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23 Sep '25
The Judiciary under the stewardship of Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny - Dollo, today officially launched the Annual Performance Report for the Financial Year 2024/25 alongside a landmark Compendium on Enhancing Electoral Justice.The high-level event took place at the Supreme Court Bu
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17 Sep '25
(L-R) Benson Turamye, Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Patrick Birungi, Executive Director Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) and Paul Mwesigwa, Managing Director Uganda Electricity Distribution Company L
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16 Sep '25
Despite the national power grid passing through several communities in Ibanda District, many households remain without electricity—trapped in darkness by the high cost of connections.This persistent lack of access continues to hamper livelihoods, with children in day-scholar schools part
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16 Sep '25
The Parliamentary Committee on the National Economy has approved a government request to borrow Shs772 billion to address long-standing water supply challenges in four Ugandan districts.The funds will finance the Strategic Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Kayunga, Mayuge, Kamuli
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15 Sep '25
In 2005, Uganda returned to the multiparty political system after years of a one-party structure. This change followed a national referendum where citizens voted to allow different political parties to operate freely. To guide this new system, the government pas
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09 Sep '25
At least seven vehicles were burnt in the fireAt least seven vehicles were reduced to ashes on Monday afternoon following a fire outbreak at Efforts Garage in Ntinda, a Kampala city suburb.The blaze, which started around 1:00 pm while mechanics wer
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09 Sep '25
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director, Nyombi Thembo, together with a team of technical staff from the commission, met today with the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to discuss enhanced security measures for the country
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26 Aug '25
Hours before South Korean president Lee Jae Myung was due to meet US president Donald Trump, a Truth Social post dropped."WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA?" Trump wrote, pointing to a "Purge or Revolution" - which many saw as a reference to the prosecution of former preside
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26 Aug '25
National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has declared his party’s readiness to welcome First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga into their ranks, following her recent expressions of disillusionment with the ruling National Resistance Mo
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26 Aug '25
Botswana has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment.President Duma Boko made the announcement in a televised address on Monday, setting out a multimillion-pound plan to rectify the supply chain involving milit