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Jun 2022 46 results
18:43
18:43

Gen. Elwelu Challenges Officers to Monitor Regional Security Threats defense 2 5

Elwelu implored officers to embrace new techniques in averting modern security threats both within the country and globally.
18:37
18:37

UNATU Founder Rallies Teachers Not to Give In 2 1

In her view, to solve the impasse teachers should insist that government either introduce a supplementary budget to raise pay for what has been described as art teachers or distribute the available wage among all teachers for equity purposes as they prepare the promised pay raise.
18:31
18:31

MPs Hand Lira Hospital Accountant to CID Over UGX 94m PAYE Funds 1 6

In the 2020/2021 audit report, Auditor General John Muwanga revealed that the hospital Pay As You Earn-PAYE deductions had not been paid by the end of the financial year on June 30, 2021
18:23
18:23

Buikwe Muslims Decry Pork Consumption at Public Gathering 2 1

Imam Hassan Kiberu, one of the area Muslim leaders, says that pork vendors are always on the lookout for big functions where they can sell pork. He says much as it is within their right, they inconvenience Muslim guests at such functions.
18:22
18:22

Entire Sub-county Being Abandoned Over Looming Landslides in Bududa 3 3

The Bubiita Sub County LC5 councilor Melo Patrick says the crack has covered a distance of 1.5 km and 55 homes have been deserted by owners. He said occupants of the homes just removed iron sheets from their homes and movable belongings and went to make temporally structures in the neighboring areas.
18:11
18:11

Aswa River Region Police Investigates 6 Officers for Negligence 1

The investigations stem from the escape of eleven suspects who broke out and escaped from police cells on Monday night where they were temporarily being held under custody pending appearance before court.
18:02
18:02

FPU Destroys Immature Fish, Illegal Gears in Entebbe, Buvuma 4 1

The immature fish, valued at 7 Million Shillings were impounded on Saturday in Masaka.
17:56
17:56

Pr. Ssenyonga’s Top Media Dragged to Industrial Court Over Unpaid Wages 1

“This matter has taken almost a year ever since it was reported to you. No settlement or adjudication has been made on it. Therefore, relying on Section 5 of the Labour Disputes (Arbitration and Settlement Act, 2006) and Rule 3 of the Industrial Court Rules, we pray that you refer the matter to the Industrial Court for further management,” Ashaba’s legal team wrote to Labour officer on June 13, 2022.
17:53
17:53

Gulu Registers 3,484 Cases of Mental Illness in Nine Months Awach Sub County 1 1

Yoweri Idiba, the Assistant Gulu District Health Officer says that the cases shot up during the covid-19 pandemic which forced people to resort to alcohol and drug abuse as well as abandoning treatment during the lockdown.
17:34
17:34

Uganda Far from Middle Income- World Bank 3 1

The World Bank estimated that despite the economic growth, the population also grew at about the same rate, leaving the per capita income stagnant.
17:33
17:33

Buliisa Hospital X-ray Machine Lying Idle for Two Years nonfunctional 4 1

Dr. Nelson Naisye, the Buliisa District Health Officer-DHO, says that when the Ministry delivered the machine, it tasked the district to provide Shillings 122 million for its complete installation in vain.
17:19
17:19

Northern Bypass: Footbridge Users Demand For Lights 5

Esther Kakayi uses the footbridge at Kyebando from her church to her home during night hours. She told URN on Tuesday that there is a need for the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA to install lights on the footbridges to ensure the safety of the users.
17:03
17:03

MPs Task Lira Hospital Officials on Staff Loan Deductions 6 1

The Auditor General Muwanga reported that the employees neither had letters of undertaking nor existed. It is also provided that only deductions consented to by employees in writing , should be submitted to the Ministry of Public Service for timely monthly payroll processing or as advised by the employer.
16:54
16:54

Security Guards Lay Down Tools Over Delayed Payments 1

The guards laid down their tools Thursday morning in a peaceful protest to compel the company to pay their salaries. The guards later arrested their supervisor, impounded his motorcycle, and handed them together with their firearms Chesower police station in Bukwo district.
16:49
16:49

MPs Direct Mbarara City Leaders to Allocate Stalls in New Market to Stranded Vendors 4 2

Adam Kabatano a fruit vendor, told members of the committee that many vendors occupied the market in 1987 but were surprised when their names were not included on the list of vendors to occupy the newly constructed market.
16:35
16:35

58 Die in A Month As Hunger Bites Hard In Kotido food relief 2 1 Top story

John Bosco Akore, the secretary Kotido Elder’s Council told URN that the severe shortage of food has led to widespread malnutrition, which caused the death of 58 children and elderly people between May and June this year.
16:25
16:25

Two Parishes in Dokolo Miss Out on PDM Funds 3

Geoffrey Ogwal, the Chairperson LCII Barl-lela parish is surprised that the parish was not included yet they were duly elected and given administration tools such as stamps by the Chief Administrative Officer.
16:02
16:02

High Court Dismisses Besigye, Mukaaku's Bail Application Dr Kiiza Besigye 2 1

The bail has been dismissed by Justice Tadeo Asiimwe on grounds that it was prematurely brought before the High Court.
15:30
15:30

Seven Leaders of Muslim Converts Detained for A Week Without Charge 1 4

Sheikh Ramadhan Mulindwa, the Kadhi of Luwero Muslim district, who visited the suspects on Wednesday, says that they pleaded their innocence and called for their immediate release. According to Sheikh Mulindwa, the suspects told him that they committed no offense to live on a hill.
15:21
15:21

UN Clean Energy Subsidy in Uganda Ends Renewable energy 6

The project funded by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in Uganda and supported by the Swedish government has benefited 4.2 million people since its inception in 2015.
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