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When Your Phone Becomes Your Enemy: Loan Apps Feast on Desperate Ugandans

When Your Phone Becomes Your Enemy: Loan Apps Feast on Desperate Ugandans

(Kampala) – In a country where the price of a rolex (the edible kind) now rivals that of a boda boda ride, the cost of living is pinching harder than a kameeza wife eyeing her husband’s thin wallet. And as Ugandans grapple with the ever ascending prices of k

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Civil society want tax on tobacco tripled

Civil society want tax on tobacco tripled

Civil society organisations under the Uganda Tobacco Taxation Coalition have proposed that government should increase tax on tobacco and related products to 80 percent.The proposal, if implemented, will mean that

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How harsh words destroy relationships

How harsh words destroy relationships

The hit song by The Human League poignantly illustrates a quarrel between a couple, capturing the emotional complexity of their dispute. In the song, the man asserts his role in the woman's success, singing, "But do not forget, it is me who put you where you are

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Ambitious newcomers Lugazi ready to make a mark

Ambitious newcomers Lugazi ready to make a mark

Lugazi is certainly brewing something good in the thickets of Mabira Forest. Unlike many clubs that have debuted in the StarTimes Uganda Premier League over the last decade, their ability to own their home ground shows a club riding on an ambitious long-term pro

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Museveni Calls on Local Leaders to Embrace NRM’s Mass Line Principles Over Elite Interests

Museveni Calls on Local Leaders to Embrace NRM’s Mass Line Principles Over Elite Interests

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Sunday, September 8th, 2024, urged local government leaders to realign their priorities with the core principles of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).The President emphasis

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Unanswered questions after prison inmate dies

Unanswered questions after prison inmate dies

The last time Babirye Nisha talked to her husband on the evening of May 27 he sounded melancholic: he complained of starvation and severe beating inside Ngenge Prison in Kapchorwa District. During the conversation by telephone that lasted for about a minute she

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A bitter fight over a multi-billion shilling MTN marketing contract

A bitter fight over a multi-billion shilling MTN marketing contract

In 2023, M&C Saatchi Abel approached CTA Space with a proposal.The South African-based marketing, advertising and communications company was seeking an affiliate marketing agency that would be part of a multi-

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Man stabbed to death over making love with married woman

Man stabbed to death over making love with married woman

Ignitious Nyansiyo has become another statistic in this year's homicide records after he was killed inside a married woman’s bedroom. Nyansiyo, a resident of Ngowa village, Katente Parish, Kiyun Sub-county in Mubende district, was allegedly killed by the

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Kigezi moves to ring-fence Mateke position for region

Kigezi moves to ring-fence Mateke position for region

A section of leaders from Kigezi Sub-region have appealed to President Museveni to replace State minister for Defence and veteran affairs Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke with someone who hails from Kisoro District.The

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PRIME ACP Akoth on life as a woman police officer

PRIME ACP Akoth on life as a woman police officer

You have given 17 years of your life to the Uganda Police Force. Has it been worth it?Yes. It has not been an easy road, and there have been ups and downs but with determination and knowing what I want, I have com

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