Robert Mugabe's family say they are shocked at not having been consulted by the government about arrangements for the funeral of the former Zimbabwean president. Mr Mugabe, who was 95, died last week while undergoing medical treatment in a Singapore hospital. His body is being prepared to lie in state
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Fellow Ugandans and, especially the Bazzukulu I acknowledge some of the responses of the 562,263 people that saw my message which you call in your mysterious social-media language "post". Permit me, please, to continue using my bush language of "message". I also travelled to South Africa and Tanzania to Kushaka
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The Ministry of Works and Transport has affirmed that Uganda is on schedule for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) despite compensating only 11% compensation of the project affected persons within three years. The development was revealed by the SGR Coordinator, Canon Perez Wamburu while appearing before the
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A schoolgirl in Kenya has taken her own life after allegedly being shamed in class for having her period and staining her uniform. The 14-year-old's mother said her daughter hanged herself after being humiliated by a teacher, Kenyan media reported. Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of about
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Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) 2019 has described the New Vision story of Wednesday 11th September 2019 titled “UNBS cleared expired sugar for sale” as inaccurate and misleading. The Standards body adds that the story “is damaging, blatantly deceptive and flies in the face of our mandate of protecting
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After unveiling a new Uganda Inspire Initiative, an umbrella corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, Sanlam Life Insurance has launched an education scholarship initiative dubbed “Better life campaign” aimed at top performers of Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) who will have an opportunity to receive scholarship to continue their studies in Ordinary
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Uganda’s Health Ministry has confirmed reports of a strange disease that recently struck Mityana, leaving six babies dead. Sarah Opendi, the State Minister of Health General Duties revealed that the deaths were mainly due to fetal distress resulting from delayed labour. She made the remarks today on the floor of
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By Denis Jjuuko If you drive along our highways early in the morning, you are most likely to see women with hoes going to till the land. On a certain highway, I counted about 20 women and only two men in a radius of about 20 kilometres. The figures are
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Civil Society Activists through their umbrella body, the Citizens Coalition on Electoral Democracy (CCEDU) have proposed a ban on political candidates seeking funds from anonymous sources. The activists made the call today while appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee to present their views on the electoral reforms tabled
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Members of Parliament from both the ruling NRM party and the Opposition on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have vehemently rejected a government proposal to ban cameras or any recording device inside polling stations. The Electoral Commission had backed the proposal. Appearing before the Committee yesterday, the Chairperson of
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