When we think about the side effects of medicines, we might think of nausea, fatigue or dizziness. But there’s another, lesser-known risk that can have lasting – and sometimes permanent – consequences: hearing loss. A wide range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs are known to be oto
The suspect in the murder of four toddlers at Ggaba Kindergarten, Christopher Okello Onyum, in the dock during his trial and a public hearing at Ggaba Community Church, Kampala. PHOTO/ ABUBAKER LUBOWA The High Court in Kampala has sentenced Christopher Okello Onyum to death for the brutal
The parents of a student who died at Abongomola Seed Secondary School in Kwania district have declined to accept the theft allegations labeled against their son.They are demanding justice. Dickens Otema, a resident of Apolika parish in Chawente sub-county, Kwania district, spoke regarding
The NBS TV is soon hosting outgoing Uganda’s gender minister Betty Amongi. But as they do, there are things, the tough questions, which must be put to Amongi so that she tackles them head-on, on national TV.Immediately after losing the Lira woman MP race, she demonized the speaker of par
Gender Minister Betty Amongi says her political battle with Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is rooted in what she describes as longstanding divisions and grievances within Lango politics.The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi Akena, has positioned herself as the main politi
The Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet, Ms. Lucy Nakyobe, has announced a raft of reforms in the civil service and stressed that government employees will only keep their jobs if they meet their set targets.Nakyobe made the remarks while addressing heads of Local Government hu
The vehicle involved, a black Subaru Forester registration number UA 754DC, was being driven by Janervive Inapat, a 50-year-old URA official residing at the URA quarters in Tororo.The URA Service Centre in Tororo where a cleaner was fatally knocked by a vehicle driven by an official. (Phot
At least three people have been confirmed dead and several others injured after a truck transporting vendors from a monthly market in Palabek Abera Sub-county, Lamwo District, crashed in Kitgum District.The victims were returning from the monthly market at Agwata in Palabek Abera when the
Local Govt Minister, Raphael Magyezi instructed Chief Administrative Officers, Town Clerks, and city authorities to restore order in urban areas by relocating traders operating on streets, pavements, corridors, and drainage channels into designated markets and formal trading spaces.Street
Vendors say rising transport expenses are driving price hikes, but weak consumer demand is squeezing their profits.Ibanda District is experiencing a sharp increase in food prices, with vendors attributing the trend to rising fuel costs that have driven up transportation expenses across the
