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Women’s rights activist, Dr. Miria Matembe, has said men have frustrated gender equality and women empowerment. According to her, everytime equality for women tries to make any sound, men instead coil instead of coming through to help “When men see empowerment of women, they sort of coil. They do not look at it like a positive. That has destroyed the ...

Top managers at Tropical Bank are in hot soup after accusations of involvement in a scam to steal from a customer’s account. Previously, the blame had been put on seven former employees of the bank, but they also blamed it on the top management. The seven employees are; Mr Michael Kaggwa (sales officer), Mr Brian Anguni (customs service officer), Ms ...

The dream that lingered in the Cricket Cranes’ minds came to a humiliating end following a huge 97 run loss to the Netherlands at the ICC Global T20 World Cup Qualifiers. After Uganda winning the toss, they made a brave decision and electing to bowl first. However, despite an early wicket, the rest of the Dutch batting managed to weather ...

Julius Mucunguzi, the head of communications at the office of the Prime Minister, has said the issue of Karamoja is not a recent phenomenon. He says people should stop blaming the government for what is going on because in any case, it’s better than it was several years ago. “The issue of Karamoja is not a recent phenomenon. The government ...

About 25 million children globally have missed out on routine vaccinations against common diseases that could kill them. Some of these diseases include diphtheria, tetanus among others. Experts attribute this setback mainly to the coronavirus pandemic which disrupted the usual health services or triggered misinformation about vaccines, according to the U.N. In a new report, the WHO and UNICEF said ...