Apuuton Head teacher Moses Ekunyu (in cream shirt) seated with some of his staff during the meeting with district officials. Katakwi district authorities have given the education department an ultimatum of two days to transfer a head teacher whose staff allegedly defiled and impregnated a primary- five pupil. Moses Ekunyu,
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has finally become a member of the East African Community after depositing the instrument of ratification with the EAC Secretary-General. DRC’s Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen’ Apala handed over the instrument of ratification at the bloc’s
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Minister Okello Oryem and his South African counterpart Dr. Naledi Pandor shaking hands before jointly addressing the 2nd Session of the Joint Commission for Cooperation between Uganda and South Africa. Uganda’s Minister of State for International Relations, Henry Okello Oryem, has commended South Africa for being one of Uganda’s biggest
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Florence Namayanja, the new Mayor of Masaka City Masaka City Council is seeking to source from its unexploited cultural practices and religious sites to promote local tourism and support investment. Two years after they were granted city status, the leadership of Masaka has considered organizing the first-ever city carnival
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Police officers seen clearing the road. Police have used teargas and live bullets to disperse motorcyclists who had staged protests in Jinja over the skyrocketing fuel prices. The motorcyclists staged protests within different trading centres along the Jinja-Kamuli highway, where they placed and lit logs and old car tyres
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Coca-Cola scooped two awards For the third year in a row, Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda has been recognized as the most admired non-alcoholic beverage brand and most admired brand overall during the Africa’s Best Brands 2022 rankings. During the 12th annual, Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands is third party
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A teacher attending to pupils in class The government has failed to eliminate quack teachers from both private and public schools, let alone free its payroll from ghost teachers. Understanding, who is teaching in schools is one of the common queries raised by different reports, which is blamed for the
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EC Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya The Electoral Commission has started displaying the National Voters’ Register in preparation for conducting by-elections for Local Government Councils in electoral areas across the country where vacancies exist. During these by-elections, a total of fifty-six (56) vacancies for Chairpersons and Councillors, which occurred as a
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Some 176 LC3 parish councilors in Lamwo district are protesting the unexplained deduction of their annual honoraria allowances for the 2021/2022 financial year. Countrywide, each councilor representing a parish and the special interest groups in both Sub County and town councils is entitled to a monthly honorarium allowance of 35,000
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Personnel of the anti-stock theft unit, a branch of Uganda Police Force directly handling animal rustling in Karamoja, have tightened security and alertness at their detaches after the Karimojong rustlers resumed their attacks on ASTU detaches in search of guns. On Friday at 8pm, a group of armed Karimojong rustlers
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