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20:20
20:20

UDB to Finance 2 Million Women Entrepreneurs With Micro Loans

The chairperson UWEAL, Barbara Ofwono says this will go a long way in answering their concerns especially due to the low interest rates of 10 to 12 percent, compared to the more than 20 offered by commercial banks and microfinance institutions
19:42
19:42

Family Accuses Electricity Firm of Constructing on Disputed Land 3 1

A family has appealed to authorities to prevail over Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited - UETCL, which they accuse of defying a court order not to construct on a piece of land whose ownership is under contestation in courts of law.
19:41
19:41

Wobulenzi Town Shooting Victim Succumbs to Injuries investigations 4

Seppuuya a truck driver in Wobulenzi town was rushed to Mulago hospital on Saturday evening after he was shot at 8:30 pm at the roadside market during the operations against the enforcement of curfew.
19:28
19:28

Kabarole Residents Accuse GISO to Rwenzori RISO of Misconduct and Illegal Gun Possession 3 7

Moses Baguma a resident of Busaiga A said he reported a case of theft of a domestic animal where Kalija was allegedly involved but he was shocked in spite of overwhelming evidence against him to find out that Kalija was released after only 24 hours without any clear explanation.
19:20
19:20

Ethiopia, Tanzania Win CECAFA U-20 Women Matches woman 1

Eritrea's head coach Ibrahim Suleiman says that the girls lost the momentum of play due to unknown reasons, costing him the three points in today's game.
19:07
19:07

Experts Puzzled By Continued Drop in COVID-19 Cases 1 3

As of Monday, only nine patients with critical COVID-19 were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Mulago National Referral hospital.
18:56
18:56

Ammonium Nitrate Used in Komamboga, Swift Bus Explosion 1 1

The Police forensic team led by Andrew Mubiru who is the head of the Directorate of Forensic Science –DFS, has written a report shared to Joint Security Operations Committee -JOC sitting at Naguru police headquarters explaining that ammonium nitrate was the propellant embedded with nails, bicycle ball bearings and other fragments in Komamboga and Swift Bus explosives.
18:37
18:37

New Moroto Central Market Vandalized vending 2 2

The vandalism was noticed on Monday by the police deployed at the market when they entered the apartment allotted to them only to find that glasses were smashed. Other facilitates that have been vandalized include the security lighting system and the flower garden.
18:33
18:33

Pakwach Police Detain their OC for Dei over Break-in, Theft of Motorcycle and Exhibits Office Break-in 2 2

Assistant Inspector of Police Samson Odongo, the OC of Dei Police Post was picked up on Sunday after some unknown persons broke in to the Police post and took away a Police motorcycle Registration Number UP 8313, a Fuel Tank and some exhibits like mattresses that had been kept in the office.
18:13
18:13

National Drug Authority to Deny Unvaccinated Staff, Visitors Access to Premises MOH 1

According to NDA, visitors or staff that are not vaccinated will have to present a negative PCR test carried out 72 hours before.
18:09
18:09

Six Teenagers get Pregnant as 5 Catch HIV Daily in Kyotera 2 1

Doctor Edward Muwanga, the Kyotera District Health Officer says that the numbers are extracted from the official records of the healthcare services delivery points within the district that regularly transmit their figures to the district central registry.
17:31
17:31

High Court Upholds Election of Muhwezi, Niwagaba Protazio Begumisa 3 4

The petition against Muhwezi, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer was filed by Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party flag bearer Fred Turyamuhweza.
17:00
17:00

Police Responded to Four False Bomb Scares Last Week Fred Enanga 1 1

Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson, said in the same week the Police counter terrorism and bomb squad teams responded to four other suspicious terror scares reported by the general public in Katabi town council, Nsambya, Ggaba, and along Gayaza Roads, but all had no explosives.
16:52
16:52

URA Starts Enforcement on Use of Digital Stamps, Electronic Receipts 1 2

Paddy Ochieng, the Manager Kampala Metropolitan Domestic Taxes Department, says that two URA staff have been deployed at more than 40 supermarkets in different parts of the country to ensure that they issue the e-invoices for all transactions.
16:21
16:21

Court Dismisses Bukimbiri County Election Petition 3

In his judgment issued through e-mail on Monday, Justice Phillip Odoki, dismissed the petition with costs. He said that Owebeyi failed to prove to the satisfaction of the court the grounds of the petition.
16:05
16:05

Makerere, Kyambogo Lecturers Fail to Show Up for Physical Classes 2 4

When URN reporters visited the two institutions, most of the lecture rooms were empty with students spread all over the college compounds at Wi-Fi spots attending online lectures.
15:57
15:57

Gov't Ordered to Pay UGX 500 Million for Police Trespassing on Private Land

In 2018, Abdu Bazaale and Mahfoodh Abdalla sued government for Police trespassing on their customary land on which their family had lived for more than 70 years. In her judgement, Justice Cornelia Kakooza Sabiiti ruled that government illegally acquired the land, is trespassing and should compensate the family.
15:33
15:33

NUSAF III Dam Project in Agago Stalls over Alleged Embezzlement 1

Construction of the community dam situated in Paicam Parish, Otaka watershed, kicked off in February this year after the government through Office of the Prime Minister-OPM disbursed 132 millionn shillings.
15:19
15:19

Suspected African Swine Fever Reported in Bushenyi 2

The ban has been imposed in Kyeizoba, Ibaare, Bumbaire sub-counties and Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality.
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