Special Reports
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851The 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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1.7KAfter 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...
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1.2KHow Usafi Mosque was turned into ADF training camp
Usafi Mosque, which was raided on Friday night by security forces, was a training centre for Islamic extremism, with strong connections to...
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697Last week in Parliament: Govt lowers social media tax, MPs reject ban on old vehicles
Govt lowers proposed Whatsapp, Facebook tax Government on Thursday April 26, tabled new proposals to the Tax Bills in a bid to...
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Part 1: Northern Uganda helpless as mystery of nodding syndrome bites on
Nodding disease or nodding syndrome is a recent, little-known disease which emerged in Sudan in the 1960s. It is a mentally and physically disabling disease that only affects...
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Two security meetings that ended Kayihura’s reign as IGP
A 200-page dossier on the deteriorating security situation in the country, which was presented by President Museveni in two high level security...
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387The killer disease with no vaccine
Since the beginning of the year, Nigeria has been gripped by an outbreak of a deadly disease. Lassa fever is one of...
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478Overpriced cancer drugs: The inside story
Overpricing and delayed delivery of anti-cancer drugs are caused by procurement wars among officials at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and the...
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795Dossier names Health PS Atwine in new plot to axe Cancer Institute boss
KAMPALA – A new dossier cataloguing a procurement scandal in which billions for the cancer drugs have been swindled has shined a...
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750Transporters decry high fuel prices as businesses stall across Uganda
By Christopher Tusiime in Kampala, & Irene Abalo Otto in Gulu The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Eng Irene Muloni, last...
