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Tayebwa pushes for increased funding for public universities
KAMPALA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has emphasized the need to invest more funds in both public and...
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Gov’t to release Shs30 billion for coffee, tea seedlings
KAMPALA: Government has agreed to release UgShs30 billion towards the supply of seedlings to coffee and tea farmers, the Minister...
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Increase funding for mental health services, MPs urge gov’t
KAMPALA: MPs have adopted a motion, urging government to increase funding for mental and psychiatric care services in the country....
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We are suffocating! Traders up in arms over high cost of doing business
KAMPALA: Traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have petitioned the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, on the...
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Jailed MPs lose bid on witness protection application
Court has rejected a bid in which two in which jailed MPs Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana, had sought to...
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Museveni to address nation on oil pipeline standoff, Ebola as cases rise
President Museveni is on Wednesday expected to address the nation following the outbreak of Ebola in the country and the...
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Opposition kicks off consultations on Copyright law
Opposition MPs have started holding stakeholder engagements with a view of improving a draft private Members’ Bill that seeks to...
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REVEALED! URSB speaks out on validity of Magogo-Among marriage
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has clarified that the customary marriage between Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and Fufa...
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New Bill sets tough conditions for employing casual workers
The Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2022 that seeks to among others regulate the employment of casual workers, has been re-tabled for...
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Parliament suspends all committee field trips on plenary days
KAMPALA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the Clerk to Parliament to stop committees from...
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Who is next? Home of journalist Remmy Bahati raided amid fears over growing crackdown on dissent in Uganda
US-based NBS TV journalist Remmy Bahati has become the latest victim of ongoing military crackdown against dissent in Uganda after...
Read moreStatements no longer count! US Senate asks Biden to slap sanctions on Ugandan officials over torture
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has asked President Joe Biden to slap sanctions against specific Ugandan government...
Read moreUNRA boss bitter over Kuwait firm writing to Museveni on Tirinyi-Pallisa-Kamonkoli road
KAMPALA: The contractual fallout between the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and Kuwait firm, Abuljebain Engineering Consulting Office (AECO) over...
Read moreSouth African Construction firm Mutoni on the spot for failure to finish Matugga pharmaceutical plant
KAMPALA: South African contractor Mutoni Construction (U) Ltd, which was contracted to build a pharmaceutical plant at Matugga on Bombo...
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