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Over 2000 families have received food items from Ismaili Community   Ismaili CIVIC, a global initiative under which the Shia Ismaili Muslim Community serves humanity by rendering voluntary services to vulnerable communities has bailed out Muslims with lots of relief aid items ahead of Eid- Al Fitr celebrations.   The

URA's Micheal Masembe handing over a package to muslims in an early Eid celebration. As a way of effecting social change in the communities in which it operates, on Saturday, URA gave back to the Moslem communities of Nakawa market, Komamboga, Naguru barracks and Kinawataka. In preparation for EID, the

The Uganda Aeronautical Information Services Officers Association-UGAISOA- have launched a marathon to collect over Shillings 150million to support learners with visual impairment.   Dubbed the “2022 Aviation Run”, the marathon will take place on May 29 at Entebbe Mayor’s Garden. The marathon first took place in 2019 as an annual

Cold Room Facility installed in 2019 lays idle at Rwengaju sub county HQTRs. Kabarole district authorities are stuck with a milk cooler and cold room facility in Rwengaju model parish in Rwengaju Sub County. The National Agricultural Advisory Services – NAADs installed the two-state of art facilities in 2019 to

Science teachers in West Nile region have resolved to join their colleagues across the country and lay down their tools come May 9, 2022, protesting the failure of the government to enhance their salaries. Through their umbrella body Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union UPSTU, the teachers say that the government

Up to Shillings 400billion has been paid out to over 18,000 claimants under the National Social Security Funds-NSSF midterm access. According to information obtained by URN, the fund made the first disbursement on March 17, 2022, after receiving 41,174 applications. Of these, only 14,690 applicants were eligible in line with

President Yoweri Museveni has said bad politicians who sabotage government programmes aimed at empowering Ugandans are partly to blame for the rising prices of commodities. "The problem is our people who do not listen, they are always sabotaging our programs. When political leaders fight government programs, it’s the people who

The government should create sufficient and quality jobs by accelerating a sustainable and inclusive economic transformation to resume the path of inclusive growth and poverty reduction, the World Bank Group’s 2021 Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) has recommended. According to SCD, the government should focus on macro-fiscal stability, improved governance and

The Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Dr. Monica Musenero has revealed that the country’s first national satellite is nearing completion and will be launched into the international space station in September this year. The building of the satellite named PearlAfricaSat-1 commenced two years ago in Japan. It’s being undertaken

Two pairs of humanized mice to be used in Uganda’s COVID-19 vaccine trial have finally arrived after more than a year of waiting, Dr. David Serukka who heads Vaccine Research at the Science and Innovations Ministry confirmed this to URN on Friday. Serukka said the mice that are currently being