{"id":5155,"date":"2026-02-02T04:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T04:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/?page_id=5155"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:45:10","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/devs.wordpress.ug\/asou\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5155\" class=\"elementor elementor-5155\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22e8ef7 lm-page-header elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default tp-parallax-no\" data-id=\"22e8ef7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;tp_sticky_sec_effect_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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