Five individuals from the Peace of Trumpet Ministry Uganda, a Balokole religious sect based in Lira, have been taken into custody. They are accused of disrupting the ongoing National Population and Housing Census. The suspects, namely Daniel Obangakene (30), Jesse Ogenrwot (20), Abel Emmanuel (27), Emmanuel Atekirwot (26), and Daniel …
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Government is yet to release the balance of shillings 366.85 billion to National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to finance the coming mass enrollment and renewal of National Identification Cards to Ugandans. The nationwide exercise is scheduled to kick off on June 1st, 2024 and will run until September 30, …
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Many passengers suffered injuries on a recent Friday afternoon when a Kakise bus, en route from Mbale to Soroti District, fell into Kachumbala Bridge. The incident reportedly occurred because the bus was carried off the road by swift floodwaters resulting from a heavy downpour. Mr Epidu George, the Officer in …
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As the National Population and Housing Census got underway countrywide on Friday, an enumerator in Njeru municipality, Buikwe District, was reportedly pursued by three men and stabbed. Mr James Kalyango was supposed to enumerate residents of Namuwaya Village but decided to first relay some messages on a megaphone at around …
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An employee of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Kabale, Jude Twebaze, is currently in police custody. The accusation against him is that he disrupted the National census exercise. Twebaze, who works at the NWSC head office in Kampala, was apprehended while on a bus journey to Kampala. …
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President Yoweri Museveni is taking a firm stance to induce communication in Swahili language among government officials. In the weekly cabinet meetings, President Museveni has now directed for addresses and communications by ministers to be done in Swahili. Despite being designated as Uganda’s second official language two years ago, adaptation …
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Life is full of awesome people, but let’s be honest, it also has its share of characters who leave you scratching your head. Building strong friendships and relationships requires trust, and sometimes, figuring out who deserves that trust can be tricky. Here’s the lowdown on some personality types to watch …
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Police in Luwero district have arrested an enumerator over the theft of a tablet ahead of a census exercise on Thursday. Uganda Bureau of Statistics has deployed 1532 enumerators and 192 supervisors in Luwero district for the National Population Census scheduled to start on Thursday, May 10, 2024. Each enumerator …
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Luwero hospital has terminated the internship of two medical students and a health worker is under investigation over alleged extortion. On Wednesday, Luwero hospital administration invited local leaders and residents to assess client satisfaction, get feedback on health services and areas of improvement. The engagement was held at Luwero Sub …
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Members of Parliament on Public Accounts Committee have queried the qualifications of Lucas Birungi, the Head of Accounts at Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital. This is after he failed to interpret the hospital’s financial statements that revealed that he didn’t remit Shs72.915M to the consolidated fund, as part of …
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