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19:26
19:26

Gov’t Urged to Hasten Inclusive Education Policy world bank uganda 1 3

The policy, which was drafted in 2011, makes it mandatory for all schools to have special needs teachers trained and placed in different classrooms. It also requires schools to have the right infrastructure like rumps to ease the movement of learners with physical disabilities.
18:57
18:57

UPDF Deploys in Lira Town over Increased Gang Attacks Lira District 1

Lt. Hassan Kato, the 5th Division Army spokesperson says that police requested assistance from the police to beef up security deployment by the police.
17:34
17:34

How Students Exhibition Left Makerere Freedom Square Bruised Makerere University 1

Freedom Square, which was once a perfectly green field is now riddled with large patches of mud, coursed through by tire tracks, following the Friday 11th economics exhibition.
16:06
16:06

NWSC Blames Low Pipeline Pressure For Water Crisis in Kampala 1 4

Eng. Andrew Muhwezi, the Senior Water Production Manager in Kampala Service Area says the water supply network will complete its pressure recovery by this evening, 48 hours after it was restarted after a day long routine maintenance.
15:48
15:48

Electoral Commission, Village Councils to Conduct Voter Verification Exercise 1 3

Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama says that they have encountered complaints of ineligible voters appearing on the voters register in the concluded by-elections and past elections.
15:03
15:03

South Sudanese Medical Student Found Dead in Barifa Forest 2 4

Kandarau’s body was found inside Barifa forest after a search by the students and locals following reports of his disappearance on Tuesday.
14:49
14:49

Kyenjojo Offers Land for Regional Skills Development Centre Steven Asiimwe 1 3

The allocation followed the launch of the project by the State House Comptroller, Lucy Nakyobe, at the district headquarters on Wednesday.
14:09
14:09

Gov’t Set to Raid Petroleum Fund Again Bank of Uganda 1 1

According to Bank of Uganda, government will withdraw 445billion shillings which will be transferred from the fund to the consolidated fund for government to pay for the 2019/20 financial year budget activities
13:35
13:35

Police Shoots LDU Dead in Kasese 3

Masumbuku Tsongo, 309 Brigade Spokesperson told URN that Olweny was undergoing final drills of his four month military training but escaped from the barracks with a gun and went into the community.
13:02
13:02

Parents Decry Lack of Consent for Measles-Rubella Immunization Campaign GAVI 3 1

The five-day campaign is supposed to provide a booster dose for measles and introduce the rubella vaccine among children aged 15-years and below. During the same campaign, more than 8.2 million children younger than 9-months will receive the oral polio vaccine.
12:40
12:40

Mbale Market Vendors Count Losses Over Power Outages 2 2

There has been unreliable power supply in the market for the past one month after two transformers installed at the market broke down, leaving the market in darkness.
11:48
11:48

Fort Portal Division Chairpersons Protest New Garbage Collection Fees Richard Muhumuza 1

Richard Muhumuza, the West Division chairperson, says they have less revenue collections as their major source of income, property tax, is now being collected by agents of the municipal council.
11:32
11:32

Works Minister Tables Wrong Certificate of Financial Implication for Road Safety Bill 4 3

MPs note that Azuba tabled the Traffic and Road Safety (Amendment) Bill, 2019 Traffic and Road Safety Bill, 2019 on 17th July this year and attached the Certificate of Financial Implications for the Traffic and Road Safety Act, 1998 (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
08:17
08:17

Heavy Rains Destroy Newly Commissioned Bridge in Kyenjojo William Kaija 1 1

The infrastructure which cost 95 million Shillings, is the crossing link between the Sub Counties of Katooke and Kyarusozi, across the Aswa Swamp.
07:48
07:48

Free Zone Authority Land Claimants Demand Gov't Protection 1 5

The whistleblowers are Augustine Bukenya Muwuluzi, Robinson Matovu, Erica Ngoye Makumbi, and Judith Nalubega. Bukenya petitioned the Land Commission of Inquiry for protection on behalf of others on Wednesday evening while appearing before the Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire led Land Commission of Inquiry to explain cirumstances which surrounded the scandal.
07:36
07:36

Entertainment Industry Now Worth UGX 140 Billion - UBOS 1

The new figures, released after Ubos rebased the economy, show that the entertainment industry grew by 30 per cent in 2016/17 compared to a decline of 2.4 per cent that had been reported that year.
07:22
07:22

Two Held For Vandalizing Power Transformers in Sheema District 1

Greater Bushenyi regional police spokesperson, Martial Tumusiime says that the two were spotted by locals in the areas of Kyengyendo, Rwicumu, Masheruka and Nyakanoni before being apprehended.
07:18
07:18

Kasese Municipal Council Faulted for Lack of Drainage System 4

According to Kabbyanga, the municipality has already committed one billion shillings under the Uganda Support to Municipalities Infrastructure Development (USMID) Programme towards designing a drainage master plan which shall then be developed under the same program.
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