Special Reports
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73Ugandans must rise to question the high price of the growing China-Uganda pact, dominance
KAMPALA – In his new book titled Protection, Patronage or Plunder? Mr Apollo Makubuya, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs of...
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639Scourge of teenage pregnancy, early childbearing in Eastern Uganda, NGOs raise red flag
Fighting teenage pregnancy, early childbearing and talking about sexual and reproductive health has never been easy, especially in the conservative corners of...
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442Chronic poverty eats up Acholi sub-region, Eastern Uganda
ACHOLI- Prof. Jack Nyeko Penmogi, the former Vice Chancellor for Gulu University says a research conducted by Makerere University indicates that poverty...
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1.5KThe good, the bad and the ugly as Parliament passes controversial GMO Bill, what scientists say
KAMPALA – Parliament this week passed the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Act 2018 with amendments. This replaces the National Bio-Technology and Bio-Safety Bill...
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441Half of the citizens say the last time they had contact with the police they paid a bribe, Report
KAMPALA – Barely a year after Uganda National Bureau of Statistics named Police as the most corrupt institution; another report says the...
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447One out of four urban households use “hanging latrines”, says report
KAMPALA – A Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchi report has revealed that one in four households (25%) in urban areas use “hanging latrines”,...
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629Poverty, income inequality top Ugandans’ household level problems
KAMPALA – Poverty remains an entrenched problem in Uganda even when economic growth has held steady at around 5% in recent years,...
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689Gov’t secured funds to elevate some municipalities to city status; but are the towns ready?
MBALE— On June 26, 2006, Mbale town, located in Mbale District, and a number of other towns in Uganda, marked 100 years...
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1.1KThe challenge of international hotel chains in Africa
By Amos Wekesa KAMPALA – Recently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Mrs. Doreen Silver Katusime, called me to have...
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2.3KAfter 72 months, Kampala–Entebbe Expressway launches Friday
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni is expected to commission the multi-billion Kampala-Entebbe Expressway on Friday. According to Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), the...
