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Airtel unveils feature that enables customers monitor their data usage

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Views: 1 Airtel Uganda has taken a significant step toward addressing customer concerns regarding their internet utilization, by introducing a data usage manager, a feature on their MyAirtel App, that shows users how much data is used on their devices and by what application. The feature was launched by the Head of Information Technology and […]

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Conservationists reject govt’s Bugoma forest boundary opening report

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Views: 0 Environmental conservationists under the Save Bugoma Forest Campaign (SBFC) have rejected the recently released forest’s boundary opening report by the ministry of Lands. The conservationists say the report does not provide a definitive finding on whether Hoima Sugar Limited encroached on Bugoma Central Forest Reserve land or not. SBFC consists of the forest

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Nabbanja Fires Back at Critics After Surviving Cabinet Reshuffle

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Views: 0 Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and State Minister for Public Service Grace Mary Mugasa dismissed detractors during a Palm Sunday service at Bujumbura Cathedral in Hoima in response to criticism surrounding their retention in cabinet positions following President Museveni’s reappointment. Prime Minister Nabbanja, addressing the congregation, expressed gratitude for the president’s trust in reappointing

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Works on Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula road kick off

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Views: 0 Works on the 89.5km Masaka-Kyotera-Mutukula road which is riddled with potholes have kicked off . The Masaka-Mutukula road is a vital transportation artery connecting Uganda to Tanzania. The ground-breaking ceremony, attended by government officials, community leaders, and representatives from UNRA, marked the beginning of a comprehensive effort to revitalize the road infrastructure. Speaking

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Kamuli up in arms over Speaker Among’s ‘old woman’ diatribe

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Views: 0 Residents in Kamuli have demanded unconditional apology from Speaker of Parliament Anita Among for remarks in which she allegedly attacked her predecessor Rebecca Kadaga. They accuse Among of orchestrating a social media campaign to undermine Kadaga’s leadership. Speaker Among’s recent outbursts on separate occasions in Bukedea and Buyende have angered voters in Kamuli

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FDC’s Amuriat blames Dokolo by-election loss on electoral malpractice

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Views: 0 The Forum For Democratic Change president Mr Patrick Amuriat has blamed the party’s loss in yesterday’s Dokolo District Woman parliamentary by-election on alleged gross electoral malpractice. He says they experienced cases of voter bribery happening along the roads, and ferrying voters to polling stations, a claim that the Electoral Commission says is baseless.

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President Museveni Appoints Gloria Asio Omaswa as PPS

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Views: 1 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today appointed Ms. Asio Omaswa as his new Principal Private Secretary (PPS). Ms. Omaswa replaces Dr. Kenneth Omona who has been appointed the Minister of State for Northern Uganda. The new PPS to H.E the President is the daughter of Prof. Francis Omaswa, the Chancellor of Soroti University

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI CONTRIBUTES SHS200M TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF LWENGO MUSLIM DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AND HEALTH CENTER IV

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Views: 1 PRESIDENT MUSEVENI CONTRIBUTES SHS200M TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF LWENGO MUSLIM DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AND HEALTH CENTER IV President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has contributed Shs 200 million towards the construction of Lwengo Muslim District Headquarters and Health Center IV. “Since I’m one of the people who are in government and have got some

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Sarah Aguti is the new Woman MP for Dokolo District

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Views: 0 Sarah Aguti of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party, is the new District Woman Member of Parliament for Dokolo, according to provisional results released this evening by the Uganda Electoral commission. She had 23,044 votes, with the runner up from NRM polling only 14,001 votes. She beat five others candidates in the by-election. They

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Cabinet Reshuffle: PLU’s Balaam appointed State Minister for Youth

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Views: 0 President Museveni on Thursday amended the list of his cabinet ministers. Among the new ministers joining cabinet is events promoter Balaam Barugahara who has been appointed as the state minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development (in charge of youth). Mr Barugahara, a businessman and strong mobiliser of the First Son, Gen Muhoozi

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