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GREEN SCAM? Ugandans curse SPIRO e-bikes over exorbitant-hidden-double charges, half-charged batteries.

GREEN SCAM? Ugandans curse SPIRO e-bikes over exorbitant-hidden-double charges, half-charged batteries.

What was hailed as Uganda’s “clean transport revolution” is fast turning into a national outrage.When President Yoweri Museveni launched Spiro Uganda in July 2024, the promise sounded golden — cheap, green, and smart transport for the ordinary rider

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Uganda’s rising debt, shrinking lives

Uganda’s rising debt, shrinking lives

How government’s borrowing spree is leaving citizens bearing the country.At dawn, the roar of engines rises above the quiet streets of Entebbe as David Tumusiime, 47, prepares for his daily commute to Kampala. Like thousands of other motorists, he joins the line sn

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Air traffic controller ‘was asleep’ when holiday flight arrived at blacked-out airport.

Air traffic controller ‘was asleep’ when holiday flight arrived at blacked-out airport.

It's not uncommon for aircraft to need to circle airports occasionally, typically due to another flight running behind schedule, or a temporary blockage on the runway. But yesterday evening, travellers aboard Air Corsica flight XK777 endured an additional thirty minutes airborne above Corsica's N

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DENIS TUKAHIKAHO PhD: Uganda’s $31M carbon deal is just the beginning—now let’s plant more trees.

DENIS TUKAHIKAHO PhD: Uganda’s $31M carbon deal is just the beginning—now let’s plant more trees.

Denis Tukahikaho Ph.D. is an expert on Cooperatives, Financial Inclusion and Renewable Energy InvestmentKAMPALA – The Green Climate Fund (GFF) has approved a USD 31 million (UGX 107.7 bn) as a result-based payment for Uganda in recognition of measurable success in reducing deforestation

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5 Massive Benefits of Wall Walks.

5 Massive Benefits of Wall Walks.

Wall walks are one of the most deceptively simple yet highly effective bodyweight exercises in modern functional training. Commonly seen in CrossFit and strength conditioning programs, this movement challenges athletes to walk their feet up a wall while maintaining a stable plank-to-handstand pos

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The Fastest American Cars That Prove the U.S. Can Keep Up with Europe’s Best.

The Fastest American Cars That Prove the U.S. Can Keep Up with Europe’s Best.

Hennessey Venom F5 EvolutionAmerica has long been known for its muscle cars, but when it comes to raw speed, U.S. automakers have built some of the fastest production cars ever made. It's the land of the free and the Fast & Furious, after all.From modern hy

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Kabalega industrial park to start next year.

Kabalega industrial park to start next year.

The Ugandan government says construction of the Kabalega Industrial Park in Kabaale Sub-County, Hoima District, will begin in 2026. Spanning nearly 30 square kilometres, the park is expected to bolster the country’s emerging oil and gas sector and create more than 35,000 jobs. The project forms

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Reality check: Success, hurdles in Ruto’s affordable housing dream

Reality check: Success, hurdles in Ruto’s affordable housing dream

The Affordable Housing Project promised dignity and stability for Kenya’s urban poor, yet gaps in delivery are fast exposing cracks in what was once hailed as a groundbreaking social revolution.In Nairobi’s New Mukuru Housing Estate, residents who once lived in congested sha

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Road to Uganda’s first oil: Kingfisher likely to be starting point

Road to Uganda’s first oil: Kingfisher likely to be starting point

For the next nine months, activities in Uganda’s oil fields will be ramped up as the country targets to get its first barrel of oil to the market through a 1,443km pipeline to the Tanzanian coast of Tanga by July 2026, more than 20 years after the first commercial discovery was made

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Russian stock market meltdown as shares crash in wake of Trump sanctions - 'dead end'

Russian stock market meltdown as shares crash in wake of Trump sanctions - 'dead end'

Russian stocks continued to plunge on Monday, fuelling fears of a major financial crisis following Donald Trump's swingeing new sanctions. The Kremlin has been rocked by the White House's decision last week to target its two largest oil companies in the latest sanctions package.

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