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 | <p><em>Karuhanga said the revisions, which included simplifying the language, introducing interactive stories and poems, were well aligned with the competency-based curriculum.</em></p> www.newvision.co.ug |
2. Marbug Virus disease, which has Ebola-like symptoms is just a stone's throw away from the Uganda-Tanzania border. Therefore, Uganda's health ministry is taking steps to ensure that the virus does not cross to our side. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/health/uganda-orders-marburg-screening-after-tanzani-156654
 | <p><em>The suspected natural source of the Marburg virus is the African fruit bat, which carries the pathogen but does not fall sick from it.</em></p> www.newvision.co.ug |
3. Hell knows no fury like a woman scorned, so the adage goes. However, the adage has over time been proved wrong because all people: Male and female indulge in crimes of passion. Sometimes, driven by imaginary competitors, people do horrific things like the Mukono man who hacked his lover 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/woman-loses-hand-private-parts-over-alleged-c-156633
 | <p><em>Police say Watenga found Nakkazi with a man identified as Isaac who had gone to pick the hoe he had left behind and accused her of being in love with him (Isaac).</em></p> www.newvision.co.ug |
4. Monday marked one year since former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah passed on. Several activities have been taking place through the week in his memory. Among them is Parliament honouring him and a memorial service in Kampala where current Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa spoke about the challenges he has gone through since Oulanyah died. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/tayebwa-reminisces-oulanyah-at-memorial-servi-156522
 | <p><em>“They insinuated that I took things for granted and that I was going to be killed. "It demonstrated the high level of mistrust we have in the country towards each other,” <span data-preserver-spaces="true">Tayebwa</span> said.</em></p><p> </p> www.newvision.co.ug |
- The Government is seeking shillings 1.3 billion for security, repairs at Mogadishu and New York. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/govt-wants-sh13b-for-security-repairs-at-moga-156628
<p><em>Uganda’s embassy in Mogadishu is experiencing constant attacks from al-Shabaab, causing damage to the mission property, hence the need for enhanced security.</em></p>www.newvision.co.ug
- Two churches have been vandalised in a space of one week, with the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala calling for a three-day prayer following the desecration of a chapel at a junior seminary in its jurisdiction. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/police-speak-out-on-nswanjere-seminary-school-156465
<p><em>"During the robbery, the vice rector at Nswanjere Junior Seminary Fr Godfrey Kyeyune, was beaten and injured on the left hand.</em></p>www.newvision.co.ug
7. Following a day of violent protests across Kenya on Monday, police arrested over 200 protestors. The protests also saw 31 police officers injured. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/politics/kenya-says-238-arrested-in-day-of-violent-pro-156476
 | <p><em>Police fired tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators, some of whom were hurling rocks and burning tyres, as well as against Odinga's motorcade.</em></p> www.newvision.co.ug |
- Vision Group is diversifying its investment portfolio, with the latest being digital billboard advertising. Do you wish to advertise with us? We have it all: Print, radio, TV, website, among others. It is a full package. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/vision-group-starts-outdoor-digital-advertisi-156489
<p><em>The meeting is among several that Vision Group lined up to thank its business partners this whole week (March 20–24, 2023).</em></p><p> </p>www.newvision.co.ug - Following the russia-Ukraine war, Russia has found a friend in China. However, this relationship is unequal. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/world/no-other-option-russias-unequal-economic-marr-156356
<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is now preparing to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week</p>www.newvision.co.ug
- The iron sheets scandal is not going away any time soon. Several youth leaders are now demanding that officials implicated in the scandal resign. Whether they will follow the recommendation remains to be seen. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/iron-sheets-scandal-youth-leaders-want-offici-156422
<p><em>Already the Police Criminal Investigations Directorate has summoned the implicated ministers to record a statement over the iron sheets saga.</em></p>www.newvision.co.ug
- Two prisoners escaped jailafter digging a hole through their cell using a toothbrush. However, as fate would have it, what kills a man begins as an appetite.Hunger led to their rearrest. 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/us-prisoners-use-toothbrush-to-dig-hole-go-fo-156623
<p><em>Using the reinforcement bar, they punched a hole through that wall and scaled another to make their escape.</em></p>www.newvision.co.ug
- Fnally, did you know that the world is facing a looming water crisis? Yes, the United Nations says we are irresponsibly using water. "We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating". 👉 https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/agriculture/humanity-has-broken-the-water-cycle-un-chief-156597
<p><em>"We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating," Guterres told the conference.</em></p><p> </p>www.newvision.co.ug
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