Several victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army Insurgency in Agago district have asked government to extend psycho-social support to speed up their healing. The victims say the war has greatly affected their social lives, even more than a decade after guns fell silent with majority citing trauma as the biggest challenges they continue to battle. Yakobo Okello now 82-years-old, a…
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Uganda and Turkey are in advanced talks, for the country to open up employment opportunities for Ugandans. The Turkish Ambassador to Uganda Fikret Kerem is optimistic that his country will start exporting labour from Uganda this year. The export of labour has become increasingly recognized worldwide as a pro-poor export strategy with significant development impacts especially in the poorest countries…
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Land fragmentation, degraded natural resources, lack of access to water and electricity, and a poor road Network have been listed as some of the reasons for the slow growth of Ibanda district in Southwestern Uganda. The district which borders Mbarara, Kiruhura, Buhweju and Kamwenge hosted this year’s National Resistance Movement-NRM liberation Day celebrations, commemorating the date in 1986 when the…
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Uganda will be signing several bilateral air service agreements with different countries, a move that would give her access to the air space of more countries. According to a brief on Tuesday of what transpired in cabinet, “the agreements will put Uganda at equal legal footing with her Partners.” A bilateral air service agreement is concluded between two contracting…
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Look at how chaotic that can be; when an overly emotional woman, commits to a man who doesn’t want to admit he has emotions. But sadly, that is the sad state in many relationships and marriages. Let’s start with women. Many women make decisions with their emotions. Which means that they make many mistakes and jump quickly to conclusions because…
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I recently posted the picture attached on this post and someone said, Eh, you drive a UAS car? On my public wall. Not in a bad way and I thought I need to share my experiences even more. Again recently, I was in the company of my son as I meet up with someone I know. He asked me why…
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By Amos Wekesa Guys, I don’t comment much about generals’ happenings like you all know…. I don’t know it all like some people. And am not good at fiction either. But let’s first agree, Trump is no fool because no fool can ever lead America. No fool can grow or maintain wealth like he has. The guy is simply an…
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“To all of you who have just graduated, When I graduated from Makerere so many years ago, my dream was that by now (at 36), I would be a very rich guy, staying with my wife and children in a very huge mansion on a scenic Lake Victoria Island. Why that has since remained just a dream, I can explain😂.…
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KAMPALA – The Auditor General, John Muwanga has named National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) as the most profitable public entity in Uganda. The details are highlighted in the December 2019 audit report that was recently handed over to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and formerly tabled before Parliament. Muwanga noted that eighteen) out of the 26 State Enterprises analysed made profits in…
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Zimbabwe’s doctors have agreed to return to work after accepting a funding offer from a billionaire, ending a prolonged strike. The strike over pay and poor conditions lasted more than four months, paralysing the country’s healthcare sector. Last year, Zimbabwean telecoms billionaire Strive Masiyiwa tabled an offer to break the impasse. Mr Masiyiwa said he would set up a 100m…
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