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East Africa: Country to Benefit From Sh21 Billion Project

Raymond Baguma and Irene Nabusoba Kampala — UGANDA is among the nine developing countries in Africa and Asia that will benefit from a $12m (over sh21b) family planning and women's reproductive health project. The project was...

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Uganda: Cholera Outbreak Hits Kasese District

Kampala — CHOLERA has broken out in Kasese district with two cases reported in Hamukungu fishing village in Lake Katwe sub-county on Tuesday. The district health officer, Dr. Peter Mukobi, sounded the alarm while addressing...

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Uganda: 'Drugs Do Not Reach the End-User'

Kampala — THE shortage of contraceptives essential to family planning is responsible for their poor use, a senior official in the health ministry has said. Dr. Anthony Mbonye, the commissioner for community health, said because...

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Uganda: MPs Clash Over Maracha-Terego District

Catherine Bekunda and Madinah Tebajjukira Kampala — MPs on Wednesday clashed over the location of the district headquarters for Marach-Terego that was carved out of Arua in 2005. Appearing before the parliamentary local...

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Uganda: U.S Charities Open Clinic in Kasubi

Kampala — RESIDENTS of Kawaala-Kasubi, in Rubaga Division have a reason to smile after a new health centre was opened there on Wednesday. The clinic, on Kawaala-Kasubi Road, was established by Hope Medical Clinics Uganda, a...

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Port Bell/Mwanza route repairs to cost sh25b

THE re-development of Port Bell in Luzira, will cost $13m (about sh24.2b), the director of transport at the works ministry, said last week, reports Joel Ogwang. James Itazi, explained that the Government allocated $1.7m (about...

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Nasasira orders road works wind up

By Joel Ogwang WORKS minister, John Nasasira, has ordered Salini Construttori, the contractor of the Kampala Northern Bypass, to wind-up works on the project by the end of this month. “About 95% of works are complete, but I...

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Uganda: More LRA Rebels Surrender in DR Congo

Kampala — A total of 34 rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have surrendered to the UPDF intelligence squad in Faradje in eastern Congo Nzara, according to military sources. "They turned themselves in at 11:00am on...

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Woman gives birth at 54 years-old

A Ugandan woman has given birth at the age of 54, ten years after reaching menopause. The woman, a university lecturer, delivered a baby boy at the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in Kampala on Thursday last...

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Church prays for genitals

KAMPALA-A pastor in one of the churches in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb, recently caused laughter when he asked worshipers to hold their genitals in prayer. The man of God told people to close their eyes and hold their private...

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