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17 Sep '24
The erratic life of a struggling roofing contractor suspected of trying to shoot Donald Trump swerved from bounced checks to a gun felony conviction and a quixotic plan to help Ukraine fight Russia's invasion, before culminating in what appears to be a foiled assassination plot. Ryan Rou
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17 Sep '24
Senegal's slower economic growth, its widening fiscal deficit and a potential delay in International Monetary Fund financing could cloud the outlook ahead of November 17 parliamentary elections, analysts say. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, just five months into the job, set the stage
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17 Sep '24
Before the September 14 burial of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei at her ancestral home in Bukwo District in Eastern Uganda, pleas were being made for some kind of desperate implementation to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) being directed towards successful female athletes. Cheptegei,
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17 Sep '24
There was outrage on social media after Multichoice Uganda subscribers learnt that the service provider had hiked its premium contentâs pricing for DStv and GOtv once again as it struggles to balance its costs with the fast-shrinking market. The price increments average 3
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17 Sep '24
Cancer survivors and volunteers from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. to advocate for increased access to early detection testing for cancer. Raising Awareness Through Advocacy Gloria Garcia, a passionate advocate for cancer awareness, shared her emotional story about losing her si
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16 Sep '24
Q: So Somdev, what's the big deal with the new Gaga Every Day campaign?Somdev Sen: It's all about giving our customers more! We revamped the Gaga bundles to offer greater flexibility and value. Whether they’re s
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16 Sep '24
Years back, Namilyango College boys always made a point to turn up for inter-school seminars dressed smartly like diplomats, lest they be mistaken for the âweevilsâ of St Maryâs College Kisubi (SMACK)...the one school we couldnât bear or affo
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16 Sep '24
The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Rukia Isanga Nakadama, has cautioned importers of disability aids and equipment against charging high prices, despite government granting them tax waivers.In her address to participants attending a three-day 7th Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) / C
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15 Sep '24
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) recently announced plans to migrate all FM radio stations from analog to digital broadcasting.This transition is part of a broader effort to modernise the country’s media landscape and enhance the quality of radio services.While the benef
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15 Sep '24
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for-money audit by the Auditor General (AG) has revealed.The audit shows that the actual expenditure for some of the activi