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The processing of minerals in Busoga Sub-region for commercial purposes will start in 2024 according to Rwenzori Rare Metals (RMM). RMM is a private Ugandan company carrying out exploration work of Rare Earth Elements (REE) in eastern Uganda. Since 2016, it has been developing the Makuutu Rare Earths Project in Makuutu Sub-county, Bugweri District. This stretches about 37kms across the ...

NTV presenter Faridah Nakazibwe must have felt the heat from NUP/Bobi Wine’s legion of social media warriors. This is after they dragged her for questioning Bobi Wine’s State Of The Nation Address. The NUP principal argued that government should cut taxes on wheat. This is because chapati is derived from it and most urban dwellers consume it. Furthermore, Bobi Wine ...

Kasambya County MP Hon David Kabanda has come out to mock Bobi Wine’s state of the nation address. This was delivered by Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu before President Museveni delivered his. Kabanda thinks there was nothing fundamental to take from Bobi Wine’s ‘SONA’ as it was full of chapati talk. Kabanda added that yesterday was full of competition for the ...

Nigerian women from Owo province have gone to the streets to protest against church killings. Over the weekend, unknown gunmen killed 22 people in a catholic church. Yemi Mahmoud, former Ondo state commissioner for women’s affair and social development said they are mourning. “I am here in the midst of my people. We are mourning. What happened was war.” She ...

According to announcements, Uganda has struck a deposit of 31 million tonnes of gold ore. Extractable pure gold is estimated to gross 320,000 tonnes. This pushes Uganda a bit back into the gold mining business.The news came by during President Museveni’s State-of-the-Nation Address yesterday. However, he provided close to no details in the findings. He however noted that the gemstones ...