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Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions

dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the bargaining cries of customers, there is now an edgy silence.Piles of empty wooden stalls still lie broken, some reduced

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Ggaba daycare killings: Street boy tells court Okello asked him to mobilize children

Ggaba daycare killings: Street boy tells court Okello asked him to mobilize children

street child, testifying as a defence witness in the ongoing Ggaba daycare murder trial, told court that accused Christopher Okello Onyum asked him to help mobilise other children, in testimony that added a new layer to the case.The minor, whose identity was withheld under court-ordered pr

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Teachers stuck in debt trap

Teachers stuck in debt trap

Today’s economic hardship is real, with many Ugandans, especially teachers, feeling the pinch. The burden of debt is palpable, and it is affecting the quality of education. With salaries stretched thin, borrowing has become a survival tool. But the cycle of repayment pressure is taking a toll.

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Motor vandalism increases as police intensify theft operations in Albertine

Motor vandalism increases as police intensify theft operations in Albertine

Albertine police PRO, APS Julius Allan Hakiza, told tndNews, Uganda, that it has become a growing trend where thieves have resorted to vandalising vehicles.This, he said, is a growing trend that aims to replace motor vehicle theft in the region.According to him, the transition follo

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Activists Demand Urgent Action as Alcohol Abuse Tightens Grip on Kampala Youth

Activists Demand Urgent Action as Alcohol Abuse Tightens Grip on Kampala Youth

Civil society actors warn that rising alcohol dependency among young people in Kampala’s informal settlements is fuelling illness, unemployment, and social breakdown, calling for urgent policy action, community sensitisation, and economic alternatives.Civil society activists under the Ug

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Government Health Worker Arrested for Stealing 100,000 Doses of ARVs and Hiding Them in Latrine

Government Health Worker Arrested for Stealing 100,000 Doses of ARVs and Hiding Them in Latrine

A Ugandan government health work has been arrested for stealing 100,000 doses of ARVs and hiding them in a pit latrine.The Uganda National Drug Authority (NDA) said the arrested health worker is an assistant nursing officer at Kassanda Health Centre IV.NDA spokesperson Abiaz Rwamwir

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Over 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion seized across Uganda

Over 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion seized across Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 7,000 illegal gaming machines worth Shs8.8 billion have been seized across Uganda over the past five years in operations aimed at curbing unlicensed gaming and protecting the public from exploitation. The enforcement operations, conducted from the 202

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Police arrest 14 in crackdown on boda-boda robbery syndicate in Kampala

Police arrest 14 in crackdown on boda-boda robbery syndicate in Kampala

Police have arrested 14 suspects accused to be part of the gangs robbing boda boda riders and dismantling stolen motorcycles in Kampala.Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson, ASP Luke Owoyesigyire, confirmed the incidentKampala, Uganda: Police in Kampala Metropolitan South

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Joint Ugandan, Congolese Forces Strike ADF camp in Eastern Congo, Free Captives

Joint Ugandan, Congolese Forces Strike ADF camp in Eastern Congo, Free Captives

UPDF is conducting operations against ADF in eastern DRCGOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo – Joint Ugandan and Congolese forces have struck a camp belonging to suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing several fighters, freeing capti

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Sembabule Election Disputes Trigger Feud Between Security, Unsuccessful NUP Candidates

Sembabule Election Disputes Trigger Feud Between Security, Unsuccessful NUP Candidates

Kagaayi accuses Namugga of running a campaign based on false propaganda and inciting violence against political opponents, arguing that after such plans were foiled, she resorted to blackmail to gain political mileage. The inconsistencies that characterized the just-concluded elections hav

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