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ACCOUNT: MPs Task Prime Minister To Release List For  Covid 19 Relief Cash Beneficiaries

ACCOUNT: MPs Task Prime Minister To Release List For Covid 19 Relief Cash Beneficiaries

By Our  Reporter KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA-  Earlier on Wednesday we unearthed in our investigative pages Shift Media News. how scores of vulnerable Ugandans missed out on the Government’s Covid 19 relief cash  due to some few…

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DEBT BURDEN: “Reduce On Expenditures To Curb On Increasing Debts” – CSOs Urge Government

DEBT BURDEN: “Reduce On Expenditures To Curb On Increasing Debts” – CSOs Urge Government

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA– It is going to get worse before it gets better. The discussion now is whether Uganda’s skyrocketing debts should be totally cancelled as suggested by Uganda Debt Network’s Julius Kapwepwe, or…

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LAUNCHED: AFIC’s Five Year Strategic Plan To Boost Access To Information And Bolster Transparency & Accountability

LAUNCHED: AFIC’s Five Year Strategic Plan To Boost Access To Information And Bolster Transparency & Accountability

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA- SHIFT MEDIA-For the next five years access to Information and ensuring transparency and Accountability will be the core of Africa Freedom of Information Center (AFIC) focus. The USD$12m five year(2021-2025) strategic…

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GRAFT: Parliament Okays Additional Shs292b Supplementary Budget Amidst Cries

GRAFT: Parliament Okays Additional Shs292b Supplementary Budget Amidst Cries

By AWORI ESTHER LUCY KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA- The approval of Shs282 billion by Parliament didnt come as a surprise, it was just a matter of when. The approved monies include Shs 18.5 billion for Covid-19 vaccines…

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GRAFT: Corruption War Goes To State House

GRAFT: Corruption War Goes To State House

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA|The ‘war’ on corruption has been shifted to State House, a top State house official has disclosed.   This will lessen the public talk that only ‘Small fish’ are being targeted…

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Alex Ndezi, Hud Katuramu, Laura Kanushu Win NRM Seats For PWDs

Alex Ndezi, Hud Katuramu, Laura Kanushu Win NRM Seats For PWDs

BY OKELLO ALLAN KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Long-serving legislator for Persons With Disability, Hon. Alex Ndezi went through unopposed for the NRM party flag bearer for Central region. Ruth Achayo emerged victorious for Northern Region after polling…

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COVID-19: Why Lockdown? Doctors Claim Ivermectin with Doxycycline Can Treat Coronavirus Patients

COVID-19: Why Lockdown? Doctors Claim Ivermectin with Doxycycline Can Treat Coronavirus Patients

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| As we publish this Uganda currently has cumulative confirmed cases of 2,362 covid-19 cases, the latest being 99 new cases that were announced by the Ministry of Health following tests…

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Civic Voter Education Still Lacking Ahead Of 2021 Elections, CCEDU observes.

Civic Voter Education Still Lacking Ahead Of 2021 Elections, CCEDU observes.

BY PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, the Electoral Commission conducted elections for Village Older Persons’ Committees in 68,740 villages, but much as the election exercise went on peacefully across most (83%)…

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CCEDU Deploys 10,000 To Monitor Special Interest Group Elections

CCEDU Deploys 10,000 To Monitor Special Interest Group Elections

BY GAITANO EZRA KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| Over 10,000 scouts have been deployed by the Citizen’s Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) to ramp up support during the upcoming Special Interest Groups (SIGs) elections. CCEDU has partnered…

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Ray Of Hope In Gulu As Hivos Addresses Dietary Challenges Among Households

Ray Of Hope In Gulu As Hivos Addresses Dietary Challenges Among Households

 BY PATRICK JARAMOGI GULU, Uganda: Some four years ago Janet Achiro would only dream of having a decent meal. Achiro a resident of Bardege Division in Gulu is among the scores of others who have…

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