Uganda Cultural Heads Meet Queen Torres

By Aggrey Wagodo at 0851 EAT on Saturday 11th March 2023 KAMPALA- Queen Torres Maria Leonora has interacted with Uganda Cultural Heads during her visit to Uganda. She held meeting on Friday with Baluuli King, Mwogezi Butamanya at the office of the minister of Public Service, Hon Muluuli Mukasa. Queen Torres discussed development projects for…

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Milk prices increase by 50% in Kasese.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2327 Faith Barbara Namagembe on Friday 10th March 2023. Milk prices in Kasese district, western Uganda have increased by 50 per cent from Shs 2,000 to Shs 3,000 per litre. The pastoralists in the area say the lack of water and pasture brought about by a hard hitting drought…

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Journalist Arineatwe Patricia Released on Bail, Hospitalized in Critical Condition

Arineatwe Patricia, the journalist from UBC who was forcibly taken away from the station by unknown gunmen, has been released on bail. However, her release comes with alarming news as she is reported to be in critical condition and currently hospitalized. The circumstances surrounding Patricia’s arrest and subsequent release remain shrouded in mystery, raising concerns…

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Kenya moves to ban Ugandan milk.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2301 EAT on Friday 10th March. Uganda’s rising trend in milk exports is likely to suffer a new dent after Kenya suspended imports of powdered milk, in what some think is a spillover of Kenya’s internal politics. In a notice dated March 6, 2023, to all milk importers in…

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Illegal for URA to seek customer details from banks – Constitutional court.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1905 EAT on Friday 10th March 2023. It’s illegal for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to request banks to provide it with all details of their customers, the Constitutional court has ruled. In a lead judgement written by justice Christopher Madrama Izama, the court found that URA’s request went beyond…

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Ukraine Hit by Russian hypersonic missiles in new barrage

At least nine people have died in a new wave of strikes across Ukraine in which Russia used powerful weapons, including rare hypersonic missiles. Russia had reportedly not fired Kinzhal hypersonic missiles – which can evade air defences – since the early months of the conflict. The latest barrage was the most severe to hit…

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South Sudan’s president calls on refugees to return home

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has urged the country’s more than 2 million refugees to return home in his first meeting with displaced people since civil war erupted almost a decade ago. Kiir’s appeal on Wednesday came as the country prepares to hold its first elections since gaining independence in 2011. South Sudan’s elections are…

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Zero scores at A-level increase.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2012 EAT on  Wednesday 8th March 2023. The number of candidates who cannot score one mark in a subject is on the rise at the advanced level, the national examinations body, Uneb, has said. At the Advanced level, Uneb, expects candidates to handle complex tasks that require description, explanation, analysis…

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