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The Government Opposition Chief Whip John Baptist Nambeshe has survived being lynched by an angry mob after knocking a person. Nambeshe who was from Kampala heading to Mbale on Saturday knocked unidentified person at Namwezi along Kampala-Jinja highway in Njeru Municipality, Buikwe District. Juma Kanamwangi, an eyewitness says that when

The Uganda National Examinations Board - UNEB has said many candidates who sat for the 2020 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education examinations failed because they misunderstood questions. According to the examination body, while the performance of learners improved this year, the work of candidates' reports show that comprehension is a

The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech is dead. A senior military officer confirmed Lokech’s death and said that Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga, would issue a confirmation statement soon. “He is dead, but Enanga will issue a statement detailing his death,” a senior military officer said. But

Gulu City Council is seeking 3 Billion Shillings for equipping the cold room at Gulu Main Market. Gulu Main Market is among five markets constructed in the first phase of the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program under the Ministry of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives. The market was commissioned in

More than 30 residents in Nabigasa sub-county, Kyotera District who were affected by the East African Oil Pipeline have refused to sign the Resettlement Action Plan-RAP over unfair compensation rates. The residents argue that officials from New Plan, the company hired to carry out the valuation exercise and Total Uganda

scientists sitting on the COVID-19 National Task Force are starting a study to establish the likely effects of mixing different vaccines amidst a rush to acquire as many vaccines as possible to vaccinate the 22 million targeted. Ugandans So far, in addition to the AstraZeneca vaccines, the country has received

The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has registered an increase in the number of students registering for science subjects and mathematics. According to the statement of results released by UNEB on Friday, all science subjects saw an increase in candidates despite the fact that the general number of students who registered

President Yoweri Museveni has asked the National Resistance Movement-NRM party MPs to support the proposed increase of the Parish Development Model Fund budget from the current 200 billion to 1.069 trillion Shillings. In the current financial year 2021/2022, parliament appropriated only 200 Billion Shillings towards the new model. The model

The Uganda National Examinations Board has recorded the lowest number of absentee candidates in the 2020 Uganda Advanced Examination Certificate- UACE exams. A total of 952 candidates registered for the exams but did not show up. This is the lowest number of absentee candidates that UNEB has recorded in the

The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations -NGO Bureau has suspended the operations of 54 NGOs. According to the Executive Director of the NGO Bureau Stephen Okello, they conducted investigations which revealed that 23 NGOs are operating with expired permits, 15 failed to file annual returns and audited books of accounts