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Butaleja teachers starve as corruption and payroll scandal deepens.

Butaleja teachers starve as corruption and payroll scandal deepens.

The Butaleja District Local Government has been plunged into a serious administrative crisis that has denied more than 60 newly recruited education personnel, including headteachers, deputies, and assistants, their pay for several months. This is further characterized by debilitating resource sho

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UN Holds Solemn Ceremony for Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan

UN Holds Solemn Ceremony for Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan

Abyei – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) held a solemn memorial ceremony on Monday at its headquarters in Abyei to honour six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on the mission’s logistics base in Kadugli, South Kordofan, on Saturday.The attack

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BREAKING: AFC/M23 Rebels Announce Withdrawal from Uvira After U.S. Pressure on Rwanda

BREAKING: AFC/M23 Rebels Announce Withdrawal from Uvira After U.S. Pressure on Rwanda

Congo’s M23 rebel group said on Monday it would “unilaterally withdraw” its forces from the strategic eastern city of Uvira, following what it described as a request from United States mediators, in a move analysts say may reflect mounting pressure on Rwanda amid threats of U.S. sanctions.

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‘I was declared deserter for resisting COVID-19 corruption in Uganda Prisons Service’

‘I was declared deserter for resisting COVID-19 corruption in Uganda Prisons Service’

A former Uganda Prisons Service custody health officer, James Turyatunga, has accused the institution of corruption and denying him justice after he was declared a deserter under contentious circumstances.Turyatunga, who once served at the height of the C

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BUSHENYI: Drunk Police Officer Loses Gun to Thieves

BUSHENYI: Drunk Police Officer Loses Gun to Thieves

A police Constable who had been deployed to guard Bushenyi chief magistrates and High court lost an AK47 gun after getting drunk.According to credible sources at Bushenyi police, the suspect was persuaded into drinking alcohol and eventually became absolu

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Butebo District Offers Worst Interpreter at Museveni Campaign Rally, But President’s Transformation Message Still Well-Received

Butebo District Offers Worst Interpreter at Museveni Campaign Rally, But President’s Transformation Message Still Well-Received

President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign visit to Butebo district in Eastern Uganda last week was marred by a series of unfortunate translation failures, leaving both the president and the crowd struggling to communicate effectively.This was reminiscent of what happened in Mbale where a furi

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Burundi: Rwandan Army Attacking Our Forces in DRC

Burundi: Rwandan Army Attacking Our Forces in DRC

The Burundian army is deployed in DRCBurundi on Sunday accused the Rwandan army of carrying out direct attacks against its troops deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sharply escalating a diplomatic confrontation as fighting intensifies around the strategic city of Uvira.

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My husband slept with our daughpjter and I’m yet to heal’

My husband slept with our daughpjter and I’m yet to heal’

When Nakagwa speaks about the darkest chapter of her life, her voice trembles, but her resolve remains firm.“I still cannot believe a father could do that to his own child,” she says quietly, wiping tears as she recalls the years her daughter was sexually abused by the person meant to

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Poor legacy assets drag down PIC unlisted investment impairments

Poor legacy assets drag down PIC unlisted investment impairments

Public Investment Corporation chair says investments ‘not entirely prudent’PIC chair David Masondo. Picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA/BUSINESS DAYThe high level of impairments in the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) unlisted investment portfolio was overwhelmingly due to legacy inv

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Dr Ggoobi Visits NARO Anti-Tick Vaccine Facility Ahead of Commercial Production

Dr Ggoobi Visits NARO Anti-Tick Vaccine Facility Ahead of Commercial Production

The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Dr Ramathan Ggoobi, has visited the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) Anti-Tick Vaccine facility at Nakyesasa to assess readiness and requirements ahead of its upcoming commercial production.Dr Ggoobi was guided

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