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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 324 🅂🅄🄽🄳🄰🅈 JUNE 11, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Archbishop Kazimba Mugalu donates 200 blankets to Butabika Hospital 📌The Archbishop of Uganda Steven Kazimba Mugalu has paid a courtesy visit to Butabika Mental Referral Hospital where he donated 205 blankets. While speaking to the medical officers on Saturday, Dr Kazimba appealed to the Government to increase taxes on alcohol and drugs like tobacco  which have contributed to a high prevalence rate of substance abuse. Kazimba commended the work at the hospital and asked the Government...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 323 🅂🄰🅃🅄🅁🄳🄰🅈 JUNE 10, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬  Gen. Saleh Challenges Ugandan Universities on quality research 📌Gen Salim Saleh, the Operation Wealth Creation Coordinator has challenged Universities in Uganda to have documented research on matters relating to Uganda. Gen Saleh observed that foreign Universities have more data on Uganda compared to Ugandan Uiversities. He was Friday meeting Gulu University delegation led by Vice-Chancellor Professor George Openjuru Ladaah from Purongo in Nwoya District to who briefed  him on the status of the OWC Secretariat established...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 321 ⓉⒽⓊⓇⓈⒹⒶⓎ JUNE 08, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬  President Museveni says he is COVID-19 positive, commences self isolation 📌 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has tested COVID19 positive. According to the State House Twitter handle, the President has commenced self isolation. On Wednesday, while concluding the State of the Nation address at Kololo Ceremonial grounds, the President revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19. "Dear members, this morning I felt a cold and cough, and I took a COVID-19 test, which was a rapid one,...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 319 🄴🅅🄴🄽🄸🄽🄶 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 06, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 President Museveni pledges to contribute to the peace process between Russia- Ukraine 📌President Yoweri Museveni has pledged his support and contribution to the peace process in the current Russia-Ukraine crisis. While attending a virtual meeting hosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa at State House Nakasero, President Museveni emphasized that the two countries (Russia and Ukraine) could benefit from the African perspective on peace. “This war affects all of us and it...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 319 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 JUNE 06, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 President Museveni to deliver State of the Nation Address on Wednesday 📌President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will tomorrow, Wednesday June 7, 2023 deliver the State of the Nation Address in accordance with the statutory duty under Article 101 (1) of the Constitution. The President will deliver the address to Parliament at Kololo Independence grounds at 2PM and it will be aired live on all radio and TV stations. 🇺🇬 Fifty one people to receive Heroes Day medals-...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 318 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 JUNE 05, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 President Museveni links success of Al- Shabaab attack on UPDF base in Somalia to corruption by some UPDF commanders 📌 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cited corruption by some Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) commanders during the deployment of troops in African Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). The President last week accused some UPDF commanders of deploying their guards, relatives and cooks to the ATMIS. His remarks come in the wake of reports of an...