Stories :: Accepted date: December 2022

Updated: 09 Dec, 07:3607:36

• Basketball Federation Seeks Construction of Multi-Purpose Arena

  8 Dec 2022, 23:15 Comments 154 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Business and finance Sport Report

  Nasser Sserunjogi says that the current Lugogo Indoor Arena does not effectively meet the regional and international standards of hosting games and this has denied Uganda opportunities to host tournaments. He told MPs that Lugogo sits a total of 1000 spectators compared to the international standard of a minimum of 3000 people. Also reported is that the arena has a rubber surface instead of a wooden one and lacks medical, media and changing rooms.

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• Kitgum Medics Request For More PHC Funding

  8 Dec 2022, 22:13 Comments 152 Views Northern Human rights Health Updates

  Dr Pamela Atim, the Hospital's Medical Director said the hospital is incurring huge expenses in providing medical care to the masses at a rather subsidized cost and ends up recovering only 27 percent of its expenses.

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• Otafiire Directs Crime Intelligence to Probe 'Fake' NUP Torture Victims

  8 Dec 2022, 22:01 Comments 156 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  According to Gen Otafiire, those that were paraded were victims of Boda Boda crashes.

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• UPC, Bugisu Leaders Eulogize Masette Kuuya

  8 Dec 2022, 21:23 Comments 205 Views Lifestyle Politics Profiles Report

  Kuuya aged 76 who died in Kenya last week, was a former minister of rehabilitation in the Obote II administration. He also served as a Member of Parliament for Bugisu South West.

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• Revisit Cultural Values and Customs to Fight GBV-Study

  8 Dec 2022, 20:33 Comments 187 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Politics Report

  The study that sought to understand elements of culture that can be used to promote the rights of women and girls found that raising people to embrace the set cultural values contributes to mitigating violence against women and children.

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• Uganda Receives Ebola Trial Vaccines

  8 Dec 2022, 20:16 Comments 200 Views Health Science and technology Updates

  The trial will be spearheaded by Makerere University Lung Institute headed by Dr Bruce Kirenga.

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• Football Body Accuses National Council of Sports on Unreleased 1.5 Billion

  8 Dec 2022, 19:46 Comments 241 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Business and finance Sport Report

  The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has accused the National Council of Sports (NCS) of failing to release 1.5 billion Shillings appropriated to FUFA in the last financial year.

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• Ministry of Public Service Directed to Reinstate 171 Police Officers on Payroll Top story

  8 Dec 2022, 19:25 Comments 383 Views Parliament Crime Security Report

  Tayebwa said it has come to the attention of Parliament that the Government has been paying monthly salaries to the officers since 2010. Suddenly, the Ministry of Public Service wrote to Uganda Police Force – UPF management in October 2022 indicating that the officers were being overpaid and thus scrapped them off the payroll.

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• Pictorial: Commissioning Police Housing Units

  8 Dec 2022, 18:28 Comments 166 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Slideshow

  The minister decried the poor housing unit in police barracks, which he described as a disgrace to the force. He urged the police leadership to partner with wealthy individuals to build for them houses and seek payment later from the government.

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• Boxing Federation President Pins NCS Boss Ogwel on Funding Crisis

  8 Dec 2022, 18:27 Comments 175 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Business and finance Sport Report

  The President of the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF), Moses Muhangi has told Parliament that the National Council of Sports (NCS) has been tasking them to account for funds they did not receive.

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• Mob Razes Down House of Businessman in Jinja

  8 Dec 2022, 18:21 Comments 168 Views Jinja District, Uganda Crime Report

  Moses Mpango, one of the area residents, says that they live in a very superstitious community. He says most of the residents link all manner of death to either witchcraft or food poisoning.

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• Police, KCCA Yet to Evict Illegal Taxi Stages

  8 Dec 2022, 18:05 Comments 206 Views Business and finance Crime Updates

  Rogers Kawuma Nsereko, the Kampala Metropolitan Traffic spokesperson, said they delayed their operation because of some issues that they need to handle before the operation kicks off.

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• Ahumuza Promises a Fight for Muasa Interests in Makerere University Council

  8 Dec 2022, 17:50 Comments 145 Views Kampala, Uganda Education Updates

  Ahumuza was voted alongside Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi to represent the teaching staff under their umbrella body; the Makerere University Academic Staff Association - Muasa, at the highest governing body of the institution.

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• Origins of Uganda’s Current Ebola Outbreak Still Unknown

  8 Dec 2022, 17:48 Comments 190 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  Aceng says investigations to determine the origins are still under way and they are not yet clear if the virus was transmitted from human being to another or it was an animal to human transmission.

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• The Fight Has Ended- Umeme Concedes on Concession Renewal Top story

  8 Dec 2022, 17:40 Comments 368 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance Updates

  “The Company has formally received written communication from the Government of the Republic of Uganda, notifying it that the current Concession will continue to run until its natural end in March 2025 as stipulated in the Concession Agreements after which, there will be no renewal after March 30, 2023," according to a statement from Umeme.

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• Museveni Rallies Farmers To Embrace Mechanized Agriculture

  8 Dec 2022, 17:05 Comments 239 Views Agriculture Updates

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• MAAIF To Take Over Rehabilitation of Irrigation Schemes

  8 Dec 2022, 16:39 Comments 185 Views Northern Business and finance Agriculture Updates

  Doris Abalo, a resident of Lamwo district, said many farmers cannot use the scheme despite having been rehabilitated twice. “Even before the rehabilitation of the irrigation scheme, at least the traditional method of pumping water was better than the one, which the government has brought," Abalo said.

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• Mpuuga, Nabbanja Meet over Missing Opposition Supporters

  8 Dec 2022, 16:20 Comments 340 Views Kampala, Uganda Parliament Human rights Security Report

  The two met on Thursday in the office of the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Defence, the Minister for Information and National Guidance, and the Government Chief Whip. 

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• Otafiire Commissions 420 Police Housing Units

  8 Dec 2022, 15:16 Comments 369 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime Updates

  The Police Housing project was launched in September 2016 by then Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura and it was projected to be complete by 2018. Kayihura was sacked by President Yoweri Museveni on March 4, 2018, when the project was still struggling because of meager finances.

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• Uganda Distributed Less Than 60 Percent of Mosquito Nets in 2021-WHO

  8 Dec 2022, 15:11 Comments 279 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Updates

  According to new data released by the World Health Organization-WHO on Thursday, Uganda distributed less than 60 percent of the nets that they were supposed to distribute.

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