Vicent Kakye, the general secretary Magambo Beekeepers Association points at his Bee hives. Beekeepers in the Rubirizi District are concerned about the death of bees resulting from the use of pesticides to kill pests. Vincent Kakye, the General Secretary Magambo Beekeepers Association says the district is experiencing a decline in
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Pupils of St. Johns Mpugwe Primary School sharing a food at break time, lack of meals at schools is blamed for poor performance in many schools Learners in many government schools across the country are going without meals over the skyrocketing food prices. The prevailing high cost of food has
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Frank Tumwebaze releases the fertilizer from a tap stand to see its color and allow its trial tests to begin Mbarara University of Science and Technology has developed an organic fertilizer to boost agricultural production and productivity. The Organic Fertilizer, I-Soft Organic Fertilizer was innovated and developed by students of the
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Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Government has revealed plans to compensate Linda Nyakairima, widow to the late and former Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima in order to stop the eviction of over 200 families settled on five square miles of land belonging to
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Some NUP leaders are directly attacking Mpuuga (R) as Bobi Wine (L) looks on All is not well within the National Unity Platform (NUP), a nascent political party that gave the ruling NRM a run for its money during the 2021 general elections. Credible sources indicate that there’s a lot
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A few months ago, a UPDF helicopter had an emergency landing in Gomba A Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) helicopter has crashed in Fort Portal. According to our reporter who is at the scene, the helicopter crashed into a mud and wattle house at Saaka at 9a.m, just half a
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A new law is in the offing that that will compel all employers to put in place breastfeeding facilities for mothers and allocate time during working hours to allow mothers feed their babies. The proposal is contained in the Employment Amendment Bill 2022 that was moved by Agnes Kunihira (Workers
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Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary to Treasury The Ministry of Finance has ordered for an audit into Government payroll after reports emerged indicating some heads of public institutions are hiring staff without authorization from both the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Public Service. This followed a meeting held between the
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Construction works worth 13.1 billion Shillings are still pending at the Mulago Specialized National Referral Hospital over the failure of ROKO Construction Company to complete the project that was supposed to end in 2018. Officials at the hospital told members of the Parliamentary Health Committee who were checking the facility’s
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Several government agencies will save billions of Shillings a year in rent, after shifting to the newly constructed business facilitation one-stop centre in Kololo. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the agency responsible for the registration of businesses, intellectual property, civil registration and business insolvency, has already settled in the 12-storey
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