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Masindi district authorities have rejected 120,000 pineapple suckers supplied under the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) programme, saying they are of poor quality. The pineapple suckers were delivered by Juliet Nyamahunge, who was contracted by Operation Wealth Creation. The suckers were meant for distribution to farmers in Miirya, Bwijanga and Pakanyi

Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka The government is proposing a jail term of seven years for anyone found guilty of evicting a widow, widower, orphans and other lineal descendants from a home, in case of the death of a spouse. The jail term is embedded in the new Succession Amendment Bill

The campaign group Human Rights Watch has called on the Tanzanian government to reverse its ban on pregnant students and adolescent mothers attending school - describing it as discriminatory and inhumane. The policy was imposed four years ago by former President John Magufuli and is still in place under the

Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera has called for the maintenance of the status quo on the discretion of granting bail to suspects in capital offences. Justice Buteera who was on an inspection tour in the Masaka High Court circuit indicated that that the Courts of law and judicial officers are

Police officers enforce curfew guidelines Fourteen local council-LCI Chairpersons in Ddungi parish in Ngogwe Sub County Buikwe district have resigned citing increased police brutality against community members. The affected chairpersons are from Lukonda, Natyole, Kituntu, Namukono, Kawuna, Lugasa, Ddungi, Wabusole, Bunyinya, Bugwisa, Kitala, Buwooya, Bulutwe A and B villages. The

A joint operation conducted by the National Drug Authority (NDA) and Uganda Police Force in Bushenyi district has led to the arrest of six suspects accused of selling fake acaricides. They are Deo Marks Mubangizi, Cleophus Kyobutungi, Steven Bamwine, Jude Agaaba, and Asiimwe Mwesigye and Urban Agaba. Abias Rwamwiri, the

Joel Ssematimba, AirQo’s Embedded Systems Engineer installing an Air Quality Monitor at Jinja City Hall The AirQo Project of Makerere University is expected to receive a $3 million grant from Google.org as part of Google’s philanthropic commitment to renew its support for Africa innovations.The funding will enable the AirQo project

Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja has promised to order a forensic audit to establish why Nabuyonga Rise and Mugisu Hill roads in Mbale City, built under the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructure Development (USMID) programme have developed defects only three years after being were commissioned. She was meeting officials drawn from

The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths has continued to decline globally, with  3.1 million new cases and just over 54,000 new deaths, reported over the last week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Compared to the previous week, this represents a nine per cent decrease in cases, while deaths remained similar, the WHO said