations in downtown Kampala, particularly in the Kikuubo business area, to prevent any potential terrorist incidents by conducting thorough
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A Police truck that was intercepted while loading bags of charcoal at Kamusalaba village Nakapiripirit authorities have intercepted a police truck loading bags of charcoal despite the presidential ban on commercial charcoal trade. The truck, alleged to have come from Mbale City, was found loading over 70 bags of charcoal
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Experts are urging members of parliament to shift their attention from drug abusers to the individuals who facilitate drug availability as the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill returns to parliament. During a press conference organized to commemorate World Drug Day, Rogers Kasirye, the Executive Director of Uganda Youth
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Police in Napak district are investigating a break-in at the Mugasime Money lender office in Matany Town Council. The manager, Ivan Ninsiima, reported that the office was locked on Friday evening, but when he returned on Saturday morning, he discovered that the door had been broken and ten million Shillings
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The government is seeking to get a new loan worth about US$300 million (UA 223.83) for the rehabilitation of the Malaba-Kampala meter gauge railway. This is according to the statements presented by the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, the Ministry of Works and Transport, and Uganda Railways Corporation,
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BAT Uganda Directors, Candy Wekesa Okoboi (L), Philemon Kipkemoi (C), and Mathu Kiunjuri (R) joined by two of the Company’s shareholders Dr. Zaalyembikke Majanja (2nd L) and Ms. Bazalaki Robinah Walusimbi (2nd R) to cut a cake as part of celebrations to mark 95 years of BAT in Uganda. This
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According to the 2023 Tax Transparency in Africa progress report unveiled at the 13th Meeting of the Africa Initiative in Cape Town today, African countries have realised additional revenues totalling €1.69 billion (UShs6.84 trillion)thanks to voluntary disclosures, the implementation of information exchange mechanisms, and rigorous offshore investigations. From 2009 through
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has spoken out on the just concluded Oyam North by-election. Results released Thursday night show that UPC's Dr. Eunice Apio beat her closest rival, NRM's Samuel Junior Engola by a thin margin. In a statement issuedon Friday, the President congratulated the UPC’s Apio "for winning the Oyam by-election."
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Unregulated liberalization is posing a threat to agriculture, particularly crop production, in the Karamoja region of Uganda, potentially hindering the government's efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency in the area. Joh Longino, the Nakapiripirit District Local Council 5 Chairperson, expressed concerns about the distribution of substandard agricultural inputs by profit-driven dealers,
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In a significant leap towards digital innovation, the Uganda National Examinations Board-Uneb has unveiled its plan to digitize and preserve candidates' examination scripts for posterity. Until now, Uneb could only retain the examination scripts for two years and dispose them of. Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of Uneb, acknowledged the
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