Uganda Breweries Sustainability and Communications Manager Suleiman Ngondi (Left), planting a tree seedling together with Tree Adoption Uganda Executive Director, Dr. Charles Batte (Centre) at Bethany Land Institute in Luwero District. Over 1,000 trees have been planted by a section of Uganda Breweries staff at Bethany Land Institute found in
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KCCA headquarters in Kampala aka City Hall Harriet Kizza, 56 has been working with Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA since 2011, desilting drainage channels in different parts of the City. She wakes up as early as 5am to prepare for work and by the latest 6am, she's at her station
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Old passports are outdated The machine readable passport (MRP) is no longer acceptable as a lawful travel document with effect from today, according to the directorate of citizenship and immigration control (DCIC). For the last two years, DCIC under the ministry of internal affairs, has been announcing April 4th,
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The late Jacob Oulanyah The treatment and later death of former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has left the legislature economically incapacitated, Chris Obore, the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Parliament, has said. He says the institution is now at the mercy of its service providers. Obore made the shocking
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Long queues are reported at the few filling stations/AFP A nation-wide fuel shortage continues to bite in Kenya, with major towns reporting long queues at the few filling stations that have the commodity. There are conflicting reasons as to why the shortage is being experienced. President Uhuru Kenyatta says it
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Passengers boarding the Airbus on October4, 2021 ahead of Uganda Airlines maiden flight to Dubai Uganda Airlines launched its flights to Dubai on the October04, 2021, a major milestone for the national carrier because it marked the first intercontinental route on the Airline’s network. The Airline is plying
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Some of the works that have stalled on central road Dott Services is blaming the slow road works in Mbale City on the failure of Tororo Cement factory to provide cement in line with their contract. The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development contracted Dot Services in October
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Ongoing renovation works at the Jinja regional referral hospital's Intensive Care Unit-ICU. The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) Engineering Brigade has started renovating the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital (JRRH). One of the engineers told our reporter on condition of anonymity so as to speak freely on the matter since he
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Some miners from different places digging gold pits Hundreds of artisanal miners have descended on a new gold mining site in Bulumbi village in Namungodi town council in Busia district. The artisanal miners are drawn from Buteba, Tiira, Busitema, Namungodi and Buteba sub-counties and the neighbouring Namayingo district.
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Three hundred-300 Village Health Team-VHTs in Bukwo district have laid down their tools over nonpayment of their allowances for different activities. Betty Chelimo, one of the VHTs, says that they are demanding a lot of money from the district. According to Chelimo, they have been at the forefront of sensitizing
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