The National Unity Platform -NUP's former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (pictured) has filed 53 affidavits as evidence supporting his petition challenging the declaration of President Yoweri Museveni as winner of the January 14th polls.The affidavits include one by former Presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta, Jinja East Constituency MP Paul Mwiru,
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A building on Republic road in Rukungiri town. one of the properties of the union/URN photo Kigezi Cooperative Union is struggling to restore primary farmer’s societies in an attempt to reinvent itself and engage in the coffee business. Registered in the 1960s, Kigezi co-operative union society progressed into one of the
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Catholics are marked with ashes on foreheads on Ash Wednesday/ Internet Photo In normal times, Catholics are marked by putting ashes on the foreheads of the faithful to mark the beginning of the lent period. However, the ritual will be observed differently this year. The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship
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Archbishop Dr. Kazimba Mugalu and diocesan Bishop Nathan Ahimbisbwe inspecting a coffee plantation The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace Dr Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has commissioned multiple Agrobusiness projects under South Ankole Diocese in Ntungamo district. The agrobusiness projects commissioned include a 273-acre coffee plantation, 17 acres’ of bananas,
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Museveni's least scores per district Results from three out of the only five polling stations that president Yoweri Museveni won in Masaka city, in the just-concluded general election are under dispute. According to the Electoral Commission’s results tally sheet of the January 14th general election, the NRM presidential candidate Yoweri
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Some of the PAPs in an engagement meeting about letters of administration More than 30 people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in Rakai, Lwengo, Sembabule and Kakumiro districts have passed on before getting their compensation. According to Community-Based Monitors from Global Rights Alert (GRA) and
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KPS Principal, Dapne Kato congratulating PLE stars of 2019. KPS is one of the best schools in the country The management of Kampala Parents school ( KPS) has come out to refute claims of extorting parents through online classes. This is after a story circulated online where a section of
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The indefinite suspension of the re-opening of the nursery schools will hurt the foundation of schooling, according to teachers and academics. Last week, Education Minister, Janet Museveni (pctured) said nursery schools handling children aged three to six will remain closed throughout the Covid-19 season. She explained that this particular age bracket doesn’t wear face masks and are at
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Site Engineer Abert Edema explains how the Kikoma water treatment plant in Sembabule will operate About 170,000 people in Sembabule district are set to get clean water, fair tariffs and expanded water consumption after completion of Shs14.3bn water supply project being implemented by National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC). The project,
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A health worker takes a nasal swab from a patient in Cape Town, South Africa A coronavirus variant has been detected in Uganda that has a mutation similar to the fast-spreading variant in the UK, and has quickly become the most common coronavirus in Uganda's capital city Kampala, a pre-print study reported
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