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A section of school administrators in Jinja district have resolved to increase the time allocated to learners during both break and lunchtime to promote social distancing at the different eating points. They argue that learners normally crowd themselves during mealtime and the only way to encourage social distancing, is through

Six members of the same family have died in an accident in Pakwach District. The six had accompanied one of their relatives to board a bus and as they waited by the roadside near Panyimur junction on the Nebbi-Pakwach highway, when a Toyota Hiace Registration number UBG-674G commonly referred to

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has suspended the operations of the weighbridge at the Kenya Uganda Malaba border to help to reduce the pile-up of trucks at the border. The prime minister on Friday made an impromptu visit at the Malaba border on a fact-finding mission to establish why the fuel

Men infected with COVID-19 might experience a short-term reduction in sperm count, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study shows that some men infected with COVID-19 might find it hard to impregnate a woman after recovering from the disease due to a reduction in

The Ministry of Works and Transport on Friday blamed the delay of the commencement of Lira – Kamdini road reconstruction work on the stringent conditions on environmental and social impact studies set by the World Bank for its loan. The explanation was given following threats of nude protests by the

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has made an appeal to the international community to embrace Uganda as a tourist destination again, after two years of low business. Launching a new Destination Uganda campaign, Museveni said that while Africa has not suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic as much as the rest of

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is seeking for Shs89.7Bn to pursue the Allied Defence Forces (ADF) rebels that the army claims are holed up in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The details are contained in the documents tabled by officials of Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs who had

Passengers boarding Uganda Airlines Airbus A330-800 Neo aircraft Plans by the Uganda national carrier to launch direct flights to London, United Kingdom have been hindered by changes in aviation procedures that came after Great Britain exited the European Union bloc. Before the exit, also known as Brexit, airlines operating flights to

Muwanga Kivumbi, the Butambala County MP led the probing MPs on Parliament’s Finance Committee have questioned officials from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on the Shs7 trillion  Tax Exemptions, with demands to have the list of Ugandan individuals and companies that are benefiting from the tax bonanza. Muwanga Kivumbi, the Butambala County MP, led the probing

Julius Mukunda, Executive Director Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) A section of Civil Society Organizations have asked Government to halt the full implementation of the famed Parish Development Model (PDM) and rather have it tried in two districts before it is rolled out to other parts of the country. The