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Lira health worker held over extortion

Lira health worker held over extortion

Police in Lira District are holding a health worker over allegations of extortion of money from patients in exchange for medical services. Benedict Ogwal, a theatre assistant at Ogur Health Centre IV in Ogur Sub-county, Lira District was arrested on October 7, 2024 after some patient att

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Charity body seeks funds to sponsor university students

Charity body seeks funds to sponsor university students

The Muhaire Education Trust Fund (METF) has called upon well-wishers and philanthropists to join it in funding the education of needy students across the country. Speaking to Daily Monitor yesterday, Dr William Tsimwa Muhairwe, the founder of METF, said this year the organisation was onl

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Prison bans visits as Nakasongola mpox cases hit 24

Prison bans visits as Nakasongola mpox cases hit 24

Mpox cases have hit 24 in Nakasongola, up from 18 reported on October 3, prompting the district authorities to ban prison visits. The district accounts for nearly half of the country’s Mpox case load since the disease was confirmed on July 24. “The mode of spread is largely by co

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Taylor Swift is now the world's richest female musician: Here's who she surpassed

Taylor Swift is now the world's richest female musician: Here's who she surpassed

FILE - Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 11, 2024, in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)NEW YORK - 

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Seven family members die in two house fires in Busoga

Seven family members die in two house fires in Busoga

Police in the Busoga Sub-region are investigating the cause of a fire that engulfed homes in the Namutumba and Bugiri districts on the morning of October 8, resulting in the deaths of seven family members. In Namutumba District, a fire consumed a grass-thatched house in Buyoboya-Kibale V

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Don Nasser further remanded as case is still under investigation

Don Nasser further remanded as case is still under investigation

Kampala City businessman and socialite Nasser Nduhukire, also known as Don Nasser, has been further remanded to Luzira Prison until October 23. Nduhukire appeared on Tuesday morning before the presiding Chief magistrate at Buganda Road Court, Mr Ronald Kayiizi for his case in which he fa

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Poor living longer, rich dying younger

Poor living longer, rich dying younger

In a tale of two lifestyles and mixed fortunes, some richer Ugandans are dying earlier while their poorer counterparts are living longer. Our analysis of two separate reports from Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) and another from the World Bank show that people in regions with high pov

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Uganda's activists face increasing digital violence

Uganda's activists face increasing digital violence

According to the National Library of Medicine, research, biomedical informatics and the world's largest biomedical online library, the Covid-19 imposed restrictions led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies to adjust to new ways of interaction, life, and work.  For U

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Govt pushes for mindset change among PDM beneficiaries

Govt pushes for mindset change among PDM beneficiaries

Government has tasked Enterprise Uganda to drive mindset change among Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries to maximise benefits in the programme that has been ongoing for about three years. Speaking on the sidelines of a week-long training for PDM beneficiaries in the Teso sub-re

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What it means when your child says they are bored

What it means when your child says they are bored

Have you ever asked your child how school was today, only to be told it was “boring”? It’s a conversation sadly all-too-familiar to a lot of parents. Many are left wondering why and what they can do to help. It’s important to understand why your child may be feeling bored at

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