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President Museveni Pardons 19 NUP Supporters After Pleading Guilty

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on November 22, 2024, pardoned 19 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) who were arrested in connection with violence in November 2020 ahead of...

UNRA to Commence works at Mabira section along the Kampala—Jinja highway

The Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) has announced upcoming maintenance works at the Mabira section along the Kampala...

Manifesto Week 2024: Uganda’s Tourism Industry Makes Significant Progress

During the Manifesto Week 2024, the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities showcased major achievements in Uganda’s tourism...

Uganda Launches UGX 46 Billion Health Infrastructure Project in Karamoja Region

The Ministry of Health, on Thursday, November 21, 2024, launched a €12 million ( approximately UGX 46.6 Billion)...

Attorney General Defends Controversial Teachers Degree Requirement in Parliament

In a recent session before Parliament’s Education Committee, Attorney General Kiwanuka Kiryowa defended the requirement for all teachers...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 114 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐔𝐁𝐂 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝐐𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 📌Government has confirmed that Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation will broadcast this year’s World Cup to be held in Qatar. This was revealed by the Minister of Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi while addressing the press today November, 11 2022 at Uganda Media Center. 🇺🇬𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐢 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐋𝐄, 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 📌Kid rapper Felista di Superstar was among the candidates who sat for this...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 114 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 https://explorer.co.ug/# 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 📌Ebola Virus Disease is transmitted from person-to-person through direct contact with blood, body fluids, or contaminated clothing and other personal items of symptomatic or deceased patients. 📌Traditional funeral practices/funeral rituals, including washing and touching the corpse, pose a substantial risk for Ebola transmission. 📌Socio - cultural factors such as traditional healing pose a fertile risk in the transmission of Ebola 📌The Ebola virus can survive for up to a week in a dead primate. As long...

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𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 113 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 📌Isolation facilities are public health areas put to handle the Ebola outbreak decisively and to ensure that Ugandans survive the epidemic. 📌Once you are listed as a contact person, please hand yourself in for treatment because if you run away, you are most likely going to die or spread the disease. An isolation facility is not a prison but a place for your own safety. 🇺🇬𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 114 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 D𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟖 Kassanda RDC, Phoebe Namulindwa has revealed that the confirmed Ebola cases have increased to 48 and that the majority of the cases are from Kikandwa village in Kalwana Sub County. Namulindwa says they have 944 contact persons undergoing surveillance. She blames the surging problem on politicians and boda boda motorists who have continued to defy the lockdown regulations. 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬 Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong confirms that the Customs Tariff Commission of the State...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 112 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 9th 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀:𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 UNEB 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐛𝐨la 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 PLE and UCE finalists are stuck in schools after the completion of their final exams. Parents cannot pick their children from school and in the same way; children cannot leave the school premises. This is due to the current restrictions levied on Mubende and Kassanda Districts, stating that people cannot leave or enter the district due to the current Ebola crisis. On the other hand, schools have said they cannot keep students in schools...

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏 𝑰𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆 112 Early 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 https://explorer.co.ug/# 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐋𝐀: 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡: Blood or body fluids (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, semen) of a person who is sick with or has died from EVD Objects (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and syringes) contained with body fluids from one person sick with EVD or a body of a person who died from EVD. 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Ugandan Robert Kateera as the leader of the coveted Canadian Prime Minister’s Youth Council. In an unprecedented move that has grabbed global...