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Karuma-Pakwach Highway: How to avoid encounter with elephants

Karuma-Pakwach Highway: How to avoid encounter with elephants

Day and night travel on the Karuma-Olwiyo-Pakwach highway can be smooth, but drivers must exercise caution while navigating Murchison Falls National Park.The 107-kilometer stretch from Karuma to Pakwach tempts motorists to speed, yet the park is home to giants like elephants that roam in b

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WE’RE TIRED OF WAITING! Residents Storm Streets Over Road Promised by President Museveni 20 Years Ago

WE’RE TIRED OF WAITING! Residents Storm Streets Over Road Promised by President Museveni 20 Years Ago

KANUNGU — Residents of Buhoma Town Council in Kanungu District erupted in rare public fury on Friday, 6th June, pouring onto the streets to demand action on the long‑awaited Hamurwa–Kerere–Kanungu (47 km) and Kanyantorogo–Butogota–Ruhija (32 km) road projects.The demonstrations

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Mubaje Urges Muslims to Embrace Self-Reliance as Nakaloke Mosque Construction Gains Momentum

Mubaje Urges Muslims to Embrace Self-Reliance as Nakaloke Mosque Construction Gains Momentum

The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, has called on Muslims to prioritise self-reliance and collective responsibility in funding Islamic development projects, as the Shs3.5 billion Nakaloke Central Mosque in Mbale City reaches 40 percent completion with renewed fundraising support.

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School forced to pay fees after rejecting learner with albinism from boarding section

School forced to pay fees after rejecting learner with albinism from boarding section

Kampala-based school has been compelled to pay school fees for a learner with albinism until completion of their education after the institution allegedly refused to admit the child to its boarding section on grounds linked to harmful myths about albinism.The intervention by the Equal Oppo

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Nebbi police shooting: How love circle turned fatal

Nebbi police shooting: How love circle turned fatal

police officer attached to Nebbi Central Police Station on Saturday evening shot dead a colleague and injured four others in an attempt to quell an angry mob in Nebbi Municipality, Nebbi District.The victim, PC Joseph Olupot, attached to the same station, died shortly on arrival at Nebbi G

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Police arrest 24 suspects in Tororo anti-crime operation

Police arrest 24 suspects in Tororo anti-crime operation

During the operation, officers recovered quantities of suspected marijuana, two birds believed to be connected to criminal activities, gambling materials and an unspecified amount of cash suspected to have been obtained through illegal gambling.Some of the suspected criminals arrested duri

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MPs, Teso Leaders Silent 2 Weeks After Colleague’s Disappearance

MPs, Teso Leaders Silent 2 Weeks After Colleague’s Disappearance

KAMPALA, Uganda — More than two weeks after the disappearance of Amuria District Woman MP Maggie Etilu, leaders from the Teso sub-region have yet to publicly address her whereabouts, raising concern among her family, constituents, religious leaders and the wider public.Etilu reportedly w

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From AU to UN, East Africa holds the line as peace missions shrink

From AU to UN, East Africa holds the line as peace missions shrink

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni inspects a guard of honour during the flagging-off of Uganda’s first AU peacekeeping contingent to Somalia on March 1, 2007. East Africa remains the backbone of global peacekeeping despite shrinking troop numbers and funding.Despite the decline in number

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Mufti Mubajje Donates 100 Bags of Cement, Shs60 Million for Nakaloke Centre Mosque in Mbale

Mufti Mubajje Donates 100 Bags of Cement, Shs60 Million for Nakaloke Centre Mosque in Mbale

The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, has pledged continued support for the completion of Nakaloke Centre Mosque in Mbale, donating 100 bags of cement and mobilising more than UGX 60 million during a special Juma prayer held at the construction site on Friday.Shaban Ramadhan

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Why Ugandans Go to Dubai: Journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo Challenges Museveni’s Migration Narrative

Why Ugandans Go to Dubai: Journalist Charles Onyango-Obbo Challenges Museveni’s Migration Narrative

President Yoweri Museveni has come under fresh scrutiny after remarks questioning why Ugandans travel to Dubai for work, describing the Gulf city as a harsh desert environment and suggesting that those who take up low-wage jobs there may be influenced by what he termed an “inferiority complex.â

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