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๐๐๐๐ขc๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌย receive pay,ย ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ย 9-day sit down strike
According to the Federation of the Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) President Dr. Musa Lumumba, medical interns have suspended their sit-down strike which kicked off on November 6 2022. He says that the 9-day sit down strike has seen at least 90% of hospitals pay their respective interns.
๐H-ACU ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌย Shs48๐ย ย ย public toilet in Nyendo/Mukungwe Municipality
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (๐H-ACU)ย hasย launched investigations into the construction of a public toilet in Nyendo/Mukungwe Municipality in Masaka City that reportedly cost Shs48m. The four-stance water-borne toilet at the Masaka Liberation Square has developed cracks barely a month after it was commissioned.
๐๐๐๐ ย ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌย ๐ญ๐จย ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญย ๐จ๐งย ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌย ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ญย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ย ๐๐๐๐๐๐ย ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Uganda Peopleโs Defense Forces (UPDF) is conducting itsย annual lessons workshopย today at Singo Peace Support Operations Training Center (PSO-TC) under the themeย โAligning Pre-Mission Training to Meet ATMIS Operational Requirements in ever Changing Environment.โย Officiating at the opening of the 3-day workshop, the Commander Land Forces, Lt. Gen. Kayanja Muhanga applauded PSO-TC for continuing the culture of theย Lessons Learntย workshop since 2015.
NGO awardsย ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซย ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ขย ย ๐๐๐๐๐ย ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ย for exemplary leadership
Moses Musana, the Chairman forย Always be Tolerant Organizationย (ABETO), a non-governmental organization has awarded Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom a Peace Award in recognition of her โexemplary and reconciliatory approach to performing national dutiesโ. Musana says they have tracked her performance and observed that she employs a work method that promotes peace.
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐ญ๐จย ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ย ๐๐๐ง๐ย ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
Government is set to introduce a comprehensive Land Acquisition Bill. This has been revealed by the State Minister for lands Persis Namuganza while opening the second National Land Forum 2022 which kicked off in Kampala yesterday, 16th November. Namuganza says this legislation seeks to enable Government acquire land for its projects without hindrance, She says some Government projects have stalled due to resistance.
๐๐๐๐ย ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ย ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌย ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จย ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ย ๐ญ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌย ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐ฆ๐๐งย ๐ข๐งย ๐ย ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ย ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ
Two armed thugs were captured by CCTV cameras robbing a man before escaping from the scene on a bodaboda. According to the viral video shared online, the victim can be seen chasing one of the thugs before being joined by the second thug. The two men go ahead and take the manโs belongings out of his pockets before boarding a bodaboda that had been waiting for them.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐ย ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซย ๐ฆ๐๐งย ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ย ๐๐ฒย ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐งย ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
While addressing journalists, SP Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi Regional Police Spokesman said that Deus Mugyenyi 56, resident of Nyabwiina II cell, Igambiro Parish, Katenga Sub-county was strangled to death in Mitooma District. Mugyenyi was found unconscious by the side of the road and died after being admitted at KIU Hospital Ishaka.
๐-๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ-๐จ๐ฅ๐ย ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ย ๐๐ข๐๐ฌย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฎย ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ
Kigezi Regional Police Spokesman ASP Elly Maate has confirmed the death of 3-year-old Wilson Amanyire, a pupil at Mama Barbra Nursery School at Kajugangoma Church of Uganda. Amanyire was covered by soil after his parentsโ house was carried away by mudslides during the Wednesday afternoon downpour. He was son to Shilah Atuhire and Edson Byaruhanga, residents of Kikondera Village in Bushura Parish, Kirima Sub County.
๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ย signs ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐งย ๐๐๐๐ฅย ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐กย ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ย ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒย ๐ญ๐จย ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ย ๐๐ฌ๐ญย ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐๐งย ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซย ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ
Uganda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French independent power producer HDF Energy to develop a green hydrogen power plant in Uganda. Energy Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu signed the MoU at the ongoing U.N Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt.
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌย ๐ญ๐จย ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญย ๐๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฒย ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐จ๐ ๐ย ๐๐ฎ๐-๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง
ThE Government, through the Dairy Development Authority (DDA), has stepped up efforts to boost the quality and production of milk in Busoga Sub-region. DDA is a Government agency responsible for the provision of dairy development and regulatory services aimed at promoting milk production and consumption and attainment of a profitable dairy industry sector.
TEREGO: Lorry overturns, kills 1 person
Police in Madi-Okollo district is investigating circumstances under which a FUSO Lorry overturned and claimed life of Ocokoru Baifa 85, a resident of Are village, Ewadri parish, Katrini Subcounty in Terego district. According to the West Nile Regional Police Spokesperson Josephine Angucia, the incident happened yesterday along Arua Rhino camp road. She attributed the cause of accident to bad weather.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐
The General Council meeting of the National Organization of Trade Unions (NOTU) voted out the Chairman General, Wilson Owere over failure to manage three council meetings that had been organized to settle emerging leadership issues in NOTU. The meeting criticized Owere of conducting NOTU affairs without consulting council members.
๐๐๐ย ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌย ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ย ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌย ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ย ๐ญ๐จย ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ย ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
The Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), John R. Musinguzi has asked Parliament to consider the proposal of enhancing salaries of tax officials to mitigate corruption tendencies. Musinguzi was appearing before Parliamentโs Finance Committee where the Authority had been summoned to present their budget performance for the 2022/2023 Financial Year.
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๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ
Kenyaโs President William Ruto has slammed MP Salah Yakubโs idea to scrap Kenyaโs two-term presidential term limits describing it โselfishโ.
Ruto says he wants to focus on delivering election promises as opposed to changing the constitution.
๐๐๐:ย ๐๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ย ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐จ๐ย ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ๐๐งย ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌย ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐๐
A second contingent of Kenyan troops deployed under the banner of a regional bloc arrived in the war-ravaged east of the DRC yesterday. They will be joined by troops from other member states of the East African Community (EAC) to help the Congolese government battle the ADF rebels.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ย ๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฌย ๐ย ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆย ๐๐%ย ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ย ๐๐จ๐ซย ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐งย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ย ๐๐ง๐ย ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ย ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
The Parliament of Sierra Leone has unanimously passed the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment 2022 bill, which provides for a minimum of 30% of its seats and one third of all local council seats to be held by women. The measure has been submitted to the President, Julius Maada Bio, for ratification.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ฌย ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅย ๐ฅ๐๐ฐย ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅย ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒย ๐๐๐๐
The Ukrainian Parliament on Wednesday approved a new extension of martial law and the mobilization of the Armed Forces, until February 2023. This would mark the first anniversary of the military offensive launched by Russia this year. The proposal has gone ahead by a large majority and implies that the two measures will be in force until 19th February 2023.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญย ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จย saysย ๐ญ๐ก๐ย ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒย ๐ก๐๐ฌย ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌย ๐ญ๐จย ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ย ๐๐๐ง๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌย ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ย ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐
Venezuelan President Nicolรกs Maduro on Wednesday said that Venezuela has important allies around the world ย which will help it achieve great scientific and technological revolution to consolidate her economic independence.
๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐ย ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌย ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐งย ๐ญ๐จย ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญย ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌย ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌย ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has urged Sudan to put interests of its citizens first in the political negotiations of transition to democracy. He explained that the future of the country depends on bold steps towards consensus, as well as the protection of human rights.
๐๐๐:ย ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒย ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐งย ๐๐๐๐๐ฌย ๐ฎ๐ฉย ๐ญ๐จย ๐๐ย ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌย ๐ข๐งย ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐งย ๐๐จ๐ซย ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ย ๐ข๐งย ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ฅย ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ
U.S. Air Force veteran Lt Col. Larry Brock faces up to 20 years in prison after being convicted on Wednesday of up to 6 felonies for his role in the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol in Washington. He stormed the Senate building dressed in his Army fatigue when a massive mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump came to his call to prevent the recount of the electoral votes certifying Joe Bidenโs victory in the November 2020 presidential election.
๐๐๐:ย ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญย ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌย ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐งย ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ย ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ
The US on Wednesday sanctioned 6 senior members of Iranian state-run media, accusing them of broadcasting forced confessions to undermine the protests roiling Iran. The US Treasury Department said Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) recently produced and broadcast interviews of individuals being forced to confess that their relatives were not killed by Iranian authorities during the demonstrations.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฌย ๐๐๐งย ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ย ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฌย ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซย ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ย ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ญ
A group of Senegalese judges can now place some convicts or defendants on electronic bracelets rather than in prison, as the government inaugurated the center in Dakar to monitor them. Those convicted of rape, pedophilia, and drug trafficking are excluded from the scope. The system can track an individual under an electronic bracelet anywhere in the world within radius of a meter.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:ย ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญย ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌย ๐๐ย ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งย ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌย ๐จ๐งย ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ
14 opposition activists in Zimbabwe who were arrested after clashes with ruling party supporters in June were released on bail by the courts. They were arrested along with opposition MP Job Sikhala and another elected official Godfrey Sithole after giving a speech at the funeral of opposition member Moreblessing Ali, whose mutilated body was found in a wellย a dayย earlier.
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