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The Allied Health Workers under their Umbrella body, Allied Health Professionals Alliance have vowed to withdraw emergency services if government fails to address their demands as soon as possible. They also said that “government intimidation” will not scare them one bit. A week has passed since the workers under their umbrella body, the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) communicated ...

The Office of Public Prosecution has lined up 20 witnesses to testify in a case of bigamy against pastor Aloysius Bugingo and his girlfriend Suzan Makula. Lawyer Robert Rutaro revealed this to Entebbe Chief Magistrates’ Court, presided over by Grade One Magistrate Stella Okwong. He additionally informed the court that they had wrapped up investigations into the matter hence wanting ...

Andrew Ojok Oulanyah, the son to the late speaker, Hon Jacob Oulanyah, has described his father as a person irreplaceable in many ways. This is after he was elected to replace him in Parliament for Omoro County. Andrew Ojok said that his father was an accomplished and dedicated man towards serving his country. Therefore he’s just in many ways irreplaceable ...

The former Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa has come out to say that NUP principal, Bobi Wine, is just an overrated politician. While appearing on the NBS Eagle, the former MP said that it was a fantasy for the singer-turned-politician to think that he could overwhelm the NRM. This is especially in regard to the recent by-election in Omoro County. ...

Government expresses worry over increasing sexual and gender-based violence cases in the country. The ministry of gender made a survey and apparently noted that there is an increase in cases. “Today we are seeing increasing sexual violence. In 2016, according to the recently launched national survey on gender-based violence in Uganda by UBOS, we stood at 21% but today, it ...