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An announcement from the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) shows that its members will start a strike. Their reason for striking is low pay. They join thousands of allied health professionals who started theirs on May 16. The UNMU president Mr Justus Cherop Kiplangat said they decided to do this because the government has chosen to undermine them. “There ...

South Korea’s military has reported that North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Wednesday morning. Seoul authorities said the missiles were fired in a space of under an hour from the Sunan area in Pyongyang. This happened just a day after US President Joe Biden left the region after a trip where he promised to bolster measures to deter ...

After nearly 10 years of waiting, the oil refinery project-affected persons in Hoima District who faced eviction threats have finally received land titles. Mr Peter Lokeris, the State Minister for Energy and Mineral Development handed over the 127 certificates of land title to the affected persons. This happened in Kyakaboga Village, Buseruka Sub-county, last Thursday. The government in 2012 obtained ...

The National Unity Platform (NUP) Deputy spokesperson Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro launched a scathing attack on businessman Frank Gashumba during last night’s Barometer show on NBS TV. Mufumbiro referred to Gashumba as a confusion monger. He also added that Gashumba is the most elderly obscene person he’s ever seen. This was after Gashumba talked about the insults he has been facing ...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday took off time the campaign trail of Andrew Ojok Oulanyah NRM’s flag bearer in the Omoro by-election to pay his respects to the late fallen speaker Hon Jacob Oulanyah. It was here that Mr Museveni linked up with the late’s father, Mr Nathan Okori. Museveni commiserated with Mzee Okori on the death of “their son” ...