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Street vendors block Bunyoro Kitara Diocese road as Hoima City enforce trade orders

Street vendors block Bunyoro Kitara Diocese road as Hoima City enforce trade orders

Food vendors operating along Duhaga roundabout market commonly known as Kidomole in Hoima City West Division on Tuesday became hostile as they protested against city authorities’ eviction enforcement.They termed it “forceful and illegal eviction.”Vendors portrayed their hostil

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NGOs and taxes: The truth behind ‘Non-profit’ myth

NGOs and taxes: The truth behind ‘Non-profit’ myth

When most people hear the term NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation), they tend to think of impact—community projects, humanitarian efforts, and driving social change.Taxes, however, are rarely part of that picture.One of the biggest misconceptions about NGOs is that, because they a

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Exclusive: Govt-NUP in Talks Over Bobi Wine’s ‘Dignified and Secure’ Return

Exclusive: Govt-NUP in Talks Over Bobi Wine’s ‘Dignified and Secure’ Return

Bobi Wine and wife Barbie Itungo in the US during Eid al Fitr celebrations last weekQuiet negotiations between the government and NUP are reportedly underway to facilitate Bobi Wine’s return to Uganda, with security withdrawn from his Magere home and several party leaders recently releas

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Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions

For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses perceived to offer better financial returns. The government is now moving decisively to change that calculation.In a landmark

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Sejusa on why Ugandan dissidents seek exile in western countries, not Africa

Sejusa on why Ugandan dissidents seek exile in western countries, not Africa

Sejusa, who fled to the UK in 2013 argued that exile decisions are based on safety and influence, not admiration for Western systems.Former Coordinator of Intelligence Services Gen David Ssejusa has defended his decision, and that of other Ugandan dissidents, to seek exile in Western count

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6 Ugandans Arrested in Connection to USD 3.4 Mn Equity Bank Rwanda Digital Heist

6 Ugandans Arrested in Connection to USD 3.4 Mn Equity Bank Rwanda Digital Heist

The cross-border heist signifies a new frontier in the evolving nature of financial crime, where digital fraud is increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving and now, transnational. The arrests may mark a breakthrough in the Equity Bank Rwanda probe, but they also expose a deeper reality: in a digita

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Eight Years Later, Mulago Specialised Women & Neonatal Hospital Is Already Leaking & Requires UGX1.3bn To Replace The Roof

Eight Years Later, Mulago Specialised Women & Neonatal Hospital Is Already Leaking & Requires UGX1.3bn To Replace The Roof

Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital wants UGX1.3Bn is to replace the leaking roof, just eight years after its construction and commissioning.The hospital was constructed at a cost of US$34.14Million (UGX129.027Bn) including US$33Million loan from the Islamic Development Bank and

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Mbarara Traders Cry Blood as City Crackdown Leaves Thousands Homeless, Goods Seized in Ruthless Town Clean-Up

Mbarara Traders Cry Blood as City Crackdown Leaves Thousands Homeless, Goods Seized in Ruthless Town Clean-Up

Tears, anger and desperation have engulfed the streets of Mbarara after a sweeping city council operation to restore “order” turned into a full-blown eviction storm, leaving thousands of street vendors, kiosk owners and small traders counting heavy losses and staring at an uncertain future.

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Government turned Muwanga Kivumbi into a martyr - Butambala MP elect Mukiibi

Government turned Muwanga Kivumbi into a martyr - Butambala MP elect Mukiibi

Mukiibi, a journalist-turned politician who recently unseated Kivumbi after more than 15 years as Butambala Member of Parliament, has been responding to public criticism following a deadly security raid at the opposition politician’s home on election night.Butambala MP-elect Eriasa Mukii

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MPs urge caution as government moves to ban old taxis

MPs urge caution as government moves to ban old taxis

A number of legislators have expressed mixed reactions to a government proposal to phase out old taxis from Kampala and other urban roads, as authorities push to improve road safety and modernise public transport.The proposal, which is under discussion by the parliamentary committee on Com

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