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When Nancy Anena joined the university as a government-sponsored student, she automatically earned herself a personal assistant to help her juggle both lectures and moving around the university with ease even as she was born without limbs. The second-year student pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling didn’t know

Traders have resumed supplying food to the Karamoja region. Two weeks ago, the traders stopped supplies of food citing the continuous road ambushes. The traders suspended supplying food after three of their trucks were shot at the same time around Lorengedwat sub-county in Nabilatuk District. Since that incident, no trader

The High Court in Kampala has upheld the decision to dismiss Muzamil Siiku the Senior Administration and Estates Officer at Uganda Civil Aviation Authority for causing loss of more than 20 million shillings while purchasing Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment. According to the Judgement issued by the Civil Division Judge Musa

Masaka Catholic Diocese has taken to social media platforms to solicit public views on the proposals in the administration of the Church. In October last year, Pope Francis launched a worldwide consultation exercise he named “Synod on synodality”; to gather views on the reforms that lay Christians and other members

Wanted: Gurjinder Singh The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) is hunting for Gurjinder Singh, an Indian National for allegedly defrauding manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceuticals more than 20 Billion Shillings. Gurjinder, who is now believed to have fled to India has allegedly been procuring healthcare supplies from among other pharmaceuticals, Rene

Guwatudde (left) with her lawyer after court at Kololo The High Court has quashed the report by the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority -PPDA incriminating the former Permanent Secretary in the office of Prime Minister, Christine Guwatudde Kintu of flouting procedures when awarding tenders to supply Covid-19

Bombo Masjid Noor More than 200 Muslims of Masjid Noor in Bombo town council have petitioned the Luwero District Kadhi demanding the removal of the administrators of the mosque. The Muslims want Imam Rajab Ismail, Vice Chairman Siraje Suleiman, Secretary Waibi Sebi, Deputy Secretary Twaha Ibrahim, and the treasurer Muhamood

Makerere University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stanbic Bank Uganda to enable staff and students to acquire laptops on a hire purchase basis. This comes at a time when Makerere University is preparing to open fully for all students next week, who will study under the blended mode

Equity Bank Uganda and the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, today, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, to facilitate and strengthen collaboration between the two entities in the areas of enterprise development and financial inclusion, energy, and environment, food and agriculture, education, health, and oil and gas. Speaking during the signing ceremony, which

Uganda has improved its overall position in the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI) for 2021, jumping five slots from 10 th in 2020 with a score of 52 to 5 th in the latest ranking with a score of 57 – being one of only 3 countries that improved