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Uganda Secures $521m Global Fund Grant for Health Fight

Uganda Secures $521m Global Fund Grant for Health Fight

Kampala — Uganda has received a significant boost in its fight against major infectious diseases after the country secured a USD 521 million grant under the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 8 (GC8) for the 2026–2028 period.The announcement came during a courtesy meeting between the Permanen

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Ministry of Works Launches Nationwide Review of Express Penalty System

Ministry of Works Launches Nationwide Review of Express Penalty System

The Ministry of Works and Transport has launched a nationwide stakeholder consultation to review penalties under the Express Penalty System (EPS), aiming to enhance fairness, compliance, and road safety under the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS). The review follows widespread public

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Over 500 Teachers Quit Profession in Just One Year Over Pay – Unatu Boss

Over 500 Teachers Quit Profession in Just One Year Over Pay – Unatu Boss

Over 500 teachers quit the profession in just one year over pay, a Unatu leader has revealed. The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (Unatu) says it has been recording teachers who quit the profession.Unatu secretary general Filbert Baguma described the number of teachers quitting the prof

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Hon. Mawanda Receives MP Lochap Peterkhen at PLU Secretariat in Naguru, Holds Talks on Strengthening Grassroots Support

Hon. Mawanda Receives MP Lochap Peterkhen at PLU Secretariat in Naguru, Holds Talks on Strengthening Grassroots Support

KAMPALA, Uganda –– Hon. Michael Mawanda, Director of Mobilization for the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), today received a courtesy visit at the PLU Secretariat in Naguru from Hon. Lochap Peterkhen, Member of Parliament for Bokora East County, Napak District.The meeting focused on st

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Two women charged with land fraud and forgery in Kira

Two women charged with land fraud and forgery in Kira

KIRA, Uganda — Two women appeared before the Kira Magistrates Court on Friday charged with land fraud, including criminal trespass, impersonation and forgery.The State House Investigations Policy Unit, in collaboration with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crimin

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Teso Among Best Three Regions In Latest Ubos Multidimensional Poverty Rankings

Teso Among Best Three Regions In Latest Ubos Multidimensional Poverty Rankings

The latest statistics revealed by UBOS based on the 2024 National Census shows Karamoja subregion remaining outstanding and hard hit by the Multidimensional Poverty.While the National level stands at 27%, Karamoja ranks highest Nationally at 56.9%, followed by West Nile at 39.0% and Sebei

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Man vanishes with Shs 3 billion from Kampala traders Sacco

Man vanishes with Shs 3 billion from Kampala traders Sacco

The SACCO administrators led by one Hassan Muhoozi are said to have withhold savings from traders before going into hidingPolice have launched a manhunt for leaders of Kamu Kamu Traders SACCO following allegations that they mismanaged and disappeared with more than Shs 3.1 billion belongin

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Former Makerere University Dean of Students John Ekudu dies at 76

Former Makerere University Dean of Students John Ekudu dies at 76

Pastor John Ekudu, Ekudu served the university for nearly three decades, including during periods of political turmoil when he was among the “Economic War Lecturers” who sustained academic life amid staff shortages.Kampala, Uganda | URN | John Ekudu, the formerly long-serving dean of s

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Heavy Security Presence Shows Post-Election Calm is Artificial- MP Ssemujju Nganda

Heavy Security Presence Shows Post-Election Calm is Artificial- MP Ssemujju Nganda

Outgoing Kira Municipality Member of Parliament and People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) Spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has raised alarm over what he describes as a tense and deceptive post-election environment, warning that underlying public anger continues to simmer despite an outward appea

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Eric Sakwa on Minister Esther Mbayo’s Shameful Dismissal: M7 Fired Her Same Way She Axed Me

Eric Sakwa on Minister Esther Mbayo’s Shameful Dismissal: M7 Fired Her Same Way She Axed Me

Eric Sakwa, former Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Jinja District (now Jinja City) has revealed how a fallout with mafias in Busoga over 2016 Independence Day Celebrations ended with his abrupt transfer (announced on radio) and how the lady who was his line minister, who effected it, lat

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