South Sudan nationals living in refugee camps in Uganda have appealed to President Salvar Kiir and armed opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar to visit them and get their views towards achieving a lasting peace in the war-ravaged country. There are over one million refugees from South Sudan, 80 percent of whom are women and children living in settlements camps in…
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The Aruu County Member of Parliament, Odonga Otto was rushed to Nakasero hospital this afternoon after allegedly being punched by his Kilak North counterpart, Anthony Akol. The two legislators exchanged blows at parliament over claims that Otto was telling Akol’s voters to eject him from the house for selling their land in Amuru to government. The two legislators charged at…
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The National Water and Sewerage Corporation has embarked on a massive customer outreach campaign in all its areas of operation across the country. The ‘Customer Connect-Tumanyagane’ programme was flagged off by the Managing Director Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha in Kampala Nalukolongo zone. According to Dr. Mugisha, the campaign is aimed at sharing the various interventions the corporation is undertaking to…
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Parliament has passed the Traffic and Road Safety Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill among others will strengthen road transport regulation and road safety management in Uganda, address existing challenges such as new and emerging trends, increased number of road users including motorcycles, increased road accidents and the need to conform to the regional and international agreements that Uganda…
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Rwanda President, Paul Kagame has told diplomats in Kigali that he is not about to tell his citizens to return to Uganda because he has no control over their safety while here. Addressing more than 60 diplomats at the home of the Presidency in Kigali on Wednesday evening, Kagame said there were still hundreds of Rwandans in Ugandan jails and that…
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 28 – A patient exhibiting coronavirus-like symptoms was Tuesday hospitalized at the Kenyatta National Hospital, having flown into the country from China. The hospital has confirmed that the patient landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Tuesday morning from a flight originating from Guangzhou, China. “It is true we have a patient who showed symptoms similar to…
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A section of Ugandans who battled against rebel leader Alice Lakwena have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga over delayed compensation for their role in stopping the rebel. Alice Lakwena Auma, the head of the Holy Spirit Movement from Northern, Uganda led a rebellion against the Government in 1986 in Busoga sub-region in her attempt to take over Kampala.…
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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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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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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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