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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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2026 Polls: Museveni Assures Buganda of Free and Fair Elections.

2026 Polls: Museveni Assures Buganda of Free and Fair Elections.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday held his first campaign rally in the Buganda region, addressing a massive crowd at Kasambya Town Council in Mubende District.The President who presented the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Manifesto for 2026-2031, reaffirmed that peace remains

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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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Voters blast MP Aza for ‘abandoning’ Moyo while building multi-billion projects in Arua

Voters blast MP Aza for ‘abandoning’ Moyo while building multi-billion projects in Arua

AZA Plaza, a multi-billion four-storey commercial complex owned by West Moyo MP, Hon Alero Tom Aza in Arua CityAdjumani, Uganda: A section of voters in West Moyo County have accused their MP, Hon. Tom Aza, of self-greed and betrayal, allegin

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Nigerian soldiers open fire on protesters in the northeast, killing 9, witnesses say

Nigerian soldiers open fire on protesters in the northeast, killing 9, witnesses say

Soldiers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly killed nine women protesting the army’s handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa stateNigerian Army soldiers opened fire and killed nine women protesting the army's handling of communal clashes in the northeastern Adamawa stat

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Japan issues megaquake warning as government says '98-foot tsunami' could wreak havoc.

Japan issues megaquake warning as government says '98-foot tsunami' could wreak havoc.

Japan has issued a megaquake advisory after Monday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the nation's eastern coastJapan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after a strong earthquake struck northeastern Japan. Japan has issued

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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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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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China's exports grow 5.9% in November, while US shipments drop 29%

China's exports grow 5.9% in November, while US shipments drop 29%

FILE - Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on Jan. 2, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports returned to growth in November following an unexpected contraction the

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Keeping your festive spending under control

Keeping your festive spending under control

Januworry hits hard when December’s early payday meets festive overspending, but with a few simple habits, you can avoid the five-week squeeze.Holiday cheer fades fast, your expenses don't. Keep a weekly spending cap and resist the urge to spend more just because you earned more. Image:

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