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07 Jul '25
For decades, the name Aponye stood tall in Uganda’s business circles, synonymous with agro-processing success, expansive real estate investments, and strategic government supply contracts.Founded by the late Apollo Nyegamehe, commonly
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07 Jul '25
Uganda’s fight against illegal abortion faces a daunting adversary: an expanding underground network of brokers who charge up to Shs500,000 to secretly guide young girls into backdoor clinics.Operating in districts such as Mukono, Masaka, Mbale, Wakiso, Mengo,
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05 Jul '25
NSSF Managing Director, Patrick AyotaKampala, Uganda | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has collected at least 1.7 billion Shillings in savings from new contributors employed through its Hi-Innovator program.This comes in after five years of this enter
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05 Jul '25
Dr Sudhir will share his business success at the UK-Africa investment summit in London after attending the PAP awards in Kampala. (file photo)Uganda’s business magnate Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia will headline the much-anticipated UK-Africa Business Summit set
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04 Jul '25
Residents of Nyombe Parish in Ndorwa County West caused a stir on Tuesday when they blocked a campaign convoy belonging to Minister David Bahati.The angry villagers tore down an old, broken bridge, stopping the minister from reaching his
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03 Jul '25
President Museveni has directed Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to spearhead a government-led intervention to rescue the ailing business empire of the late tycoon Apollo Nyegamehe, widely known as Aponye, whose death in 2023 left his companies facing severe financial distress.In a letter d
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03 Jul '25
Tension escalated on Tuesday in Nyombe Parish, Kahungye Sub-county, Ndorwa County West, after residents took matters into their own hands by dismantling a dilapidated bridge along the Rwenkorongo-Nyombe-Katete-Nkora Road.This action effectively blocked Mi
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02 Jul '25
Scientists at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) have developed a groundbreaking innovation dubbed “Aflasafe” to combat the rising threat of Aflatoxins—naturally occurring toxins caused by fungi that pose serious health risks and are increasingly
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01 Jul '25
Kinshasa: President Félix Tshisekedi used the occasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s 65th Independence Day to strongly defend his administration’s resource policy and regional diplomacy, pushing back against intensifying criticism from Nobel Peace P
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29 Jun '25
With the 2026 general elections on the horizon, Mityana District chairperson Patrick Mugisha Nshimye has announced he will not seek re-election.Nshimye, a member of the National Unity Platform (NUP) is currently serving his fifth year in office.His decision to pursue a parliamentary