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Business
Speaker Oboth, Bushenyi Women Discuss Special Fund for Mindset Change
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth, has commended Bushenyi District Women Council for innitiating a…
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Business
Uganda’s $1.7 Billion Dam is Drowning in Weeds, Debt and Broken Promises: The Full Story of Karuma’s Troubled Rise
KIRYANDONGO — It was supposed to transform Uganda. A 600-megawatt powerhouse on the River Nile — the largest hydroelectric project…
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International News
Shots in the Night: One Dead, Five Injured as Gunman Opens Fire at Swiss Rave in Aarau
AARAU, Switzerland — Gunshots rang out at a rave party in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau in the early…
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Environment
From Boy King to Tooro’s Beloved Monarch: The Final Days of King Oyo
FORT PORTAL, Uganda — For nearly 31 years, the face of the Tooro Kingdom was a familiar one: a young…
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Local News
Museveni Pardons Former Speaker Anita Among, Halts Prosecution
Kampala — President Yoweri Museveni has directed the release of former Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among from house arrest…
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International News
Flash Flood on Nepal-Tibet Border Kills at Least 95, Hundreds of Foreign Tourists Missing
Kathmandu/Beijing — A massive flash flood swept through Himalayan border communities in Nepal on Wednesday, killing at least 95 people…
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Local News
Patience Rwabwogo Consecrated as Uganda’s First Female Bishop
Kampala — Pastor Patience Kokundeka Museveni Rwabwogo was consecrated as an Episcopal Bishop of Covenant Nations Church at Covenant Hill…
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Business
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Says Dan Odongo’s Journey Should Inspire Public Servants
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has described the career of Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Executive Director Dan Odongo…
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regional news
The Speaker, Jacob Marksons Oboth is in Lilonge, Malawi for the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference.
The conference which is taking place at the Bingu International Convention Centre is being held under the theme, ‘Renewing the…
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International News
Floors Collapse, People Trapped: Powerful 7.1 Earthquake Strikes Japan’s Kumamoto as Death Toll Feared to Rise
KUMAMOTO, Japan — A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday afternoon local time, collapsing the second…
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