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26 Sep '24
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is set to recruit more than 145,000 Ugandans to safeguard President Museveni's votes from potential theft during the 2026 General Election. The move comes after the President accused the National Unity Platform (NUP) party of rigging th
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26 Sep '24
The sacking of Ms Dorothy Kisaka as executive director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) was not a surprise to many Ugandans. Critics say it had only been a matter of time. Ms Kisaka assumed office on July 23, 2020 following an initial recommendation by President Museveni
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26 Sep '24
Alison Mary Akello, the former Miss Tourism Teso, departed Uganda on Saturday, heading to Lagos, Nigeria, where she will represent the country at the Miss Tourism Africa – International (MTA) competition. Akello, who handed over her crown in August to the newly crowned Miss Tourism Teso, Betty Aca
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26 Sep '24
Kampala Lord Mayor Ssalongo Erias Lukwago has strongly warned those taking General Muhoozi Keinerugaba’s recent declaration that he was getting out of the Presidential contention to be ready for a heartbreak.
Muhoozi, who has for long been viewed as the most probable successor to President
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25 Sep '24
A senior lawyer and former Uganda Law Society (ULS) president accused of stealing over Shs4.1 billion meant for war loss compensation to Busoga Growers Cooperatives has withdrawn his applications that had sought to dismiss the charges against him. Mr John Matovu 62, of M/S Matovu & Matov
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25 Sep '24
The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba's conduct on social media became a subject of debate on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday as opposition MPs called for disciplinary action and a House probe for engaging in partisan politics. The 50-year-old First Son on Saturda
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24 Sep '24
Previously on The Girl Child Has Seen Days…. The Kyayisewas have decided that they have to fire GC after she threw Edith’s clothes in the garbage. But GC doesn’t know this. She clocked out and went out partying before the news could be delivered. Now it is time to face the boss…Fi
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24 Sep '24
The blanket regulation by European Union (EU) compelling farmers to prove that they did not contribute to deforestation before growing the produce has a massive potential to disenfranchise the entire coffee sector value chain with the smallholder farmers—who are the majority producers, bea
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24 Sep '24
The story of school children at Lyakabirizi Core Primary School learning under tree shades, makeshift shelters while the Primary Six and Primary Seven classes sharing the same block flagged by the Monitor, is now history. Parents, pupils and authorities in Lwengo District are relieved th
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24 Sep '24
Across the continent, in the past few months, Gen Z; those born between 1996 and 2010, according to McKinsey & Company, are increasingly becoming a voice to reckon with. Unlike generations past, they refuse to remain unheard and mobilise each other to place their demands. Raised in the f