Uganda now middle income country, govt insists.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2323 EAT on Thursday 7th July 202 The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) insists that Uganda has entered into the threshold for lower-middle-income status based on its own statistical data computations, despite a divergent view by the World Bank. In a statement released Wednesday, the government statistical body indicates that…

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4 students of Lyantonde SS arrested over attempts to burn school.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2218 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Police are holding four students of Lyantonde senior secondary school in Kaliiro sub-county, Lyantonde district on accusations of attempting to torch their own school.  The suspects, all senior four candidates, were arrested following a fire outbreak at the administration block on Wednesday…

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US jobless claims rose last week to highest since January.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2105 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week, US data shows. More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that…

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How Soroti guard shot wife dead at workplace.

Updated by Kafeero Twaha The injured guard is wheeled from Soroti hospital in preparation for his referral to Mbale hospital. The suspect a resident of Bululu sub county Kalaki district reportedly trailed his wife to the bank shot her dead before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle. Grief engulfed people in Soroti city yesterday after…

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Israel asks Saudis to let Mecca pilgrims fly in from Tel Aviv.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1859 EAT on Thursday 7th July 2022. Israeli official asks Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the kingdom Isreal’s rgional cooperation minister says that he has asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel…

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Prison Break- 600 inmates escape in Nigeria

Atleast 600 inmates have escaped in a jailbreak in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, an attack that officials have blamed on Islamic extremist rebels. Over 300 escapees have either been recaptured or turned themselves in at police stations, authorities said. Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior said explosions and gunfire were heard at about 10 p.m. in the…

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Museveni ready to prosecute Col Kaka.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1220 EAT on Wednesday 6th July 2022. Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, has said President Museveni is willing to have his former director general of Internal Security Organisation Colonel Kaka Bagyenda prosecuted for gross human rights abuses. Kaka is accused of superintending an ISO regime…

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Broke families cannot survive on Shs 50,000.

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 12:01 EAT on Wednesday 6th July 2022. Higher fuel prices and the rising cost of basic commodities like food, sugar, and gas are altering lives – many Ugandans have begun to forgo many purchases including the smallest luxuries. In a tweet on July 03, 2022, retired Assistant Inspector General…

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