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Lokech’s eight months as Deputy IGP
By URN Ugandans on Saturday woke up to the news that the Deputy Inspector General…
Govt banking on Emyooga to recover economy from COVID-19 effects
By URN The government is still banking on the wealth creation program dubbed Emyooga to…
Masaka registers over 1,000 teenage pregnancies, 678 abuses
By URN At least 1,064 teenage girls were reported to have been impregnated in Masaka…
Covid-19 pandemic fueling child labour
The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government…
Museveni refuses to sign Sexual Offences Bill
President Museveni declined to sign into law the Sexual Offences Bill arguing that a number…
No food for Somalia’s Xudur IDPs
Seated outside her makeshift home in the Madaxwaarabe internally displaced people’s site in Xudur, 80-year-old…
Ugandans in the US divided over $50,000 gov’t grant
OUR REPORTER Rifts have emerged within the Uganda North America Association (UNAA) over the management…
Nkoni Palace where Kabaka’s 28 coronation anniversary will be held
This coming Saturday Kabaka of Buganda Fredrick Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II will mark 28…
Generation Equality: “Girls who believe in themselves become visionary leaders”
Young women and men, boys and girls are at the heart of the UN Women-led…