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
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Phillipa Nanyondo Byamah, Senior Manager -Special Asset Management, Credit at dfcu As many Ugandans strive to recover and stabilize both their personal and business finances, dfcu Bank has announced an initiative to support its customers with repayment of loans.Phillipa Nanyondo Byamah, Senior Manager -Special Asset Management, Credit at dfcu expounds
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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
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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
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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
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Boda- boda riders who paid money to Savannah Motors surround the houses where the company rented office space in Pamba. Over 200 people in Soroti has lost millions of Shillings in a fraudulent motorcycle deal. The victims were conned by Savannah Motors, which has been operating along Old- Mbale Road
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Martin Mugarra with Fun Cycling team at Uganda Media Center The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is to construct hotels in some of Uganda's protected areas as a way of promoting domestic tourism, thanks to an agreement with the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). State Minister for Tourism, Martin Mugarra
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War claimants recently meeting officials from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs at Bomah Hotel in Gulu City - Photo by Dominic Ochola Leaders in Acholi sub-region are puzzled by hundreds of ghost names that have infiltrated the Attorney General’s registers for war claimants. The ghost claimants are part
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed the first-ever vaccine to prevent malaria, as it moves to save the lives of tens of thousands of children in Africa, where the disease remains endemic.Malaria, one of the oldest known and deadliest infectious diseases kills about half a million people each year,
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One of the cars manufactured by Kiira Motors The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Monica Musenero has blamed the failure by Kiira Motors MV to showcase the electric cars manufactured in Uganda at the ongoing Dubai Expo to lack of funds. Minister Musenero made the remarks while appearing before
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