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Dr Spire Ssentongo’s Brother Found Dead
Dr John Spire Kiggundu, brother to celebrated academic and activist Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, has been found dead. The body...
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LIST: Names of Teachers, Non-Teaching Staff Shortlisted for Oral Interviews (Tooro Seed Schools)
The Education Service Commission (ESC), under the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), has released the lists showing the names...
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Former Supreme Mufti Sheikh Siliman Kasule Ndirangwa is Dead
Former Supreme Mufti Sheikh Siliman Kasule Ndirangwa is dead. Sheikh Ndirangwa passed on in the evening of Friday, June 20,...
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LIST: See Names of Thousands of Students Admitted to Kabale University (Private Undergraduate Admissions)
Kabale University has released the list with names of thousands of students admitted on private sponsorship for the 2025-2026 academic...
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From Solomon Sserwanja’s ‘Audio’ to Kakwanzi ‘Leaked Video,’ Here’s How to Verify Fake or AI Generated Videos, Audios
A few weeks ago, when an audio said to be of journalist Solomon Sserwanja appeared online, a fact checking organization...
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LIST: See Names of Teachers, Non-Teaching Staff Who Have Landed Government Payroll Jobs (Busoga Seed Schools)
The Education Service Commission (ESC), under the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), has released the lists showing the names...
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PAIN IN THE FIGURES: Salary Differences in Museveni Government Secondary Schools
The salary differences in government secondary schools between arts (humanities) and science teachers since 2022 have been a bone of...
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Watch the Moment Sick and Elderly Gen Moses Ali Was Nominated in His Car
Uganda's second deputy prime minister Gen Moses Ali was nominated to contest for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) card...
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Keeping up with Elizabeth Kakwanzi Kantanywa: Well Connected Western MP Aspirant Has Met Museveni & Other NRM Government Top Officials
A good number of people might have come to know Western Youth MP aspirant Elizabeth Kakwanzi Kantanywa because of the...
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