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Government Loses Over Shs 1 Billion in Karamoja Stone Dealer Royalties

Government Loses Over Shs 1 Billion in Karamoja Stone Dealer Royalties

Moses Lokiru, Moroto – The Government of Uganda has suffered a significant financial loss due to the failure of stone dealers in Karamoja to remit royalties. Investigations have revealed that over Shs 1 billion was diverted to individuals within the police mineral protection unit deployed in the r

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Nature-based solutions turning the tide against climate change

Nature-based solutions turning the tide against climate change

On Bulabira 2 Road in Najjera, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, a group of workers plant new seedlings in a bamboo nursery bed. Another group is busy loading and offloading briquettes made from bamboo trees. The workers are under Divine Bamboo Group Ltd founded by Ms Divine Nabaweesi.

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Uganda-Kenyan border villages fuel new FGM

Uganda-Kenyan border villages fuel new FGM

Uganda – Kenya border villages in Karamoja and Sebei Sub-regions are still the hotspots where girls and women are being mutilated, Monitor has learnt. The Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) point focal person for Moroto District, Mr Moses Loru King, said cases of FGM at border villages h

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Decades-Old Scandal: French Catholic Church Acknowledges Knowledge of Abbe Pierre's Alleged Abuse

Decades-Old Scandal: French Catholic Church Acknowledges Knowledge of Abbe Pierre's Alleged Abuse

France's Catholic Church has publicly acknowledged that it was aware of the alleged abuse committed by Abbe Pierre seven decades ago. This revelation comes as workers removed a statue of the late French charity icon from its pedestal in a small village in eastern France, symbolizing his fall from gr

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How to plant coffee this rainy season

How to plant coffee this rainy season

Last week, Seeds of Gold received several calls from beginner farmers enquiring about the agronomy of Robusta coffee. The mad rush for coffee farming by Ugandans has hit record highs following the recent surge in prices of the crop at the world market. 

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President Museveni Lauds Late Gen. Aronda Nyakairima for The Transformative Voter Identification System

President Museveni Lauds Late Gen. Aronda Nyakairima for The Transformative Voter Identification System

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has praised the late Gen. Aronda Nyakairima for his transformative impact on Uganda’s voter identification system, which has been a cornerstone of the country’s democracy and stability.

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Remove names of colonialists from public roads, court told

Remove names of colonialists from public roads, court told

With barely a month to Uganda’s 62nd Independence anniversary, a concerned citizen calling himself a historian, has asked the court in Kampala to issue orders to the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to immediately remove from all roads and streets within

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Leaders need not to own elective seats

Leaders need not to own elective seats

Speaker Anita Among chairs a plenary session at Parliament on April 24. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWAThanksgiving ceremonies, anniversaries and marriages among other functions that attract a sizeable number of people, are common in Uganda.It is also at such c

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All the clues that Bianca and Kanye are planning to have a baby sooner rather than later

All the clues that Bianca and Kanye are planning to have a baby sooner rather than later

Bianca Censori and Kanye West have been dropping some pretty subtle - and not-so-subtle - hints that they are planning to have a baby sometime in the near futureBianca and Kanye are getting ready to start a family together, according to reportsFans

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Mao to Museveni: Prepare for peaceful hand-over

Mao to Museveni: Prepare for peaceful hand-over

What you need to know:A cross-section of political observers yesterday welcomed a call by Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao asking President Museveni to prepare for a peaceful transition of power, or risk dragging the country back into the dark past of civil strife

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