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Victoria University has cleared the air about the alleged appointment of socialite Shanita Namuyimbwa also known as Bad Black as their brand ambassador. Followed with photos, Bad Black on Monday took to social media to boast that she had been appointed the university brand ambassador, a move that has attracted a backlash from commentators. In a statement released on Tuesday, the university said Namuyimbwa sought their services so as to better herself. “Ms.Shanitah Namuyimbwa came to Victoria University with an overwhelming desire to better herself and become a decent contributing member of society and a role model to her children. Society knows well her inequities, she understands them as well and is remorseful about it. That’s why she is trying her best to walk away from her past,” the statement said in part. The university said in the statement that they welcome people from all walks of life and that it is in the same vein that they welcomed Bad Black to study. “It is against this ba...

17 percent of the population in Africa will be vaccinated against covid-19 by the end of the year. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO). According to WHO, the COVAX Facility has slashed planned COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to Africa by around 150 million this year which means the continent faces almost 500 million doses short of the global year-end target of fully vaccinating 40% of its population. With the cutback, Dr Moeti Matshidiso the WHO Africa boss says COVAX is now expected to deliver 470 million doses to Africa this year. These will be enough to vaccinate just 17% of the population. An additional 470 million doses are needed to reach the end-year target even if all planned shipments via COVAX and the African Union are delivered. “Export bans and vaccine hoarding have a chokehold on vaccine supplies to Africa. As long as rich countries lock COVAX out of the market, Africa will miss its vaccination goals. The huge gap in vaccine equity is not closing anywhere ...

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Gulu City Council is currently failing to collect and dispose of 90 tons of solid waste generated daily. According to information from Gulu City Council Health Inspector’s Office, Gulu City collects only 40 tons out of 130 tons of solid waste daily, leaving piles of 90 tons which puts the general public at risk of contracting disease caused by poor hygiene. Alfred Okwonga, the Gulu City Mayor says that the inability to collect all the 130 tons of waste generated is due to the lack of garbage skips and trucks. On Tuesday evening, Gulu City Council received four brand new skip loader trucks worth 1.8 billion shillings donated by Kreditanstalt fur Wielderaufbau –KFW, a German agency with funding from GIZ under the Integrated Program to Improve the Living Conditions in Gulu. According to Okwonga, the four skip loader trucks shall supplement the two existing loaders which are in a poor state. He says that the City will now be in a position to distribute the 58 new garbage skips to the diffe...

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President Yoweri Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the armed forces has summoned the UPDF’s top commanders over a major assault on revenge cattle raids in Karamoja area. The raids have left a number of people and other injured whereas a number of cattle heads have also been stolen in the area that has enjoyed peace in the last years since the disarmament exercise by government. Speaking on Sunday, Museveni said the meeting for the top security commanders will decide the final solution to deal with the remerging cattle raids in Karamoja that he said were sparked off by a Karamajong warrior who was recently released from prison after serving 10 years. On return, the suspect identified as Acucu found his wives married to other men and all his cattle gone. During Museveni’s three day stay in Karamoja, he was informed that Acucu who is currently roaming the Jie and Turkana of Kenya was not helped by Police and the local leaders to recover his animals after return from ...

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A police officer attached to Field Force Unit at Elegu Police Station in Amuru district last evening died after falling off a speeding patrol vehicle.  Emmanuel Walubengo died instantly at around 7:20pm after falling off a speeding police pickup registration number UP 5769. The incident happened in Labongo Gali Trading Centre along Amuru road in Amuru Sub County as the vehicle was returning to Elegu police station. Walubengo was part of the team that had transported suspects from Elegu Police Station to Amuru Magistrates in Otwee Town council aboard the same vehicle. David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Region Police Spokesperson told Mega Fm on Tuesday evening that the police vehicle was being driven by David Ocheng. The deceased’s body is lying at St Mary`s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City pending an autopsy. 

Ivan Tolit- Police in Gulu this morning fired tear gas to disperse a protest by students of Gulu College of Health Sciences leaving five of them unconscious. The three female and two male students were rushed to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Emergency Unit. Trouble started when students numbering over 300 stormed the main campus located opposite the Gulu Court Circuit demanding for the resignation of the principal accusing her of failing to address their complaints which include poor management and high tuition fees. This is the third strike the students are holding over the decision in June 2021 by the school to increase tuition fees from 2,077, 000 shillings to 2.5million shillings for private sponsored students and 1.270,000 shillings to 1.470,000 shillings for government sponsored students. David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Region spokesperson said they intervened after school authorities informed them that the students were planning to burn down the school. Mudong said they wer...

Some of the youths waiting to be interviewed to join Local Defense Unit in Gulu An applicant has collapsed and died during the Local Defense Personnel recruitment exercise in Lira City. The deceased is 28-year-old Solomon Amone, a resident of Adyel in Lira City West Division. Amone collapsed and passed on shortly after covering 2.5 out of 5 kilometre run. He had completed the first phase of the recruitment including screening and qualified academically. Flavia Terimulungi, the UPDF 5th Infantry Division spokesperson confirmed the death of the applicant, saying that the deceased might have been on medication for an illness, which they are yet to establish. A team from the Uganda People’s Défense Force 4th Division are in Lira conducting interviews for people who would wish to join the Local Defense Unit. The two-day exercise targets to recruit 235 people from Alebtong, Dokolo, Lira district and City. Lawrence Egole, the Lira Resident City Commissioner described the incident as unfortuna...

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URN-Pader Resident District Commissioner Dusman Okee has suspended all weekly COVID-19 management meetings over the alleged delays of payment of allowances to members of the task force. Okee pronounced the suspension of the district COVID-19 task force engagements during a meeting held at the district headquarters on Thursday. He said that the task force members can only reconvene after all their dues have been fully paid. According to Okee, numerous requisition vouchers have been made to the Chief Administrative officer and the District Health Officer but no payments have been made to any of the task force members, ever since the COVID 19 funds were disbursed to the district three months ago. Pader district received 498 million Shillings from the central government to facilitate its response to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The funds were meant to cater for allowances and inland travels for taskforce members and frontline workers that include medical health staff, villa...