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While alcohol has from the ages been largely and frequently consumed as a recreational substance, when its consumption is examined among countries, it shows that it is uneven. This is because the levels of consumption and the alcohol types vary from place to place given the different traditions and customs as well. While some cultures […]
Gulu city authorities have banned transporters from loading passengers and cargo along the streets in the city. The ban stems from congestion and lawlessness along Keyo, Andrea, Sir Samuel Baker Roads as well as Gulu –Kampala Highway where taxis, buses, trucks, and other public vehicles have been operating from. The congestion has led to the […]
The Mbale City Resident Commissioner, Ahamada Washaki has clashed with the city authorities over the proposed recruitment of parish chiefs. Recently, Mbale City Town Clerk, David Kyansanku issued an internal advert calling on interested city employees to apply for the position of parish chief. It came after the government released money for the recruitment of […]
Over 30,000 residents of Lusanja in Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District have in recent weeks been living in fear over threats of eviction by purported landowners who accuse them of illegally occupying the land. The said residents occupy a 76-acre piece of land adjacent to the site that saw scenes of brutal eviction in 2018 […]
The motorsport governing body of Uganda (FMU) successfully held its extraordinary assembly at Kabira Hotel in Kampala amidst administration fallouts from its members. With a failed injunction, five clubs; Mbarara, Enduro, Umospoc, Vintage and Uganda Motor club, wrote to the National Council of Sports about their boycott of Saturday’s assembly. The Federation Vice Presidents Shemmy […]
Mbale City leaders have introduced new measures of collecting revenue. In the previous financial year, the council suffered a shortfall of more than two billion Shillings. It collected 900 Million Shillings out of the projected 3.5 Billion Shillings. In the 2017/2018 financial year, only 2 Billion Shillings was collected instead of the 3.9 Billion Shillings. […]
Health authorities in Moroto district have set a target to vaccinate at least 60 per cent of the area population against the COVID-19 virus by January 2022. Authorities estimate that there are some 118, 500 persons legible for vaccination in Moroto. According to the District Health Officer Dr Hans Lokaale, the health sector has managed […]
UMEME officials within Jinja area have raised a red flag over the increasing loses accrued from power thefts. Their Jinja area comprises of Njeru municipality, Kayunga district, Jinja city, Jinja district and Magamaga town council. Officials say that due to continuous power thefts, they lose 4.1 gigawatt hours per month, which is valued at 2 […]
Investors of Indian and Pakistani origin operating in Lira City have been duped by a bigger business company in Oyam district. The four businessmen; Dev Patel of Pramukh millers, Frook Wakas of Farook Agro Uganda Limited, Muhammmad Shahid of Mian Agro Uganda Limited, and Basra Gurcharn of Guru Nanak Investment particularly deal in oilseed and […]
Under Serum Africa Medical Research Institute (SAMRI) Uganda will start to manufacture its own vaccines which will lead it into top performing and farther topping African countries in medical care and health atlearge . This has come to existence after SAMRI delegation met with HE The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at State House […]
