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16 Sep '24
The head of the mental health division in the Health Ministry, Dr Hafsa Lukwata, has said refugees in urban areas are reporting more severe mental health issues compared to those in rural-based refugee settlements.
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15 Sep '24
Film is a tool that captures both text, music, and emotions at the same time. In a few minutes, you will learn about a country, their culture, and their beliefs, even when the film is not initially about something totally different. From tourism and supremacy to
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15 Sep '24
As rains continue to fall in many parts of the country, farmers need to figure out what to grow. Among the guidelines farmers will use to determine what to produce are crop rotation programmes, prevailing crops, previous crop pests and disease, market demand, co
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15 Sep '24
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for-money audit by the Auditor General (AG) has revealed.The audit shows that the actual expenditure for some of the activi
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13 Sep '24
Wakiso District has been approved to get a hospital expected to accommodate overwhelming patient numbers received in need of critical medical treatment.Wakiso Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Alfred Malinga said
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13 Sep '24
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has called for a review of the Shs2.2 trillion Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UDP) to ensure the effective allocation of the budgeted funds.Add
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13 Sep '24
The Ugandan government is proposing to create more new cities amid concerns that the nine cities, which were created in 2020, are already crippling financially and operating under numerous challenges.The Constitut
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12 Sep '24
The population of Kampala is projected to grow by at least 57.8 percent in the next 10 years, signalling increased pressure on a city already facing challenges of overcrowding, informal settlements, high unemployment, poor public services, stretched utility serv
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10 Sep '24
The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda has attributed the rising cases of HIV infections in the country to the proliferation of nude parties, alcoholism and other high-risk sexual behaviours.Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mug
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10 Sep '24
At the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, many people in the Teso sub-region are still in awe of the simple lifestyle of Damalie Nachuha, the Regional Police Commander (RPC) of the East Kyoga police region.