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13 Feb '26
The government’s flagship cost-cutting reform, the Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX), has cost taxpayers tens of billions of shillings in disputed payouts, exposed serious asset mismanagement, and created fresh fiscal risks, the Auditor General’s 2026 repor
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07 Feb '26
Uganda’s flag carrier has this week made headlines for all the wrong reasons after it was revealed that Jenifer Bamuturaki, the Chief Executive Officer, will not serve in the position beyond July. The departure comes after the national carrier received a bad rap following a string of governance
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06 Feb '26
Bukoto West MP Muhammad Mayanja Ssentayi has explained why he believes the UGX 300 million Parliament plans to give members of the 12th Parliament to buy vehicles is not enough to support their work over a full five-year term.Speaking in an interview on UBC TV, the NRM MP said a car, unlik
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09 Jan '26
The technology is particularly useful for rural communities, islands, border areas and for providing backup connectivity when ground networks are disruptedKampala — Airtel Uganda will this Friday unveil a partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink, aimed at improving mobile network coverage
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25 Dec '25
Sometime back, on a flight to Tanzania, I found myself on neighbouring seats with a son of a senior politician in the National Resistance Movement.He spoke English with an accent, which meant international training. But you could tell he had formed his early childhood in the not-so-posh Ka
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25 Dec '25
According to a 2024 report from the government assurance and implementation committee, there are 92,634 war debt claimants in Northern and Eastern Uganda. Out of the total claimants, the Acholi Sub-region has 16,946, while Lango has 42,024, and 33,664 claimants are in Teso.The government
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09 Dec '25
ACTRESS Jacqueline Fernandez shared a striking picture with global music sensation Tyla, praising her by calling her “a literal goddess”.Fernandez took to Instagram to share pictures with Tyla, who was in India for the Indian Sneaker Festival, where about 60 000 people attended.
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11 Nov '25
A European NGO has offered €10,000 (UGSh 40 million) for a decisive tip leading to tracing Dutch national Sophia Koetsier, who disappeared in Uganda in 2015.On October 28, 2015, 21-year-old Dutch national Sophia disappeared in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda. Despite several search
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29 Oct '25
There could be some big-name free agents on the open market at the end of the 2025/26 campaignEngland and Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi is in the final months of his dealWhile there are still two months until the January transfer window opens, you can bet your bottom dollar tha
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27 Oct '25
Reader modeUgandan singer Victor Ruz has announced the disappearance of his young sister, Bameka Jane Mary, and is calling on the public to help locate her.In a post shared on his official Facebook page, Victor Ruz expressed deep concern, revealing that his 16-year-old biological sister we