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Butchers in Ishaka, Central and Nyakabirizi divisions in Bushenyi have indefinitely closed the slaughter of animals. Authorities attribute this to the constantly rising charges of slaughtering the animals. Under their association, Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality Butchery Owners Association, the butchers have accused Municipal authorities of increasing slaughtering fees without their consent. Butchers in Ishaka have accused municipal authorities of high taxes ...

Yesterday, another man collapsed and died during a recruitment exercise for game rangers by the Uganda Wildlife Authority. The exercise happening at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City saw the man die under the same circumstances as the three before him. Jacob Opiyo, the deceased from Kitgum District collapsed as he neared the finish line of a 5.5km roadwork. This run ...

Uganda Breweries Limited has handed over 20 hand pump boreholes worth shs560m to communities in Teso and Lango sub-regions. The company did this as part of its Water of Life Program. The boreholes will serve over 9,200 people in the districts of Oyam, Lira, Kapelebyong, Katakwi and Bukedea.Hajj Imran Mulunga, the Resident District Commissioner of Bukedea, officially received the boreholes. ...

The National Forestry Authority has been sued by a logistics company Liberty ICD Ltd. This is for leading to the cancellation of its land title in Namanve worth more than Shs200m. Liberty ICD Ltd seeks court to declare that the certificate title of land on Plot 1425 block 113, Kyaggwe Road at Kolo Nantubulirwa is valid. Furthermore, the company says ...

Hon. Anita Among, the Speaker of Parliament has directed government to cautiously survey the grievances of Arts subject teachers. This also means to come up with sustainable and realistic solutions. Primary teachers and teachers of arts in government-aided schools across the country went on a sit-down strike from 15 June 2022. They were protesting something they called ‘discriminatory’ wage increment ...