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Students Urged to Embrace Volunteer Work to Tackle Unemployment

Students Urged to Embrace Volunteer Work to Tackle Unemployment

Students have been encouraged to take up voluntary work to build practical skills and improve their employability, as experts warn that academic qualifications alone are no longer sufficient in an increasingly competitive job market.Students have been urged to engage in voluntary work as a

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Government sponsors Bobi Wine’s nephew Churchill Ssentamu for leadership course in China

Government sponsors Bobi Wine’s nephew Churchill Ssentamu for leadership course in China

Makerere University’s 91st Guild President Churchill Ssentamu, nephew to opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has travelled to China for a government-sponsored leadership and youth development short course.The move has quickly sparked interest among students and political observ

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State House aide Nelson Kapo picked to address Museveni, NRM MPs at Kyankwanzi

State House aide Nelson Kapo picked to address Museveni, NRM MPs at Kyankwanzi

Kapo and his boss President MuseveniIn a move that has quietly raised eyebrows within government communication circles, State House Online Editor Nelson Bwire Kapo has been selected to address President Yoweri Museveni, hundreds of NRM MPs, and other political actors at the ongoing ruling

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Shock as Body of Former NRA Pilot and ground instructor Reportedly Goes Missing in Army Custody

Shock as Body of Former NRA Pilot and ground instructor Reportedly Goes Missing in Army Custody

Kampala, Uganda — The reported disappearance of the body of Maj. Henry Babumba, a former NRA pilot and UPDF ground instructor, from the UPDF mortuary in Bombo has triggered shock, controversy, and growing divisions across sections of Ugandan society.Maj. Babumba, who died on 23rd Decembe

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MUST Vice Chancellor ranked among top global health leaders

MUST Vice Chancellor ranked among top global health leaders

Mbarara University of Science and Technology has celebrated its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, after she was recognized as one of the Top Global Health Leaders under the EDCTP programmes, a major international research platform supporting health innovation in Africa.In a c

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How Financial Discipline Helped Nankya Build a Multi-Million Hardware in a Few Years

How Financial Discipline Helped Nankya Build a Multi-Million Hardware in a Few Years

Hajjati Rehema Nankya, the brain behind Fortress Hardware in Maya. She started with a small shop with capital worth UGX1.5M.Fortress Hardware, located in Maya Trading Centre along the Kampala–Masaka Highway, isn’t an ordinary enterprise. There’s a unique and inspiring story behind it

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Activists Demand Urgent Action as Alcohol Abuse Tightens Grip on Kampala Youth

Activists Demand Urgent Action as Alcohol Abuse Tightens Grip on Kampala Youth

Civil society actors warn that rising alcohol dependency among young people in Kampala’s informal settlements is fuelling illness, unemployment, and social breakdown, calling for urgent policy action, community sensitisation, and economic alternatives.Civil society activists under the Ug

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Something New Is Brewing in Muyenga—And Kampala is Paying Attention

Something New Is Brewing in Muyenga—And Kampala is Paying Attention

There’s a certain kind of anticipation that builds when something isn’t fully explained. No full lineup, no heavy promotion, no obvious entry point, just fragments of information moving through the right circles at the right time. That’s exactly where Kampala finds itself this week, with a

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Opposition Unveils Alternative Budget, Warns of 'Illusion' of Economic Growth

Opposition Unveils Alternative Budget, Warns of 'Illusion' of Economic Growth

Uganda’s opposition has tabled an alternative Shs71.4 trillion budget, warning that rising debt obligations and rigid expenditures are squeezing service delivery, while drawing parallels with last year’s fiscal plan that faced similar criticism over debt sustainability and limited fiscal spac

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JEEMA Warns Tax Hikes Will Deepen Poverty, Undermine Uganda’s Economy

JEEMA Warns Tax Hikes Will Deepen Poverty, Undermine Uganda’s Economy

The Justice Forum (JEEMA) has condemned the government’s proposed tax increases in the 2026 national budget, warning that higher levies on income, fuel, and essential goods will worsen living standards for ordinary Ugandans.JEEMA said the planned hikes in Pay As You Earn (PAYE), fuel exc

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