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30 Apr '26
Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipal officials display placards in protest on April 28 2026, demanding that leaders must lead by example. PHOTO/HILLARY TWINAMATSIKOAdministrative services at Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipal Council were paralysed on Tuesday after civil servants staged a sit-down strike, pro
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30 Apr '26
The NBS TV is soon hosting outgoing Uganda’s gender minister Betty Amongi. But as they do, there are things, the tough questions, which must be put to Amongi so that she tackles them head-on, on national TV.Immediately after losing the Lira woman MP race, she demonized the speaker of par
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30 Apr '26
Gender Minister Betty Amongi says her political battle with Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is rooted in what she describes as longstanding divisions and grievances within Lango politics.The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi Akena, has positioned herself as the main politi
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30 Apr '26
After months of tense evictions and confiscated merchandise, the Ministry of Local Government has promised a reset. Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya told traders’ leaders on Wednesday that government will secure “enough alternative trading spaces” and that enforcement of the nationwide Tra
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30 Apr '26
President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the National Drug and Health Products Authority Act, 2025, marking a major shift in Uganda’s fight against counterfeit medicines and unsafe health products.The new legislation replaces an outdated 1993 framework and establishes a powerful cen
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30 Apr '26
The Makerere University Students’ Guild has issued a formal missing student announcement for Arinda Freedom, a first-year student at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), after his whereabouts became unknown more than a week ago.In a letter dated Wednesday, April 29, 202
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30 Apr '26
A deadly crash along the Mbarara–Bushenyi–Ishaka road has reignited pressure from drivers and officials to restore automated traffic enforcement, as Uganda continues to record rising road deaths linked to speeding and weak policing.Eight people were killed early Saturday in a crash alo
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30 Apr '26
The vehicle involved, a black Subaru Forester registration number UA 754DC, was being driven by Janervive Inapat, a 50-year-old URA official residing at the URA quarters in Tororo.The URA Service Centre in Tororo where a cleaner was fatally knocked by a vehicle driven by an official. (Phot
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30 Apr '26
The High Court in Lira has sentenced Innocent Otim to 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of National Water and Sewerage Corporation employee Alaru Natal in April 2025.The High Court in Lira has sentenced Innocent Otim to 35 years in prison for the murder of Nat
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30 Apr '26
Vendors say rising transport expenses are driving price hikes, but weak consumer demand is squeezing their profits.Ibanda District is experiencing a sharp increase in food prices, with vendors attributing the trend to rising fuel costs that have driven up transportation expenses across the