Monthly headline inflation rose by 1% for February compared to January confirming what has begun to be an outcry of rising in prices of household goods. According to the bureau of statistics, items like washing soap registered the biggest rise by about 1000 Shs a bar with Sugar, Rice, and refined oil among the items […]
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According to an announcement by Deputy Governor Micheal Atingi-Ego, The Governor of the Bank of Uganda Emmanuel Mutebile was declared dead having breathed his last at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya Yesterday. The 72 Year Old Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile served as Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Uganda since 2001,
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Uganda announced Tuesday it was suspending mandatory Covid testing at the border with Kenya after the measure caused huge truck queues, disrupting fuel supplies across the country. In some parts of the country, petrol stations had run out of fuel while at others, petrol was selling for 9,000 shillings ($2.57) a liter.
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The incident hardly come a week after the two bombings in Kampala and Komamboga living several and claiming lives of two people, “A jackfruit-like explosive given to children in Ssegalye village, Semuto sub-county, Nakaseke district, instantly kills Kiwuuwa Pius a physically handicapped child & Kiyingi Micheal age 14 who were playing with another child Odong.”
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About two people died and several were wounded on Monday in an explosion on a bus near Kampala,Ugandan police spokesman Fred Enanga said bomb specialists were sent to Lungala following a deadly explosion in a bus belonging to the firm Swift Safaris around
Police spokesman Fred Enanga said the bombers ordered food and drinks at the bar, before placing a plastic bag under a table, suggesting the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device chance flagging it as an ‘act of domestic terrorism’. The explosion went off moments after they left. President Yoweri Museveni on Twitter said
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Data from the Annual Crime Report, 2020, shows that 440 people were killed as a result of aggravated domestic violence. Murder as a result of domestic violence was highest in Amuru District, followed by Mubende, Ntungamo, Kakumiro, and Kisoro districts.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni reveals that there will be no need for social distancing when schools resume as planned by the Ministry of Education and Sports in November this year. This was in response to concerns raised by the Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU regarding the government’s preparations ahead of the scheduled reopening of education institutions
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The Ugandan bourse has partnered with MTN to provide a digital platform for opening securities accounts, making it easier and cheaper for retail investors to participate in the securities market. MTN Uganda Mobile Money technicians were still putting final touches on the system on Wednesday to also facilitate buying and selling of securities through mobile phones.
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Leng Choun Keong, 50, had left Singapore for China in 1995. His Singapore passport expired in 2005, but Leng did not renew it. He also did not validate his stay in China, where he worked as a disc jockey and developed a relationship with a woman. This Singaporean man who decided to return to Singapore
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