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Traders eye money as nsenene return just on time

Traders eye money as nsenene return just on time

Grasshoppers, locally known as nsenene, are here again. The nsenene usually appear around late October through November and part of early December. However, last year they delayed, which created anxiety among trappers and traders who always make a killing from selling the delicious insec

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US election and implications for Uganda security agencies

US election and implications for Uganda security agencies

Uganda security agencies will be watching closely to know whether they will have to deal with Donald Trump, the candidate for the Republican Party, or Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party, for the next four years. Americans cast their votes today to choose the next president for four ye

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US election: What Kamala or Trump win means for rule of law

US election: What Kamala or Trump win means for rule of law

The United States of America today closes elections to pick its president for the next four years. Although millions of voters have voted early, millions more will vote in person today. The two contenders are, Republican Party candidate Donald Trump, a former president who was defeat

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Help me meet my prince charming

Help me meet my prince charming

I am a well-educated 36-year-old single mother. I have failed to find a man who is comfortable with my level of education and intelligence. I tend to fall for intelligent men, but unfortunately, they are all married. I have tried dating sites but men here just want to meet women for sex. I a

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‘I nearly lost her because of pride’

‘I nearly lost her because of pride’

Allan Bagamba and Dorcus Asiimwe first met and became friends while attending St John’s Church in Kamwokya, Kampala.  Although Bagamba developed a crush on Asiimwe, he did not act on his feelings until they attended a youth camp together at Makerere College Migadde in Bombo Town,

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Uganda's coffee industry: Understanding the origins of UCDA

Uganda's coffee industry: Understanding the origins of UCDA

By Ezra Suruma In 1986 when the National Resistance Movement captured the apparatus of government, coffee was by far the most important export product of Uganda.  Coffee had enjoyed this supremacy since the 1950s when it overtook cotton as the most important “cash crop” and expo

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Coffee boom: The Backbone of livelihoods in Bugisu

Coffee boom: The Backbone of livelihoods in Bugisu

Samuel Wakinya, 59, a primary school teacher, embarked on growing Arabica coffee on a large scale in 2004 and has never looked back. Mr Wakinya, a resident of Bushika sub-county in Bududa District, earned Shs60 million from his 10-acre plantation last season. “For us in Bugisu, cof

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How 10 family members died in fight over religion

How 10 family members died in fight over religion

Police have linked the killing of 10 people from one family in Mizizi A Village, Kyaterekera sub-county in Kagadi District to disagreements over a religious outfit. Maj Billal Katamba, the public information officer for the UPDF Mountain Division and Operation Shujaa, said preliminary in

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Caught in the shadows: Painful reality of elephantiasis

Caught in the shadows: Painful reality of elephantiasis

It is midday and Gaudensia Tankobatagira is sitting quietly on a stool beneath the shade of an avocado tree at her home in Kabigyemire Village, Busiriba Sub-county in Kamwenge District. Surrounded by her grandsons, the 63-year-old woman patiently shells beans. Dressed in a simple gown, p

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VIDEO: New details of how govt slept on job ahead of Kiteezi dumpsite collapse

VIDEO: New details of how govt slept on job ahead of Kiteezi dumpsite collapse

On October 4, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) published in this newspaper a “notice of intended application for licence” for the development of the proposed 20 Megawatts waste-to-energy power plant in Ddundu Village in Kyampisi Sub-county, Mukono District. The notice, a pr

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