Mbarara, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon church leaders to encourage their congregations to create wealth. Museveni who was speaking at the consecration ceremony of the 4th West Ankole Diocese Bishop Rev Canon Johnson Twinomujuni at Bweranyangi Girls Secondary School asked the church leaders to …
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Patients at Lower Mulago Hospital will pay for the specialised services the section offers once it opens in October, Minister for Health Dr Ruth Aceng explained to journalists. The section of Old Mulago will remain open for free referrals. Aceng’s statement was made in the wake of a public outcry …
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MPs have queried the expenditure undertaken by the Makerere University nine member committee instituted by President Museveni to look into the remuneration issues that caused a strike among the university’s teaching staff. Museveni ordered the closure of the university after the strike paralysed affairs at the oldest university. Government has …
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Uganda Telecom, placed under provisional administration by government remains in the news for the wrong reasons. A May report from a parliamentary select committee on management and performance of UTL indicated that company bosses; MD, chief finance officer, chief legal officer and chief human resource officer earned a total of …
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Abim Hospital, the place that caused a political storm during the presidential campaign has received additional funding that will be used to renovate its Tuberculosis ward. Abim Hospital medical superintendent Dr Edison Twine thanked the government for the Shs400m dispatched that will also be used to boost the hospital’s mortuary …
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Ugandans in their thousands Airtel subscribers especially were left cursing after their sim cards were switched off even after they had successfully re-registered through a process coordinated by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA). Telecom companies were supposed to switch off those who had not reregistered …
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is struggling to raise more than Shs30bn to pay 1045 of its former staff whose services were terminated in 2012. It is now appealing to the central government to bail it out on the issue of its former employees. During a court session, the KCCA …
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Punishing century by Uganda’s Irfan, five-for for Oman’s Bilal, half-centuries by Pathirana and Adhihetty of Canada Kampala, Uganda | ICC-CRICKET.COM| Canada and Oman notched up their third wins in the ICC World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday to lead the field with last round of matches to …
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Uganda’s top distance runner Joshua Cheptegei marked his return to the track with an impressive 4th place finish in a star-studded 5000 Metres Prefontaine Classic race on Saturday. Cheptegei’s time of 13:02.84 is a season best for him, but the 20-year-old can run faster. He was 2 seconds short of his …
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ICC World Cricket League Division Three Uganda 193/6 in 36.2 overs (M. Irfan 108*) | Malaysia 189 in 50 ( Shafiq Sharif 58 off 55, V Singh 39 | F Nsubuga 4-43-10; H Ssenyondo 3-30-10) Canada – 256/8 50/50 ov RR: 5.12 United States of America – 160 (43.0 ov) Singapore – …
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