Two Youth from the Red Top Brigade Movement have on Wednesday attacked Members of Parliament in their chambers accusing Parliament of being the pivot of corruption in the country. The attack happened while Parliament plenary was in session and members were debating a statement from the Minister of State for Lands, Persis Namuganza. These two were seated in the stranger’s…
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Members of Parliament have withdrawn a move to censure motion with the excuse of the low turn up of their colleagues to pen their signatures as the deadline draws closer. Accusations against Gen Tumwine that led to the censure motion include; arrogance, interfering with the work of Parliamentary Committee that was investigating torture in Safe Houses and stopping the Director…
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Taxi drivers in Mukono municipality are protesting a decision by the municipality suspending the loading and offloading of passengers and goods along major roads. On Monday, Mukono municipal authorities passed a directive banning taxis from operating at illegal stages on major roads in the municipality, saying they are responsible for traffic jam and congestion. The targeted points include Mukono-Jinja-Katosi junction…
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Democratic Party-DP members in Rakai district have decided to defy the directives of the National Executive Committee-NEC on the procedures of conducting grassroots elections. On Friday last week, the DP National Executive Committee convened an extra-ordinary meeting, which resolved to suspend the National Organizing Secretary, Sulaiman Kadandala for defying the party roadmap, which has plunged the grassroots polls in chaos.…
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A strange disease has attacked banana’s in Rwampara district sending farmers in panic. The disease affects the colour of the banana fingers and bunches from green to brown or black, according to one of the affected farmers Nestori Aturinda. He says that the disease eventually results in premature ripening and shrinking of the banana’s, yet even when cooked, they remain…
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President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged African American investors to interest themselves in setting up Real Estates around the different industrial parks in the country. The President made the call while meeting a delegation of African Americans from Capital Brand Bizz represented by Michael Broughton, Mark Hernandez and Damiano as well those from Impact Brands Inc at Liao Shen Industrial Park…
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The government has acquired an aircraft and chemicals to boost its preparedness amid the invasion of desert locusts. The migratory pests were first sighted in the country on February 19, after crossing from Kenya through Amudat district in Karamoja sub-region. They later spread to the districts of Amudat, Abim, Kaabong, Nakapiripirit, Agago, Katakwi, Nabilatuk, Kitgum, Karenga, Kumi, Ngora, Soroti and…
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has ordered the Sargent at Arms to commit Desert locusts that were tabled before Parliament to safe custody as members expressed fear that they would cause a swarm of invasion in the city centre. The locusts samples had been tabled before Parliament by Ngora County MP David Abala as proof to the Nation that…
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The strange insects cited in Masaka district are not the disastrous desert locust, according to findings by experts. Early this month, a group of farmers from Lwega parish in Buwunga Sub County reported the presence of green bubble-colored and short-horned grasshoppers that were allegedly devouring their crops. The presence of the strange insects triggered anxiety among farmers, with some of…
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On Saturday, a group of innovators led by Ms. Christine Kihunde unveiled a pilot test of their new project, ‘Plant Scope’ that detects diseases and pests in plants. The new tech detects plant diseases that are in their very-early stages before widely spreading to kill the plant. Plant Scope uses deep neural networks and machine learning to detect these diseases…
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