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Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis

Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis

Peter Lotimo on red and another street boy picking waste plastic bottles along one of the streets in Soroti CitySOROTI – Every morning before the streets of Soroti return to life, 20-year-old Peter Lotimo walks the back alleys of the city with a sack over his shoulder, pulling plastic bo

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Museveni to Launch New Cement, Clinker Factory in Karamoja

Museveni to Launch New Cement, Clinker Factory in Karamoja

President Museveni is set to commission an over $300 million cement plant launch, a move that signals a new era for Karamoja and Uganda’s industrial growth.Yaobai Cement Uganda will officially launch its state-of-the-art cement plant in Moroto, in a landmark investment set to reshape Uga

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South Korean grandmother, 90, jailed for laundering drug money

South Korean grandmother, 90, jailed for laundering drug money

She was accused of laundering money for her son serving a prison sentence in Cambodia on drug trafficking chargesA court in South Korea sentenced a 90-year-old grandmother to a year in prison for aiding her jailed son in laundering profits from drug trafficking.The Incheon District

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Gov’t urged to reduce digital EPS fines, align speed limits

Gov’t urged to reduce digital EPS fines, align speed limits

A consultative meeting in Arua, featuring motorists, Ministry of Works and Transport and Uganda Police Force, Wednesday.Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Works and Transport has said the rollout of the Automated Express Penalty System (EPS) and the Fine Issuance System for errant mot

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Uganda fuel prices rise modestly amid global tensions

Uganda fuel prices rise modestly amid global tensions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s fuel prices have edged up by around 5% amid rising tensions in the Middle East, but strong reserves and reforms in the country’s procurement system have limited the impact on consumers.Petrol and diesel remain below previous highs recorded b

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UNMASKED! Reports Link Speaker Anita Among to Multi-Billion Five-Star Entebbe Road Home

UNMASKED! Reports Link Speaker Anita Among to Multi-Billion Five-Star Entebbe Road Home

A high-value residential property along the Entebbe–Kampala Bypass has drawn public attention following reports linking it to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Anet Among. However, ownership of the property has not been independently verified.The residence, described as a five-st

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The good and bad 2026/27 govt tax plans

The good and bad 2026/27 govt tax plans

Activists show support to raising PAYE threshold but call for even a higher level of UGX 600,000.Kampala, Uganda | URN | The business community, economists and civil society have hailed Government on the proposed tax measures for 2026/2027, but say some are detrimental.According to

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Indian buying Iranian crude without any payment hurdle, tanker diversion to China not due to ‘payment issues’: Govt

Indian buying Iranian crude without any payment hurdle, tanker diversion to China not due to ‘payment issues’: Govt

This is the first official confirmation from the government that India is buying Iranian crude, following the sanctions waiver for Iranian oil on water announced by the US last month. (File Photo)Indian refiners are buying crude from Iran as part of their efforts to secure oil supplies ami

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IRGC chief tells Netanyahu to accept "new regional order"

IRGC chief tells Netanyahu to accept "new regional order"

Esmail Qaani, commander of the IRGC's Quds Force, has publicly taunted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X, saying the fire of Hezbollah in the north and Ansarallah in the south had exposed his false promises to Israeli settlers and that a new regional order was now taking shape.

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Uganda’s impeding debt crisis

Uganda’s impeding debt crisis

In a recent podcast of Bad Natives, I argued that there is a real risk of Uganda defaulting on her domestic bonds in two to three years. It makes little sense to judge a country’s debt sustainability using the debt-to-GDP ratio. GDP is not a resource of government which it can use to pay credit

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