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A few days ago, the International Space Station crew reached 10 people and now three of them have made their way back to earth. NASA’s Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov completed their 185-day mission on the space station on Friday. They departed in the Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft which aired live on NASA’s TV channel ...

The government of Uganda has scoffed at the US government over sanctions and says it will not lose sleep over that issue. The US imposed sanctions on officials they accuse of human rights violations in the just concluded 2021 general elections. On Friday, US Secretary of State, Antony John Blinken announced visa restrictions on those believed to have undermined the ...

Moslems are in for disappointment as Museveni insists on retaining curfew hours from 9:00 pm to 5:30 am. Since the Ramadan season started, Moslems have been crying for a re-adjustment in curfew. This they say, would enable them pray the prayer after Futari at 8:00pm. The president has however insisted that they should pray from home if they can’t keep ...

Metropole Hotel CEO Mr Nara Krish has requested government for one year tax waiver. He says would enable the hospitality sector revive businesses. He argues that the grace period will enable struggling Metropole Hotel and others to improve revenue generation and capacity to pay taxes. “Our humble appeal to government is to exempt us from paying taxes for at least ...

The minister of internal affairs, Gen. Jeje Odongo has further insisted that the Ugandan government is only aware of 58 NUP supporters in custody. He said that people should stop saying the others are being kept a secret because they might, on the contrary, be in hiding. Jeje Odongo made these remarks in response to earlier comments made by the ...