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The government is turning to universities and digital innovation hubs to equip young people with skills that can help them secure jobs and create businesses in the growing information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
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By Serina Nagujja “The things of the Lord, you can never explain. His ways are much higher than ours.” These words best capture an extraordinary life from its earliest days. Born a prince on April 16, 1992, to King Patrick David Matthew Rwamuhokya Kaboyo Olimi III and Queen Mothe
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When the heart of the Tooro Kingdom stops beating, an ancient silence falls over the green, misty hills of Fort Portal. When a King passes away, such as the sudden death of His Royal Majesty King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, a sacred, multi-stage ritual developed over cent
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By Serina Nagujja Across Uganda’s 270 prisons, walls built to hold a handful are now bursting at the seams. Today, over 82,000 inmates, from convicts serving time to suspects awaiting trial and ordinary debtors, are crammed into facilities designed for just 23,000. For every bed
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By Carolyne Muyama A sombre atmosphere enveloped Entebbe and the Tooro Kingdom as the plane carrying the remains of King Oyo Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV landed at Entebbe International Airport. From Entebbe, a UPDF helicopter transported the king's remains to Kyegegwa District, where
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By Obed K. Katureebe Sometime in 2015, while travelling with my former boss and now the Member of Parliament representing Older Persons of Eastern Uganda, Hon. Ofwono Opondo, he read my mind in a way that was so revealing. We were on a trip to Arua City, as we traversed the plain
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The Uganda Media Centre has published photographs capturing the arrival of the body of the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV in Uganda. The photographs document the solemn reception attended by mourners, cultural leaders, Government officials and dignitaries, includ
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today received the body of His Majesty King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV at Entebbe International Airport, paying tribute to the fallen Tooro monarch as a good person and leader whose death has deeply saddened the nation. The aircraft carryi
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By Shibah Akatukunda Hon. Milly Babalanda, Minister for the Presidency and the Chairperson of the Organising Committee for the burial arrangements of Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, announced that the Government of Uganda has taken full charge of preparations for the
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By Dennis Katungi I first met Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV as a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler in early 1995. Together with his two sisters, Princesses Ruth Nsemere Komuntale and the late Celia Komukyeya Abwoli, the young royals were with the Queen Mother, Akiiki Best Kemi
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Nine months to kick-off. AKOS, Hoima and Mandela National Stadium on course.
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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRESS BRIEF BY THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR ECONOMIC MONITORING ON THE OVERSIGHT INSPECTION OF GOVERNMENT WEALTH-CREATION PROGRAMMES IN TESO AND LANGO SUB-REGIONS Members of the press, Ladies and Gentlemen. Good morning. I wish to infor
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