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THE fuel shortage has worsened, forcing dealers to raise pump prices and ration the products.
THE health ministry has warned the public of a possible outbreak of botulism, a condition caused by consuming toxic canned foodstuffs.
OVER 1,000 Congolese refugees have entered Uganda since Tuesday last week. This brings the number of Congolese refugees in Kanungu district to 3,290, up from 2,011 in just six days.
DISABLED people form the largest single group facing chronic poverty in the world, according to a report by the World Vision.
THE Global Fund has approved a two-year grant of $8m (about sh13.7b) for the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda.
MUSLIMS opposed to Mufti Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje are planning to appoint their own Mufti.
THE land title for the 16- hectare Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) main workshop at Nalukolongo is missing.
THE Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) together with Brentec Investments will start production of a thermal-stable Newcastle poultry vaccine to control the newcastle disease (Ensotoka) in poultry.
THE health ministry has halted the building of incinerators in hospitals countrywide. The directive followed the collapse of the newly-constructed incinerators at Mbabara, Masaka and Mubende referral hospitals.
THIS Sunday's MTN marathon is as good a test of human endurance as many Ugandan's will ever face. Forget positions, finishing is all that will matter for most participants and many have put in the hard work for that bare minimum.
GULU municipality residents on Monday shunned a public rally organised by the Conservative Party (CP) president, John Ken Lukyamuzi and his party officials.
STUDENTS of St. Leo's College Kyegobe in Kabarole district on Sunday went on strike, protesting poor hygiene in the school and demanding the removal of their head teacher, Joseph Mary, Etubire.
WHEN the Mogas Falcons open their defence of the men's national basketball crown against Sadolin Power tonight, nearly all the attention will be on the stars out on the Lugogo centre court.
A total of 28 families in the district have received new houses from Habitat for Humanity Uganda and Money Gram International.
HE hired a village assassin who clobbered the boy in the head with a hoe, killing him on the spot. Once this was achieved, the traditional healer and his Tanzanian wife, beheaded the 12-year-old Joseph Kasirye.
Crown Beverages (CBL), the bottlers of Pepsi, Mirinda, 7UP, Evervess and Peak Mineral Water, have unveiled a new citrus-based soda called Mountain Dew.
THE Government is to hold peace talks with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group that terrorised western Uganda for over a decade.
INADEQUATE funding to the agriculture sector has hindered agricultural productivity, the animal husbandry state minister has said.
IT is not always that the phrase, old is gold, applies whenever the old is engaged. But veteran dramatist Christopher Mukiibi, deserved applause for his play Abasa Nabasa at Theatre La Bonita over the last two weekends.
REPAIRING of the Gulu-Lacor road will continue, Gulu municipality mayor Christopher Acire has said.
TWO toddlers in Wakiso town died in an inferno on Monday night when fire broke out in their bedroom.
A two-day microfinance forum on the theme "expanding frontiers in rural finance" was held in Bergamo in Italy recently.
LEADING Ugandan runners Isaac Kiprop and Adero Nyakisi are favourites to win the half-marathon race at the MTN Kampala International Marathon on Sunday.
Fina Bank, one of the leading regional banks, has started operations in Uganda as part of its regional expansion strategy.
Why would a 70-year-old dare to sit A'level examinations?
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