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Does Kiira Motors need two years to turnaround?

Does Kiira Motors need two years to turnaround?

Uganda has eagerly awaited large-scale production from its state-owned auto plant, which some peg to be a high financial risk before it breaks even. Kiira Motors Corporation’s executives intend to produce 5,000 vehicles annually, mostly buses, to advance sustainable mass transit option

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FWSL openers: Hits and misses

FWSL openers: Hits and misses

The 2024/25 Fufa Women's Super League (FWSL) got off to a flyer on Friday. Six games in three days produced nine goals and seven different scorers. Three of the matches ended in stalemates. Nabukenya ruthless Agnes Nabukenya looked fresh and rested. She started from where she lef

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Over 700 benefit from free surgeries in Ankole Sub-region

Over 700 benefit from free surgeries in Ankole Sub-region

Over 700 life changing minor surgeries were carried out on people in the Ankole Sub-region by the Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) in collaboration with Kampala International University Teaching Hospital (KIUTH) as part of celebrations to mark the National Free Surgical Week. Off

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Uganda receives first batch of pipes for crude oil project

Uganda receives first batch of pipes for crude oil project

Uganda on Monday received the first batch of coated line pipes for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which was delivered to the main camp and pipe yard in Kyotera District, signalling the project developers’ intent to fast track the laying and construction of the cross-border pipeline i

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Museveni lauds outgoing Unicef chief

Museveni lauds outgoing Unicef chief

President Museveni has commended the outgoing United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) country representative Dr Munir Safieldin for “supporting government programs, especially in the area of health.” “Dr Safieldin assumed office during the Covid-19 period in 2021 but

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Accident: Another Hospital Ambulance Carrying A Very Sick Person Caught Stuck In Muddy Road

Accident: Another Hospital Ambulance Carrying A Very Sick Person Caught Stuck In Muddy Road

An ambulance belonging to the Ministry of Health, Reg. No. UG 6738M, now sits helplessly trapped in a drainage channel along the bustling Mukwano Road.According to Daily Monitor, the vehicle, once a beacon of emer

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INVESTOR SABOTAGE! DFCU bank on spot for freezing diaspora investor’s accounts after refusing to bribe top officials

INVESTOR SABOTAGE! DFCU bank on spot for freezing diaspora investor’s accounts after refusing to bribe top officials

Dennis Daniel Ssemugenyi left Uganda many years ago to seek greener pastures and his country of destination was Canada.He got a breakthrough ten years ago when together with European friends founded Dennis Daniel

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FWSL openers: Hits and misses

FWSL openers: Hits and misses

The 2024/25 Fufa Women's Super League (FWSL) got off to a flyer on Friday. Six games in three days produced nine goals and seven different scorers. Three of the matches ended in stalemates. Nabukenya ruthless Agnes Nabukenya looked fresh and rested. She started from where she lef

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Kiruhura introduces cow dung fees in major revenue hunt

Kiruhura introduces cow dung fees in major revenue hunt

Kiruhura District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Charles Nsubuga Kiberu has instructed all sub-county chiefs and town clerks to start collecting a cow dung loading fee “to boost local revenue collections.” In a September 23, 2024, circular, Nsubuga instructed the leaders to start

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What's behind the war that has driven Sudan to famine?

What's behind the war that has driven Sudan to famine?

A conflict in Sudan that erupted in April 2023 has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created the world's largest internal displacement crisis, and pushed at least one area in Darfur into famine. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting betw

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