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The UK economy is in recession (and becoming a bit more European)

The UK economy is in recession (and becoming a bit more European)

Four years after the UK exited the European Union and three years after leaving its formal structures (single market and customs union), the British economy is becoming a bit more European. While the United States continues to grow at pace (an annual rate of 3.1 per cent in the last q

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Dr Lilian Matovu: From being S.3 dropout to getting a PhD

Dr Lilian Matovu: From being S.3 dropout to getting a PhD

At the 74th graduation of Makerere University, Namutebi Abishag Lilian Matovu was among the 132 students awarded the coveted PhD, climaxing a journey she never dreamt would end the way it did.Like many children born to peasant families, education is never assured. Perhaps, this explains wh

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Inside NRM charm offensive in Busoga

Inside NRM charm offensive in Busoga

What you need to know:President Museveni has been in Busoga sub-region twice in a period of 12 days. First, he was in Jinja City on January 26 when he presided over the 38th anniversary of the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) rise to power, and th

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How Cunning Boda Rider Duped Besigye, Bobi Wine, Museveni And Walked Way With Millions

How Cunning Boda Rider Duped Besigye, Bobi Wine, Museveni And Walked Way With Millions

In an exciting tale of what could be the smartest and one of most daring tales you could have heard told, a lowly boda boda rider has entered in the records of Uganda as the first man to bundle all the three most probable Presidential materials and conning them of liquid cash.Moses Ssimbwa

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Meghan has a chance to become Queen of England – with a very, very big asterisk

Meghan has a chance to become Queen of England – with a very, very big asterisk

All hail Queen Meghan then… maybe, kind of (Picture: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)If Meghan Markle harbours any ambitions to become the Queen of England, she’s going about

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Norbert Mao Calls for Withdrawal of Fisheries Protection Unit Soldiers from Water Bodies

Norbert Mao Calls for Withdrawal of Fisheries Protection Unit Soldiers from Water Bodies

Justice Minister Norbert Mao has recommended the removal of soldiers associated with the Fisheries Protection Unit from all water bodies in response to a petition from fish maw traders associations. The traders accuse the soldiers of the unit of engaging in torture and brutal arrests.Minis

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Masaka City residents grapple with clean water scarcity

Masaka City residents grapple with clean water scarcity

Despite Masaka City's recent upgrade in status, residents in the newly incorporated areas from Lwengo and Kalungu Districts find themselves grappling with a pressing issue of the lack of access to safe drinking water.Many areas which are now part of Masaka City continue to rely on shallow

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Minister Oryem under fire for calling those who die of hunger in Uganda ‘Idiots’

Minister Oryem under fire for calling those who die of hunger in Uganda ‘Idiots’

Minister Henry Okello Oryem.State Minister Henry Okello Oryem is facing severe backlash after making controversial remarks during an interview on NTV this morning, where he referred to those who die of hunger in Uganda as ‘idiots.’In his statement, Oryem asserted, “Those peopl

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Why bars, nightclubs are closing their doors

Why bars, nightclubs are closing their doors

The vibrant nightlife of Kampala, undoubtedly East Africa’s party hub, is undergoing a seismic shift as a wav

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Museveni blasts West about oppression and lectures on democracy

Museveni blasts West about oppression and lectures on democracy

President Museveni has emphasized the need for the free association of nations, people of a common or shared or

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