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The Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng on Saturday said nine negative cases that had erroneously been recorded as positive have been discounted from the national tally, bringing the country's confirmed cases down to 685, contrary to what was earlier
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Uganda: Cabinet Rejects Dead Year, Opts to Buy 10m Radio Sets
Other ministers, however, rejected Mr Kutesa's suggestion and asked Mr Matia Kasaija of Finance to look for funds in the 2020/21 budget for buying radios and TV sets for the 15 million
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‘We don’t know these folks’: Leaders say majority of destruction...
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Policing in Africa: ways the force can be reformed
We continue our series on POLICE ON THE SPOT, a look at the civil force’s role of prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public
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UGANDANS LAUNCH DRIVE TO ‘DECOLONIZE’ LOCAL AREA STREETS – The Wilmington Journal
A petition to rename roads honoring British colonial figures has gathered thousands of
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COVID-19-stranded Canadians look forward to going home
TREASURE BEACH, St Elizabeth — When the Canadian husband and wife pair of Tom and Susan Little arrived here back in March, they had a flight booked to return to Toronto on May
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Uganda: What Zedriga Brings On Board As Bobi Wine's Deputy
"Ours is not going to be the politics of praise and favour; it will be politics of a service, inclusiveness and humanity," Dr Lina Zedriga Waru Abuku said after being unveiled as People Power deputy principal by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, last
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Uganda: MPs Order Arrest of Man Holding 200 Properties
The select taskforce of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase), which is probing the dubious acquisition and repossession of properties departed by Asians in 1972, has ordered the arrest of businessman, Mr NK Radia, who is accused of
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Uganda: COVID-19 - Can We Stay Safe As Lockdown Eases?
[Monitor] On June 1, in his 16th address, President Yoweri Museveni relaxed a number of the guidelines that had been put in place to fight coronavirus. For instance, public service vehicles such as taxis and buses were allowed back on the roads albeit with restrictions.
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Uganda: Mbale Council Meeting Turns Chaotic As Councillors Exchange Fists
The Mbale District council meeting on Friday degenerated into a scene of chaos as councillors exchanged fists following a disagreement on whether to relocate the district offices from Malukhu in Industrial
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BUWEMBO: Water everywhere, yet we have been crying for free
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Georgia Senate Passes New Hate Crime Bill
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Uganda: Nation Pardons 180 Rwandan Prisoners
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LeBron James Wants A ‘True, Official’ Apology From The NFL To Colin Kaepernick
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Tanzania: Don't Blame Me for Any COVID-19 Deaths - Museveni
Kampala — President Museveni has said that he and his government have played their part in containing the spread of Coronavirus, and can no longer take the blame if Ugandans start dying of
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Remembrance in the Cemetery: In Search of “The Accidental Slaveowner”
In the account below Central Washington University anthropologist Mark Auslander describes why he wrote The Accidental Slaveholder, which describes the curious ways in which the legacy of slavery extend into the contemporary
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Bath fears fateful shower
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Tiffany Haddish Says Rape By Police Cadet Took ‘A Little Bit Of Her Soul’ - Blavity
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Uganda: Jinja Officials Fight for Leadership of New City
The district chairperson, Mr Titus Kisambira, in an interview at the weekend, said the municipal council is misinterpreting the Local Government Act on new
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Uganda: Kiruhura Murders - Suspects Plead Not Guilty
Four persons were arrested as a result of their phone communications and these were James Asiimwe, Mattew Mugooha, also known as Juju, Amon Twabagye, also known as Bujoro Fred and Fred
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BY PATRICIA SIBANDA EKUSILENI Hospital in Bulawayo, which is currently being used as a COVID-19 facility, will become a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) specialist teaching centre when the coronavirus curve flattens. The chief executive of the hospital Absolom Dube revealed this
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Kenya: Jubilee Vows to Crack Whip on Errant MPs
Ten MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto have accused the party leadership of using State agencies to harass and intimidate
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Uganda: Ministry of Health Launches Mosquito Net Distribution
Kampala, Uganda — The Ministry of Health has launched the distribution exercise of free mosquito nets across the
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New funds available for cultural organizations struggling due to COVID-19
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