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• Police Seeks Additional UGX 74BN For fuel and Vehicle Repairs

  24 Apr 2018, 07:19 104 Views

  According to the Police policy statement, the force has 1524 Motor vehicles, 5830 motorcycles, 53 water vessels and three helicopters. The force needs Shillings 77 billion for fuel and lubricants to operate the fleet.

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• Pictorial: First Lady Janet Museveni Visit to Makerere University

  24 Apr 2018, 06:56 169 Views

  The First Lady and Education and Sports Minister Janet Kataaha Museveni visited Makerere University on Monday April 23,2018 to officiate at the Makerere University Bilateral Research Programme Annual Review Meeting.

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• UGX137 Million Raised From Makerere University Run

  23 Apr 2018, 18:31 207 Views

  A total of Shs66.8million was collected from sponsors while Shs61million was realised through sales of run kits bringing the total amount to Shs128million. An additional Shs9.2million was received in kind through sponsorship.

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• Parliament To Honour Commonwealth Games Team

  23 Apr 2018, 18:11 244 Views

  The Parliament of Uganda will on Tuesday honour Team Uganda that finished 15th at the just ended 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.

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• First Lady Warns Makerere on Strikes

  23 Apr 2018, 17:30 373 Views

  Referring to the recent students strike against fees increment, Janet said strikes and student unrest jeopardizes government programs and those of development partners such as the Mak-Sida research partnership.

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• Uganda To Host Volleyball Qualifier For African Youth Games

  23 Apr 2018, 17:20 210 Views

  Uganda has been selected to host the Zone 5 Volleyball qualifiers for the 2018 African Youth Games.

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• Opposition Calls for Review of Supplementary Budget Regulations

  23 Apr 2018, 17:13 280 Views

  The Opposition argues that the supplementary request process has been abused with gross indiscipline on the part of government agencies and those who release the money by allowing supplementary expenditures that do not meet the requirements stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act PFMA.

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• URBRA Questions Mazima Annual General Assembly

  23 Apr 2018, 16:41 180 Views

  Uganda Retirement Benefit Regulatory Authority URBRA Acting Chief Executive Officer, Martin Nsubuga has said that the retirement benefit schemes regulators is not aware of Mazima Voluntary Individual Retirement Benefits Scheme MVIRBS General Assembly called by defunct administration. Mazima Chief Executive Officer Livingstone Mukasa who was relieved of his duties last week has circulated a notice of Mazimas Annual General Assembly scheduled for Friday 27th at Makerere University.

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• Kitgum Resident Injured In Robbery

  23 Apr 2018, 16:16 223 Views

  Police in Kitgum district are hunting for two suspected armed thugs who robbed 2.5 million shillings and a motorcycle from three co-wives last night.

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• Former Kabale Councilor killed

  23 Apr 2018, 16:09 327 Views

  Byaruhanga suspects that Tusiime was first raped before she was killed since they found her body naked. Tusiimes body was taken to Kabale Regional Referral hospital mortuary for postmortem

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• FDC In Fundraising Drive for Rukungiri Parliamentary Candidate

  23 Apr 2018, 16:09 248 Views

  According to Rukungiri Municipality Member of parliament, Roland Mugume Kaginda, the decision was taken by FDC members in the district to ensure that their candidate is fully facilitated to move and campaign across the district.

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• Makerere University Rape Case File Sent to DPP

  23 Apr 2018, 15:53 220 Views

  Apart from the statements of Njoroge and Kisuze, police has failed to find any other witnesses to support the case. The pictorial evidence provided by Njoroge Rachel has also been added on the file.

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• Janet's Security Roughs Up Mak Professor Top story

  23 Apr 2018, 15:47 395 Views

  The professor yelled for help and dropped his bag as the soldiers lifted him up. Prof. Agea declined to comment on the matter and referred our reporter to the communications officer of Makerere University, saying they are barred from speaking to the press.

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• Masindi Residents Block Road

  23 Apr 2018, 15:33 155 Views

  The residents faulted the local leaders in the district for doing nothing to address the problem.

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• KCCA to Spend UGX 10 Billion on Court Compensations

  23 Apr 2018, 14:48 211 Views

  The KCCA acting Treasury Director, Julius Kabugo, recently revealed that Shilling 13 billion was withdrawn from the KCCA bank accounts in 2017 on garnishee court orders. A garnishee order is a legal notice the court issues that allows the creditor to collect the amount from the debtors bank account.

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• Can Nursery Schools Boost Retention Rates in School? Top story

  23 Apr 2018, 13:50 203 Views

  At Spanna, pupils pay Shillings 15,000 per a term and also contribute three kilos of maize flour, which is used for the midday meal. Spanna is one of the several nursery schools that have opened up in rural areas since government approved the Early Childhood Development policy in 2007.

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• Archbishop In Fundraising Drive For Martyrs Day

  23 Apr 2018, 13:14 287 Views

  Tororo Archdiocese had budgeted for 720 Million shillings, only 355 was collected and they have a deficit of 365 Million shilings possing a big threat to the function.

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• Kinyara Stuck with Over 18,000 Tons of Sugar

  23 Apr 2018, 12:15 367 Views

  Magoola explains that the price Kinyara is giving to farmers is not the final one but advance payment pending the completion of their negotiations with the sugar cane farmers

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• Three Siblings Held Over Brother's Death

  23 Apr 2018, 11:00 278 Views

  John Kyaligonza, the Officer in Charge of Criminal Investigations Kakumiro Central Police Station, says the trio, all minors waylaid Ndyanabo on his way from Mpasana trading center and hacked him to death on Saturday night at around 11pm.

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• Makerere University Bursar Resigns

  23 Apr 2018, 07:54 443 Views

  Over the last two years, he has been in charge of the office that manages all financial transactions of Makerere University. The office is responsible for the maintenance of all financial records in the department and a proper accounting system for the University.

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