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UNBS staff measuring length of the iron bar Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has impounded more than 7545 iron bars from hardware shops around Kampala valued at over Shillings 250million. The iron bars were impounded on Wednesday in an ongoing operation that is expected to last seven days with the

More than 3,000 acres (about five Square Miles) for out-growers in Atiak Sub-county in Amuru District worth billions of shillings have been lost in a devastating fire that ravaged the Atiak Sugarcane plantation over the weekend.More square miles which are yet to be measured were lost in the plantation of

Geoffrey Olila Geoffrey Richard Olila was the headteacher of Mother Mary Nursery and Primary school in Lira City by the time the government closed schools in March 2019 as part of the COVID-19 containment measures. The closure of schools meant that the 32-year-old Olila couldn’t earn a salary to support

Dr. Dennis Mugimba ,the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and Sports Government is planning to assist private schools through waivers on the outstanding bills on utilities and internet Data. During the release of the school calendar ,the education ministry revealed that private schools will be supported though not financially.

Contipharma, a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development and marketing of targeted medical solutions has announced today that it is making a self-collection COVID-19 saliva-based PCR test available across the African continent. The test, which was developed by the University of Liège (ULiège) in Belgium can detect all known variants

The East African Business Council-EABC has issued a statement calling for bilateral dialogue to eliminate all outstanding Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) between Kenya and Uganda. John Bosco Kaliisa, Executive Director of the council says in the statement: "Intra-East Africa trade is currently low at approximately 15% and this low figure is

Parliament has passed a motion commending the Japanese Government through their investment arm of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the commendable contribution towards the development of Uganda. This followed a motion tabled by Charles Onen (Gulu East) seeking Parliament to commend JICA for the commendable contribution towards the development

Electoral Commission Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya, Polling in by-elections to fill two hundred and one (201) vacant Chairperson and Councillor positions in various Local Government Councils countrywide takes place today, Thursday 16th December 2021.  According to Electoral Commission Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya, the vacant positions include the District (LC.V) Chairperson, Kayunga, and

Government has tabled a proposal seeking approval of Parliament to borrow USD 108,323,942 (Shs384.98bn) to construct oil roads. The motion was tabled by Thomas Tayebwa (Government Chief Whip) who informed Parliament that the funds are going to be borrowed from China Construction Bank Corporation and will go towards the construction of