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GEN. MUHOOZI, TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GROWING TIES
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SUMMARY: The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, has met and held discussions with Turkish Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Mehmet Fatih AK and the Turkish defence attaché, Lt. Col. Caner Saglam at the Special Forces Command Headquarters in Entebbe. The discussion between the two leaders centred on growing economic and security ties between Uganda and Turkey
STATEHOUSE TO CRACK DOWN ON GHOST SACCOS
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SUMMARY: The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) has vowed to pursue the people behind ghost Emyooga Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (SACCOs) and cause their prosecution.
NO POLICE BONDS FOR PDM THIEVES
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SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has issued a strong directive to Regional Police commanders (RPCs), banning the granting of Police bonds to individuals accused of embezzling funds from the Parish Development Model (PDM) and Emyooga Programmes.
GOVERNMENT TO BOOST ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
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SUMMARY: The Government is undertaking efforts to boost the power generation capacity by about 1,700 more megawatts (MW).
WHY COFFEE REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED BY A YEAR
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SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has extended the coffee registration for one year to allow the Government to register more farmers who had missed out.
PUBLIC SERVANTS TO LOSE PENSION OVER CORRUPTION
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SUMMARY: The Ministry of Public Service is drafting a policy to strip corrupt public servants of their pension benefits as a punitive measure. Minister Wilson Muruli Mukasa announced this plan while presenting the achievements of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) during Manifesto Week at the Office of the President in Kampala yesterday.
SPORTS EDITION
WORLD RECORD HOLDERS
SUMMARY: On Sunday November 17, Jacob Kiplimo became the second Ugandan athlete to break the 15km world record, clocking an impressive time of 40:42 at the Seven Hills Run in Nijmegen, Netherlands. He shattered Joshua Cheptegei’s previous record of 41:05, set in 2018 at the same event. Setting world records in athletics is not new to Uganda’s athletics community.
