The Ministry of Energy, Mineral and Development has evicted over 200 quarry workers in Karuma Town Council at the Hydro Electric Power station. The ongoing work on the 600 megawatts Karuma Dam Hydropower is a 1.7 billion dollars project financed by the Export-Import Bank of China. The construction which kicked
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A nurse in Butaleja in has died in a traditional shrine while seeking for medical care. Silvia Hasahya, a nurse attached to Busolwe hospital in Butaleja district and has been a resident of Bugangu village in Busabi sub county, died on Sunday at a shrine where she had been admitted
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The UN children's agency-UNICEF has signed an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to supply up to 220 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine for all 55 Member States of the African Union (AU). Some 35 million doses are to be delivered by the end of this year while the rest are
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282 million Africans suffered from terrible hunger in 2020/Courtesy photo There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today - much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19. While the pandemic's impact has yet to be fully mapped, a multi-agency report estimates that around
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Suspected Congolese Militiamen have shot three Ugandan fishermen on Lake Albert. The incident happened near Senjojo landing site in Buhuka parish Kyangwali Sub County in Kikuube district around 5 am on Monday morning. The injured fishermen are Robert Amukuhikiriza, Deo Busobozi and Seremos Byaruhanga, all attached to Nsunzu B
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A Kenyan passport | NMG photo Holders of Kenya’s passport cannot access 54 countries in the wake of Covid-19 ban in the global race to protect nations against new variants of coronavirus. The Henley Passport Index, which has been regularly monitoring the world's most travel-friendly passports since 2006, made the revelations that
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There is heavy presence of police and Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF personnel in Butogota town council in Kanungu district along with the Uganda- Democratic Republic of Congo border as Congolese nationals stage protests against two Ugandans accused of killing a local chief in their country. The protests started on Sunday
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Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya, the Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs at URA The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) awarded Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), also referred to as the Respondent, the right to collect a tax liability of UGX 21,485,110,040 from Game Discount World (Uganda) Limited, The Applicant. Game Discount World (Uganda)
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One person has been shot as police battled an unknown gang that forcefully took over Modern Market adjacent to Kalerwe abattoir this morning. Trouble started as early 6:30am when a group of men estimated to be over 40 in number encircled the market claiming they had taken it over from
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A number of health workers have allegedly received less money than what they expected in their risk allowances paid in arrears. The health workers deployed in COVID-19 Treatment Unit- CTU had taken months without receiving their allowances. Last week, a number of health workers received the payment through mobile money
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