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01 May '26
Four bodies were retrieved from River Nkuse on the second day of search operations following a deadly boat accident that occurred on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred after a canoe ferrying passengers from Bugoma Forest Reserve in Kikuube District to Kyaleni Cell, Pacwa Town Council in Kagad
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01 May '26
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through its Health Services, has rolled out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug for HIV prevention which is administered once every six months, in a move aimed at strengthening its HIV response efforts.Spea
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01 May '26
President Museveni on Friday criticised the investment strategy of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), urging it to channel savings into infrastructure projects, as he set out key economic priorities for his new term.Speaking at Labour Day celebrations in Buikwe District, Museveni sa
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01 May '26
President Museveni on Friday questioned the relevance of some university courses to Uganda’s labour market, urging young people to rethink career paths and pivot toward practical skills and job creation.Speaking during Labour Day celebrations in Buikwe District, Museveni criticized what
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01 May '26
As Ugandans mark Labour Day, industrial parks continue to play a key role in creating employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled workers across the country.Sino Mbale Industrial Park, located in eastern Uganda and covering 2.51 square kilometres, hosts 82 factories and employ
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01 May '26
Society does not—and should not—extend the same leniency to individuals who commit murder under the influence of alcohol. A drunk person, after all, also operates under impaired judgment. Alcohol distorts reasoning, lowers inhibition, and clouds decision-making. Yet when a drunken individual
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01 May '26
At the break of dawn, before Mbale City fully wakes, the Mbale-Kampala road, which leads to Mbale-Sino Industrial Park, is already alive.Thousands of young men and women move from either direction of the road, most of them on foot and a few others on boda bodas, from their respective villa
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01 May '26
President Museveni has proposed scrapping Pay As You Earn (P.A.Y.E) tax on scientists, arguing that the move would strengthen Uganda’s research capacity and accelerate solutions to key agricultural challenges.The President announced the proposal on Thursday during the offici
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01 May '26
For years, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) has felt like one of those silent deductions you don’t question. You just look at your payslip, sigh a little, and move on.But this time, it is different.For more than 10 years, Uganda has kept PAYE largely tied to a reality that no longer exists.
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01 May '26
The Minister of Education and Sports, Ms Janet Museveni, has said that at least two million children in Uganda will be access early childhood care and education by 2030.In a statement read by the State Minister for Primary Education, Dr Joyce Kaducu, during the launch of the Early Childhoo