Budo fire that left many children dead Only about 35 percent of the boarding schools in the country have complied with fire safety guidelines. Dr. Denis Mugimba, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and Sport disclosed this to our reporter in an interview about the latest fire incidents in
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The Minister of State for Finance- General Duties, Henry Musasizi. The Minister of State of Finance- General Duties, Henry Musasizi has asked Parliament for more time to allow his ministry to study the current inflation in commodity prices. This was during the Tuesday plenary sitting where MPs queried the increasing
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Green Circle Ltd has benefited from previous cohorts The European Union (EU)-funded Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA) programme, which provides sustainable Ugandan enterprises with support to scale and contribute to a green and inclusive economy, has today announced that it is accepting applications for its fourth and final cohort to join
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Floods in Kampala The office of the Prime Minister through the Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Refugees Ministry is seeking Shillings 20 billion to prepare for the destructive rains expected to start this month and run to May this year. According to the Uganda meteorological authority, the first major rain season
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Deputy Speaker Anita Among Parliament is set to conduct another investigation into the controversial Naguru-Nakawa land after conducting a similar investigation into the same subject in the 10th Parliament. The latest investigation was pronounced by Deputy Speaker, Anita Among during the plenary sitting where she announced a nine member ad hoc
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Umeme workers in the field disconnecting power thieves Energy Generators and Distributors Association of Uganda have asked Parliament to approve the proposal by Government to fine people who indulge in illegal power connections Shs400M or have culprits jailed for 10years in order to curb rampant illegal electricity connections. The Association
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The Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr. Baterana Byarugaba The Executive Director of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr. Baterana Byaruhanga has been arrested. The State House Health Monitoring Unit led by its Director Warren Namara picked up Dr. Byaruhanga on Tuesday afternoon for alleged mismanagement of the national
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Thomas Kwoyelo is the first LRA commander to be tried in Uganda A notorious rebel commander accused of leading massacres against civilians in northern Uganda has asked High Court in Kampala to transfer his case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for speedy trial. Thomas Kwoyelo,52, faces dozens of charges of war crimes and
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Thousands of Africans have thronged to Ukraine borders to flee the conflict/Reuters Deputy Speaker Anita Among has given the Ministry of Foreign Affairs up to Tuesday next week to present an evacuation plan on how Ugandans trapped in war torn Ukraine can be evacuated to safety, after reports emerged that
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Cattle rustlers have resorted to making guns so as to continue with criminal activities Security officers in Karamoja region have noticed with concern the increasing number of home-made guns being recovered in the region. This was revealed by Karamoja regional police Spokesperson Micheal Longole on Monday while addressing the media
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