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• Uganda Accused of Illegally Jailing, Deporting Rwanda Nationals

  1 Mar 2019, 23:16 149 Views

  Rwanda has accused the Uganda Government for holding its citizens in jail illegally and also deportation and denying them entry.

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• New Policy on Ear, Nose and Throat Treatment in Offing

  1 Mar 2019, 21:03 210 Views

  The policy is intended to inform strategic mechanisms to deal with challenges related to hearing, the function of the nose and the throat. This is according to Dr Stanley Bubikire, the Programme Manager Disability and Rehabilitation at the Ministry of health.

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• Court Asked to Deny Bail to Kaweesi Murder Suspects

  1 Mar 2019, 20:55 205 Views

  Rwakafuuzi had earlier told court that one of the grounds for bail application is that the suspects were tortured before being remanded to Luzira in May 2017.

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• Candidates Petition Speaker over Delayed Polls in New Districts

  1 Mar 2019, 20:47 238 Views

  The contestants mainly flag bearers of the ruling National Resistance Movement NRM party said that their people have been deprived of services because they do not have elected leaders, eight months since the new districts became operational.

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• MPs Want Fairness in South Sudan Compensation

  1 Mar 2019, 20:28 252 Views

  Last year, Parliaments endorsed governments request to clear 151 billion Shillings debt owed to Ugandan traders and companies by the South Sudan government.

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• RDC Confronts Municipal leaders over Disloyalty to NRM

  1 Mar 2019, 20:27 275 Views

  Baryayanga, an independent legislator defeated NRMs Serapio Rukundo in 2011 and NRMs Francis Mwesigye Runumi in the 2016 general elections, while Byamugisha defeated Forum for Democratic Change FDC candidate, Pius Ruhemurana in 2016 elections.

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• MPs Ask Gov't to Resolve Tension with Rwanda

  1 Mar 2019, 19:53 201 Views

  Butemba County MP Pentagon Innocent Kamusiime says that ideally, the border cannot be closed without prior notice to the neighboring country. He advises that the government fast-tracks negotiations to resolve any outstanding conflict, for the sake of Ugandan traders.

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• Uganda's Sachet Waragi Contains Hazardous Metals – Study

  1 Mar 2019, 19:20 218 Views

  They say quantitatively, they found Copper presenting the highest concentrations recorded in any spirit brand studied, followed by Barium and Manganese. The brands found to contain the most metals mainly Copper were the locally distilled Lira-Lira spirits with concentrations averaging 95 percent.

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• Fort Portal Physical Planner Interdicted

  1 Mar 2019, 19:13 316 Views

  According to the interdiction letter written by the Town Clerk Fort Portal Municipal Council, Godfrey Bamanyisa, it is alleged that Busobozi solicited a bribe of 10million Uganda Shillings from M/S Don Uganda Limited. The company is in the process of building a fuel station along Tibeyalirwa Road in Fort Portal municipality.

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• Gov't to Redevelop Mpigi Market

  1 Mar 2019, 18:56 208 Views

  Tom Butiime, the Minister of Local Government who visited the market on Friday said that the market will be redeveloped under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Project.

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• MP Kaps Fungaroo Contests Refugee Funding to Moyo

  1 Mar 2019, 18:39 229 Views

  Fungaroo questions why Obongi district does not have a financial allocation for support to refugees in the next financial year budget. The ministry of Finance has budgeted 3.5 billion Shillings to Moyo district and 4.4 billion Shillings to Adjumani district.

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• Stray Dogs Worry Bukomansimbi Residents

  1 Mar 2019, 18:29 162 Views

  Muhammad Golooba Kanakulya, the Mpalampa village chairperson says that dogs are endangering the lives of residents because they have started attacking people after killing several domestic animals and poultry.

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• Government Issues Deadline for Ban of Sachet Alcohol

  1 Mar 2019, 17:59 273 Views

  In a statement dated March 1, 2019, Kyambadde said that packaging of alcohol at production level will be phased out at the end of March. She said the ban, is effecting a cabinet directive issued in 2017.

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• Poor Community Involvement Puts Govt Projects to Waste – CSO's

  1 Mar 2019, 17:39 194 Views

  Leaders of the CSOs have indicated that despite the huge investments incurred by the government and development partners in putting up social service facilities, some of them are underutilized and poorly maintained.

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• Fort Portal Residents Decry Unreliable Water Supply

  1 Mar 2019, 17:37 189 Views

  According to the residents, other than the water being on and off, it is at times dirty and flows with low pressure.

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• Extortion Threatens National ID Registration in Masaka

  1 Mar 2019, 16:37 241 Views

  Musa Kabogoza and Matia Kalule, both residents of Buwunga sub county have revealed that they failed to have their details captured by NIRA staffs deployed in their area on failure to offer them bribes.

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• Nakaseke Teachers Face Disciplinary Action for Absenteesim

  1 Mar 2019, 16:31 214 Views

  Ignatius Koomu Kiwanuka, the Nakaseke LC5 Chairperson explains that after studying the report, the Executive has resolved to send the teachers to disciplinary committee to defend themselves.

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• Eight Unlicensed Schools Closed in Mubende Top story

  1 Mar 2019, 15:38 277 Views

  Baguma says the district education authorities informed her that despite all the written notices and warnings issued to proprietors of the school to adhere to the minimum guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education and Sports, they ignored them and opened for the new term.

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• Mobile Money Tax Increases Cost of Doing Business-Study

  1 Mar 2019, 15:00 285 Views

  The results indicate that overall 71 percent of businesses posted increases in the cost of doing business as a result of the tax. Among businesses who reported an increase in costs, 87 percent reported a cost increase between one and 25 percent.

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• Agriculture, Manufacturing Businesses Decline-EPRC

  1 Mar 2019, 14:53 223 Views

  The BCI, conducted by the Economic Policy Research Centre EPRC, reflects the perception of Ugandan business captains on the current and near-future business conditions.

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