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Assistant Commissioner of Police, Hillary Kulayigye has urged police not to engage in bribery or any corruption tendencies. He says corruption taints the image of the police as a force. “Don’t engage in bribery or any other corruption tendencies. These spoil the force’s name. Serve the public diligently. I don’t see any reason for you to torture a suspect. This ...

The Democratic Party President, Nobert Mao, has appealed to the Makerere University Vice-Chancellor, Prof Nawangwe Barnabas to maintain the university’s green spaces. He said this during an online discussion on Twitter. The University will soon celebrate 100 years of existence. Twitter spaces have also been ongoing to discuss how far the university has gone. Nobert Mao further urged the Chancellor ...

News coming out of Kyegegwa district indicates that 60 residents have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the last 14 days. Kyegegwa District Health Officer, Tedison Kandole revealed that 4- of these 60 people are from the Kyaka II refugee camp that is currently home to over 100,000 Congolese refugees. Of the Ugandan nationals who have so far tested positive in ...

Some Members of Parliament have asked the government to scale down on the cost of state functions. In this economic crisis, MPs think overspending on state functions should be the last thing we think of as a country. Within just six months, the state has held about six national events which have cost a lot of money. In June alone, ...

Arts teachers have been asked by the government to call off their strike through the Uganda National Teachers’ Union and get back to class. They requested them to do this as they discuss a way forward. Muruli Mukasa, the minister of Public Service made the call following a strike by arts teachers over pending salary increment on June 15. The ...