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𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 257 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 04, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 MV Kalangala to resume operation in April 📌MV Kalangala that had stopped its services as a result of engine failure on February 24 has been revamped. Sadala Musoke, the Managing Director of National Oil Distributors Limited (NODL), a private firm managing MV Kalangala says the vessel has received the required engine overhaul and is expected to start operation this month. 🇺🇬 MPs to lead anti-Malaria walk in Kampala 📌The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa will lead MPs under...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 256 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 03, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 West Rwenzori and Luweero Dioceses get new bishops  📌The House of Bishops sitting in Kisoro have announced Rev. Canon Godfrey Kasana as the 4th Bishop of Luweero Diocese. He will be consecrated and enthroned as Bishop on July 16, 2023, at St. Mark’s Cathedral, Luweero. Rev. Barnabas Tibaijuka has also been elected the 1st Bishop of West Rwenzori Diocese, which will be officially launched in Bundibugyo on August 27,  2023, the day he will be...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 254 🇸 🇦 🇹 🇺 🇷 🇩 🇦 🇾 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 01, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 NEMA gives public transport motorists one month grace period to have dustbins in vehicles 📌The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has emphasised that motorists and passengers who litter the streets with rubbish will face the law. The Executive Director Dr Akankwasa Barirega, however said that private cars will not be stopped unless the occupants litter the streets but public transport vehicles like taxis, buses and coasters have been given a grace period of one month to...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has clarified that Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is not to fight M-23, but maintain peace. According to a statement dated Thursday 30th March, 2023, the president insisted that the deployment of troops by UPDF is to act as a neutral force as the Congolese use the time to sort out their political problems. “In that effort, we are not going to battle or fight the M-23. The Congo Government and the M-23, have agreed to a peace plan, which involves cessation of hostilities (fighting), withdrawal of the M-23 from some of the...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 252 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 30, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Kambuga Hospital to be elevated to regional referral hospital 📌Kambuga Hospital located in Kanungu District will be elevated to a regional referral hospital after renovations. Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng during the ground breaking ceremony on March 29 said the project will cost Ugx40Bn and will be completed by the joint effort of UPDF Engineering Brigade and Kanungu District Local Government. Also present was ICT Minister Hon Chris Baryomusi. 🇺🇬 UPC commends NRM Government...

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on March 29th, 2023, flagged off a contingent to serve under the East Africa Community Regional Force in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  The flag-off ceremony was held at the Bunagana border in the Kisoro District, and Lieutenant General Kayanja Muhanga, the Commander Land Forces, officiated.  According to Lt Gen Muhanga, the ceremony marks another chapter in the UPDF’s history of peacekeeping operations.  "Having pacified the country, the UPDF now exports peace in other countries. We were in Liberia at one time, we are in Somalia, been to South Sudan, Central African Republic. We are also in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fighting the Allied...