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Busoga grapples with child labour

Busoga grapples with child labour

child fishes with a man at Lugonyola Landing Site in Kaliro District Busoga sub-region, exposing them to hazardous conditions that affect their health and schooling. PHOTO/TAUSI NAKATO.The fight against child labour in the Busoga Sub-region remains a major challenge, with officials and res

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Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the bargaining cries of customers, there is now an edgy silence.Piles of empty wooden stalls still lie broken, some reduced

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Sugarcane farmers decry market crisis as factory plan stalls over license

Sugarcane farmers decry market crisis as factory plan stalls over license

Sugarcane farmers and leaders across Kagadi, Kibaale, and Kakumiro districts in Greater Kibaale, Bunyoro sub-region, are increasingly frustrated as continued delays in licensing a proposed sugar factory threaten their livelihoods.Many are reporting heavy losses due to limited market access

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Kabale–Mparo Road Deterioration Disrupts Transport and Trade

Kabale–Mparo Road Deterioration Disrupts Transport and Trade

Road users along the Kabale–Mparo road in Kabale District have raised serious concerns over the deteriorating condition of the road, saying it is negatively affecting their businesses and the transportation of agricultural produce.The road, which connects Kabale District to Rukiga Distri

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Jowy Landa confused and hurt after Nandor Love’s unexpected betrayal

Jowy Landa confused and hurt after Nandor Love’s unexpected betrayal

Jowy Landa has finally broken her silence on her strained relationship with Nandor Love, revealing that their once-close bond took a painful turn she still struggles to understand.Speaking during an interview on NRG Ignition with Mr Henrie, Jowy shared that she initially brushed off the te

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Govt probes fuel hoarding as pumps run dry despite ‘sufficient’ stocks

Govt probes fuel hoarding as pumps run dry despite ‘sufficient’ stocks

Government has launched investigations into Oil Marketing Companies suspected of hoarding fuel and charging exorbitant prices, even as officials insist national stocks remain sufficient.The move follows mounting public complaints of dry pumps, rationing, and selective selling at petrol sta

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VIDEO: Gen Ddamulira challenges Abraham Luzzi to a fitness test

VIDEO: Gen Ddamulira challenges Abraham Luzzi to a fitness test

The Director of Crime Intelligence, Maj Gen Christopher Ddamulira, today showed Ugandans that he is a very fit man.While at the MK 52nd birthday run held today at Kololo Independence Grounds, the general easily executed a low squat move as if it was second nature and then asked Abraham Luz

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Mr President, thanks a lot for the first Karamoja factory

Mr President, thanks a lot for the first Karamoja factory

President Museveni on Saturday became a referee, blowing the whistle for Karamoja to take off by commissioning the first factory of its kind in Karamoja.Karamoja, once a neglected region right from colonial rule, had no single factory, no tarmac road, no electricity, and its communication

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US cancels Iran peace talks, protests erupt in Tel Aviv

US cancels Iran peace talks, protests erupt in Tel Aviv

Protests broke out in Tel Aviv after the US canceled peace talks with Iran in Islamabad, and the Polymarket contract for Iran’s regime fall by April 30 dropped to 0.4% YES, down from 1% a day ago.Market reactionThe cancellation has traders adjusting expectations. The Iranian regim

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Reinvent or Become Irrelevant: Kabushenga Urges Early Reinvention as Procurement Leaders Call for Practical Reform

Reinvent or Become Irrelevant: Kabushenga Urges Early Reinvention as Procurement Leaders Call for Practical Reform

L–R: Robert Kabushenga, Commissioner Isaac Kyaligonza, Asst. Commissioner Erukwaine Godfrey, Nicholas Kabanda and David Amolo share insights during the IPPU Coffee Connect at Fairway Hotel, where leaders challenged procurement professionals to embrace career reinvention, practical decision-maki

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