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Lubaga Hospital Launches state-of-the art Organ Transplant Theatre

Lubaga Hospital has on Monday commissioned a specialized transplant theatre worth Shs1 billion that will soon carry out kidney, liver, and cornea transplants. Speaking at the commissioning of the...

Judicial Officers Set to Resume Hearing Cases Tomorrow

The Judiciary has called upon court users to start following up on their cases because the vacation for...

Court Charges Five Adults for Involving Children in Street Begging

The City Hall magistrate court has charged five adults from different localities for violating the Kampala Capital City...

ICT Ministry Pushes for Tax Exemptions on Tech Equipment to Ensure Computer Access for All Gov’t Personnel

As part of a comprehensive strategy to accelerate digital penetration, the Ministry of ICT is investigating the potential...

President Museveni Returns from Russia and Serbia with Several Trade Deals Secured

The President left Uganda on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, for Russia to attend the Second Russia-Africa Summit that...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 310 🅂🄰🅃🅄🅁🄳🄰🅈 𝐌𝐀𝐘 27, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬  President Museveni advises Kalangala oil palm farmers to add poultry, animal husbandry to their enterprises 📌 President Museveni has urged the people of Kalangala to also embrace poultry, animal husbandry as extra enterprises, aside from Oil Palm growing so that they minimize the costs involved in buying fertilizers. The President was Friday addressing thousands of people including Oil Palm Growers under their umbrella body, Kalangala Oil Palm Growers Trust (KOPGT) at Kibanda Primary School grounds in...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 309 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐌𝐀𝐘 26, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 CDF pledges to address welfare gaps in Army 📌The Chief of Defense Forces, General Wilson Mbadi has promised to address welfare gaps including availing more accommodation units for soldiers. Gen Mbadi made the pledge while launching the 3rd Annual Units Mobilization of the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces at 3rd Division headquarters, Moroto Army Barracks. He also promised to improve soldiers’ health facilities, access to the Defense Forces Duty-Free shops and gradual increment of their salaries....

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 308 🄴🅅🄴🄽🄸🄽🄶 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐌𝐀𝐘 25, 2023 🇺🇬  President Museveni to deal with saboteurs of Government projects  📌President Museveni has vowed to deal with individuals who sabotage Government projects. The President sounded the warning on Wednesday while officially launching the Presidential Skilling Industrial Hub at Ndegeya Village in Masaka City. The industrial hub aims at skilling disadvantaged youths who dropped out of school. The facility is among the 21 zonal industrial hubs constructed across the country to offer free life changing hands-on skills...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 308 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐌𝐀𝐘 25, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Kikagati power plant to generate over 110GWh of clean energy annually 📌President Museveni and his counterpart Suluhu Samia of Tanzania have launched the Kikagati Hydro power plant in Isingiro District. The 16.5-MW hydro power station is on the Kagera River, along the Uganda-Tanzania border and is expected to generate over 110GWh of clean energy annually, which is enough power to meet the normal consumption of approximately 815,590 people in Uganda and Tanzania. H.E Suluhu noted...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 307 🄴🅅🄴🄽🄸🄽🄶 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐌𝐀𝐘 24, 2023 🇺🇬  President Museveni applauds Greater Masaka model farmers 📌 President Museveni has applauded model farmers in Masaka for embracing  Government's development programs such as the Parish Development Model and Emyooga aimed at empowering them get out of the subsistence to a money economy. The President made the remarks on Wednesday - day two of his tour in  Greater Masaka. "I insisted to be on the ground so that I could see for myself how people have changed...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 306 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐌𝐀𝐘 23, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 President Museveni promises tractor and solar irrigation pumps to coffee farmers in Greater Masaka 📌President Museveni has pledged a tractor and solar irrigation pumps to Nalubale Coffee Farmers in Greater Masaka region. The President also promised the farmers Shs100 Million as a boost to their SACCO. "I will give you solar panels which the irrigation pump will use, and lastly I am going to give you Shs100 Million," President Museveni said. The President Tuesday commenced his four-day...