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INTERNSHIP: Medical students take health minister to court

Over 1000 medical students have dragged the Minister of Health Dr Ruth Aceng and the Attorney General to the High Court, challenging the new internship policy that restricts them from accessing  supervised practical training at various internship training centers. The new policy seeks to reduce the number of medical students …

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Farmers reaps big as cocoa earns Uganda $74million in 2015

Reaping big from cocoa INTERVIEW: Stephen Sembuya is the CEO of Pink Food Industries, a cocoa-producing enterprise. He spoke to Ian Katusiime about cocoa and the other pertinent issues in the industry. What influences your management style? I come from an industrious background. My dad was the founder of Sembule …

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Parliamentary committee stops sand mining along Masaka road

Parliament’s Natural Resources Committee has suspended sand mining on a two acre site along Masaka road in Lweera-Kalungu district. The expansive Lweera wetland on Kampala-Masaka Highway, which stretches about 20 kilometers, is a major water catchment area that connects several rivers and wetlands in Gomba, Mpigi and Kalungu districts and drains directly into …

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MUSEVENI: Marginalizing women, girls leads to unbalanced growth

President Yoweri Museveni has said education and rural transformation can help empower the girl child and push women’s progress for a better society. He said marginalising girls in the field of education would lead to unbalanced growth. The president was speaking at a high-level event on September 21, during the …

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Ssekitoleko on becoming MP without O, A level certificates

 Controversial MP Ssekitoleko of the age limit bill on becoming MP without O, A level certificates Robert Kafeero Ssekitoleko, the parliamentary representative for Nakifuma constituency in Mukono district was little known until recently when he moved a motion to make three amendments to the constitution. One amendment is to remove …

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Seven killed in eastern Congo by Ugandan rebels

Goma, DR Congo | AFP |  Seven people were killed overnight in an attack in eastern DR Congo blamed on Ugandan rebel group the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the army said Thursday. “The ADF killed seven people and burned down houses” in Kasinga in the Beni region, army spokesman Mak …

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‘Uganda will have no forests by 2050’

The newly-appointed State Minister for Environment Mary Goretti Kitutu has decried the rate of deforestation in the country, saying that Uganda will soon be water-stressed if citizens do not pay due attention to environment management. “Loss of forests cover in Uganda is reaching worrying trends, with 200,000 hectares lost per …

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MUSEVENI: End ideological disorientation, boost integration

End ideological disorientation, boost market integration – Museveni President Yoweri Museveni has told the UN General Assembly that the world is a better place with spread of affluence around the world, citing developments in China and India. He said the old affluent societies and the new ones are today both benefiting. …

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Former UNRA employees claim unlawful dismissal, go to court

One hundred and fifty one former employees of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have gone to the High Court in Kampala, seeking permission to sue their ex-employer for unlawful dismissal. The Deputy Registrar Alex Ajiji heard the application presented by six of their representatives and said he will deliver a ruling …

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