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The president said his government is going to intensify its promotion of palm oil growing in areas such as Kalangala, Buvuma, and Maruzi. 

The Auditor General has been directed to conduct an audit on the 1.334 billion Shillings disbursed in 2018 for interventions against the nodding syndrome in Northern Uganda.

The government will not reduce taxes on fuel or provide subsidies for other essential commodities which are experiencing run away price increases, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said.

Clause 47 (2) imposes a fine of Shs1 million or imprisonment not exceeding three months for those who fail or neglect to comply with provisions on vaccination and revaccination.

The president is expected to address the nationwide concerns on increasing food prices, rising famine because of long drought, fuel crisis and increasing costs of essential commodities, among others.

Nine suspects were picked up from the lower Nsooba zone in the MulagoII-Kawempe division while others are from Gganda-B Nansana, Wakiso district.

The Parliamentary Committee on ICT has recommended several reforms meant to eliminate fraud and save telecom subscribers from unsatisfactory and unfair service delivery in the telecommunication industry.    

Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Spokesperson says they have intelligence information that a group of people is planning a demonstration on Tuesday.

His resignation comes after President Yoweri Museveni did not renew his contract.

Makerere University staff are up in arms against what they see as a plot to ‘illegally’ hand the incumbent vice-chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe a new contract.

On Friday morning, the lifeless body of Mugenyi Kandoole, Number 54802 was found dangling on a tree near Masindi Central Police station in an act of suicide.

When Parliament grilled the Lands Minister on whether action had been taken in regards to the recommendations, she declined to speak, stating that she was not ready.