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Moroto district has been hit by an acute shortage of petrol pushing the pump price 8,200 shillings from 4,000 shillings a week a go. All the two filling stations in Moroto town—Shell and Elgon Spring Uganda Limited ran out of stock on Friday.

At least 10 small scale factories in Kyotera town council in Rakai have suspended their operations because of the persistent power blackout. Last week, UMEME disconnected power to Kyotera Town council over unclear reasons.

Cabinet yesterday refused to reduce the taxes on fuel arguing that doing so would lead to a lot of smuggling across the borders.

Radio Ssese, a community radio station in Kalangala district, suspended daily programming following the worsening fuel crisis in the area.

Hoima residents react on budget

Hoima motorists want uniform fuel prices in this year\'s budget reading.