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How Lugogo Cricket Oval and Serena revolutionized the showbiz scene

How Lugogo Cricket Oval and Serena revolutionized the showbiz scene

In 2022, Sheebah Karungi did the unthinkable, organised twin concerts at Kampala Serena’s Victoria Conference Hall. It was an ambitious move that could still show how much local music has come; for instance, there was a time when the biggest Ugandan concerts took place at Kyadondo Rugby Gr

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The passage of time is like a rolling stone

The passage of time is like a rolling stone

Adulting is serious. I am often mocking Joweria that adulting got her by the ponytail. But it is hard to dodge adulting. My lovely friend Fridah lost a brother, and I had to make it to the vigil. I must confess that nothing flows like communal food. I have never eaten bad communal food.

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Government loans worth Shs13 trillion remain unutilised 

Government loans worth Shs13 trillion remain unutilised 

The stock of unused external debt rose by $500m (Shs1.8 trillion) due to sluggishness in implementation of government projects, according to the Ministry of Finance Debt Statistical Bulletin. The Bulletin, which covers and analyses a wide range of public debt developments, indicates that

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More than half of employers on NSSF register are not active 

More than half of employers on NSSF register are not active 

Only 26.2 percent of employers registered with the National Social Security Fund are active, according to the NSSF managing director Patrick Ayota. The details above mean that the majority of companies and organisations on the Fund’s register, which stands at least 73.8 percent are

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Maid, son to stand trial over interfering with boss' estate

Maid, son to stand trial over interfering with boss' estate

Court in Kampala has said a long-serving housemaid and her son will be tried on charges of conspiring to interfere with the estate of her deceased employer, a Ugandan-born British senior midwife. Margret Nabakooza, a resident of Kira Municipality in Wakiso District and her 23-year-old s

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Sudan's army launches push to retake ground in capital

Sudan's army launches push to retake ground in capital

Sudan's army launched artillery and airstrikes in Sudan's capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its 17-month war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), witnesses and military sources said. The push by the army, which lost control of most of the

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Kenya will send more police officers to Haiti, president says

Kenya will send more police officers to Haiti, president says

Kenya will deploy additional police officers to Haiti to help the government there fight armed gangs as part of a 2,500-strong multinational force, President William Ruto said on Thursday. Ruto said in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly that Kenya had already deployed 382 sp

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KCCA must find antidote for Kitara

KCCA must find antidote for Kitara

The battle lines have been drawn in the sand, and there is no turning back now as desperate KCCA and Kitara gear up for an epic clash on Friday at Lugogo.  With both sides faltering in their previous outings, the mind games are already swirling ahead of what promises to be a fierce con

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More than $800 million pledged for mpox response, African CDC says

More than $800 million pledged for mpox response, African CDC says

Over $800 million has been pledged to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention for its fight against a surging mpox outbreak on the continent, the agency's head said on Thursday, adding that the amount was higher than expected. It had previously promised to raise $600 millio

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Katanga case: Defence lawyer challenges gun evidence, cites wrong weapon

Katanga case: Defence lawyer challenges gun evidence, cites wrong weapon

Police’s acting Director of Forensics Services Andrew Kizimula Mubiru was yesterday accused of examining DNA samples on a different gun and not that which ended the life of Kampala businessman Henry Katanga, late last year. Mr MacDosman Kabega, one of the defence lawyers of the five ac

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