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Karamojong Angry Over Cement Advert That Puts Man in Women’s Cultural Attire

Karamojong Angry Over Cement Advert That Puts Man in Women’s Cultural Attire

cement company that arrived in Karamoja with the blessing of the President is now facing a very different reception from the region’s people — not over its factory, but over an advert.Yaobai International, the holding company behind the Yaobai Cement plant in Nadunget Sub-County, Morot

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Masaka rolls out 6-month HIV prevention injection

Masaka rolls out 6-month HIV prevention injection

Medics in the Masaka sub-region have rolled out the use of injectable Lenacapavir amid calls for behavior change as a preventive measure in the fight against HIV.Addressing journalists in Masaka City during a health science café on June 19, Robert Bbosa, Infectious Diseases Institute Masa

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LAND ROW! Kumi Residents Cry Out to Gen. Muhoozi Over Alleged Sale of 450-Acre Hospital Land

LAND ROW! Kumi Residents Cry Out to Gen. Muhoozi Over Alleged Sale of 450-Acre Hospital Land

Kumi, Uganda — Residents of Ongino in Kumi District have appealed to the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to help them recover hospital land which they claim was erroneously sold to an unknown person believed to be a soldier.According to residents who spoke to this publ

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Pearl Bank Backs UGX 14.8 Billion Drive for Uganda’s First Bone Marrow Transplant Centre

Pearl Bank Backs UGX 14.8 Billion Drive for Uganda’s First Bone Marrow Transplant Centre

Jane Atuhairwe (C), Branch Business Manager at Pearl Bank, Jinja Branch, Dr. Cissy Kityo (2nd L), Executive Director, JCRC, together with teams from Pearl Bank and Joint Clinic Research Centre in Jinja today, in commemoration of World Sickle Cell Day, which also doubled as the regional Bone Marro

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MP Cadet Buturo commissions Shs6m community water project in Rubirizi

MP Cadet Buturo commissions Shs6m community water project in Rubirizi

The project, valued at more than Shs6 million, is expected to improve access to safe water for hundreds of residents who have for years struggled with water shortages and long journeys to unsafe water sources.Hon. Cadet Benjamin Buturo interacts with residents of Kikuba Village after commi

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Hundreds Turn Out for Olympic Day Tooke Run in Bushenyi to Fight Malnutrition

Hundreds Turn Out for Olympic Day Tooke Run in Bushenyi to Fight Malnutrition

Hundreds of runners, athletes and community members converged in Bushenyi for the Olympic Day Tooke Run, an event that combined sport, nutrition advocacy and agricultural innovation to promote food security, healthy living and the fight against malnutrition across Uganda.Hundreds of partic

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Mpigi Residents Demand Action Over Dangerous Gravel Pit Left by Road Project

Mpigi Residents Demand Action Over Dangerous Gravel Pit Left by Road Project

Residents of Kinyinabo Village in Buwama Sub-county, Mpigi District, have appealed to authorities to intervene and ensure a dangerous gravel pit allegedly left behind during the rehabilitation of the Kinyinabo–Munyonyo–Senyondo Road is filled.Led by village chairperson Edward Ssenyonjo

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Climate Change Linked to Increasing Domestic Violence In Homes

Climate Change Linked to Increasing Domestic Violence In Homes

Gender based violence is increasingly being linked to the effects of climate change.Ann Nassamula, a Senior Programme Officer at the Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP), says that climate change is not only an environmental challenge but also a social issue that affects famil

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Kiboga: One Arrested, Three on the Run for Aiding Abortion

Kiboga: One Arrested, Three on the Run for Aiding Abortion

Police in Kiboga District are holding a 17-year-old girl and hunting for three other suspects over an alleged illegal abortion and disposal of a fetus in a pit latrine. The case came to light after residents of Kajjere village, Kibiga Subcounty, raised alarm when they noticed that Nampijja Sarah,

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Two children die in suspected suffocation incident in Tororo, mother hospitalised

Two children die in suspected suffocation incident in Tororo, mother hospitalised

Authorities in Tororo District are investigating the deaths of two young girls in a suspected suffocation incident at Abari Zone in Kirewa Sub-county, while their mother remains hospitalised.The deceased were identified as Nyapendi Nosiata, 4, and Akello Susan, 2, both residents of Abari C

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