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By Nobert Atukunda More than 300 individuals from different priority groups yesterday received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine as Uganda started the long-awaited vaccination drive. Dr Ruth Jane Aceng, the Health minister, was the first person to receive the first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine to assure the public that […]

By Andrew Bagala Police have started a crackdown on criminal gangs following a spate of violent crimes in various parts of Kampala and its suburbs. Gangs riding boda bodas have been trailing and waylaying people they suspect to be carrying money or other valuables, beat and rob them. Police identified […]

Soroti District Woman MP-elect Anna Ebaju Adeke has dropped a bombshell by revealing that she was recently sexually harassed by a fellow legislator during a foreign trip. Ms Adeke cited an incident where she had gone on an official foreign trip and a male MP she had travelled with allegedly […]

By Benjamin Jumbe Government is today expected to present a statement on the ban imposed on Ugandan maize by the Kenyan government before parliament. The Kenyan authorities last week announced a ban on maize from Uganda and Tanzania arguing that it was contaminated with aflatoxins. Now following concerns raised by […]