Category: News
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Jogging woman (22) raped, murdered in Naalya
By Our Reporter The Territorial Police in Kira Division and Namugongo are actively investigating an attack on a 22 year old female, victim that occurred during an early morning exercise, by 3 men armed with pangas, who attacked and gang raped her. They also robbed her smart phone, after the sexual assault. The facts gathered…
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Health boss bets Shs6.7m for Zombo medics on Argentina/Saudi game, loses
By Our Reporter A health worker in Zombo district has lost a staggering Shs6,700,000 meant to pay polio campaign health worker to sports betting. Nasser Kerim, a health worker from Zeu health center III in Zombo district is in trouble for losing the money meant for the just concluded polio vaccination campaign in sports betting.…
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Police speaks out on Kabuleta arrest
By Our Reporter Yesterday 28th November 2022 at 1255hrs, Joseph Kabuleta was arrested after failing to honor Police summons issued to him to report to Kampala Metropolitan Police Headquarters on 3rd November 2022 at 1000hrs for interview and statement recording on charges of Promoting Sectarianism, police has announced. This follows a Police general inquiry that…
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UBL SPIRITED WOMEN DONATE MATERNAL HEALTH EQUIPMENT WORTH 100 MILLION TO MAYUGE HEALTH CENTRE
Wednesday 23rd November 2022, Kampala, Uganda; Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) Spirited Women employee group has donated a universal anesthesia machine to Mayuge Health Centre IV. This donation is part of the corporate society of safe motherhood campaign, spearheaded by Stanbic Bank, which seeks to support and build awareness for maternal health, providing hospital equipment to select health facilities and donating mama…
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CM Kamasanyu in International Meet to Curb International Trade in Wildlife Species
By Our Reporter Chief Magistrate, HW Gladys Kamasanyu, from the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court is participating in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) at Panama City, Panama. At least 184 CITES member States are meeting to deliberate on issues aimed at ensuring that international trade…
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New Uganda ambassador to Switzerland presents credentials to president
H.E Marcel TIBALEKA, Ambassador of the Republic of Uganda to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva presented his credentials to H.E Ignazio CASSIS, the President of the Swiss Confederation. The ceremony took place on 22nd November 2022 at the Federal Palace in Bern, Switzerland. H.E Cassis welcomed Amb. Tibaleka…
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Speaker receives special audit report on COVID-19 funds
By Our Reporter The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked the Office of the Auditor General to shift focus to value for money audits, which she said makes more accountability sense in light of the shift to a programme-based approach to budgeting. Speaker Among was meeting the Auditor General, John Muwanga, who presented to…
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Speaker orders investigations into labour export companies
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has tasked the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development, to work with the line ministry to investigate companies involved in the export of labour to the Middle East. This follows the rampant and unclear deaths of many casual labourers, especially girls working in the Middle East. The Woman…
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NSSF, Mastercard earmark Ugx 7.6bn to support women businesses
KAMPALA: Wednesday, November 23, 2022: The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation has earmarked over Ushs7.6bn seed funding to 100 indigenous women-owned businesses under the third cohort of their NSSF Hi-innovator programme, an innovation initiative. This was revealed at the launch of the 3rd funding round for NSSF Hi-Innovator dubbed NSSF Hi-Innovator Women Accelerator during the…
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MPs approve SHS1.2 TRILLION loan for electricity
By Our Reporter Parliament has approved a request for government to borrow up to US$331.5 million, from the International Development Association of the World Bank Group, upon which it will obtain a grant worth US$ 276.5 million. The loan is for financing the Electricity Access Scale Up Project (EASP), whose aim is to increase access…