Uganda Radio Network

Cabinet approves sh985b to revamp UPDF’s Air Cargo

Kampala, (UG): Cabinet has approved US $266million (Approximately 984.2billion Uganda Shillings) to revamp the now dormant Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC) Limited,...

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MUSEVENI: Auction cows of defiant Balaalo

Kampala, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni has suggested that impounded cattle belonging to defiant migrant cattle keepers commonly referred to as Balaalo be...

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Govt seeks sh102.9 billion to construct new prisons

Kampala, (UG): Government through the Justice Law and Order Sector is seeking sh102.9 billion to construct new prisons in various parts of...

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Govt maintains ban on export of raw minerals

Kampala, (UG): The Minister of State for Energy Peter Lokeris has restated that the government’s ban on unrefined minerals, which was imposed...

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City engineer, two others mysteriously die in Kawempe septic tank

Kampala, (UG): Residents of Komamboga Central Zone in Kawempe, Division, a Kampala city suburb are in shock after a yet-to-be-explained death of...

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East Africa

East African Court throws out civil society case challenging EACOP project

Arusha, (TZ): The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has handed down a judgment in the case filed by a number of...

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Minister Kitutu loses bid to block trial in iron sheets case

Kampala, (UG): The Anti-Corruption Court has rejected a plea by Karamoja Affairs Minister, Dr Mary Gorreti Kitutu in which she sought to...

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Mpuuga stranded after DP, FDC call off plenary boycott

Kampala, (UG): Opposition legislators are in disarray following a decision by the Democratic Party – DP, and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)...

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How training for NCDC special needs tutors flopped over poor accommodation

Kampala, (UG): A National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) training session came to an unexpected halt on Monday after a group of Center...

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Hajji Kiyimba, son charged for inciting violence at UMSC

Kampala, (UG): The Law Development Centre Court in Kampala has charged businessman Abdul Kiyimba and his son Hamuza Kiyimba with incitement to...

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UPDF soldiers kill 40 cattle, injure 50 in gunfire exchange with Pokot warriors

Amudat, (UG): Soldiers of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF 51 Infantry, Battalion 407 have been accused of killing 40 cows and injuring...

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Crime

City businessman shoots son dead in heated altercation

Lira, (UG): A prominent businessman in Lira City, Northern Uganda has been arrested for allegedly shooting his son dead after a heated...

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URA reports over sh160 billion in losses due to tax incentives

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has disclosed a shortfall of over sh160 billion in corporate income taxes. This shortfall is attributed to the...

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Court rules that employers can terminate employee contracts without giving reasons

Kampala, (UG): The Court of Appeal has ruled that employers can terminate the contracts of their employees without giving any reason for...

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Karuma dam commissioning pushed to September 2024

Kampala, (UG): Karuma Hydroelectric Station, the largest power-generating installation in the country, will be finally ready for commissioning by September 2024, the...

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Uganda-Kenya Expressway at Busia border in pipeline

Jinja, (UG): The plan to construct a super highway connecting Uganda and Kenya could become a reality, following the financial intervention of...

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DPP to decide fate of widow, daughter in Katanga murder case

Kampala, (UG): The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has submitted the file of the deceased businessman Henry Katanga to the Directorate of Public...

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4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Uganda – South Sudan border

Yumbe, (UG): A 4.9 moderate magnitude earthquake hit the border areas of South Sudan and Uganda on Monday evening, the United States...

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Business

URA rolls out voluntary disclosure of offshore interests

Kampala, (UG): Uganda Revenue Authority is rolling out a Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP), urging people with offshore incomes and assets to disclose...

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Mumbere urges community to work with security to defeat ADF

Kasese, (UG): The King of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere has called on his subjects to collaborate with security forces...

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UPDF ready to evict defiant Balaalo as Museveni’s three-week ultimatum nears

Gulu, (UG): Uganda’s National Army – UPDF has said that it is ready to implement the expulsion of herdsmen who will defy...

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KCCA to upgrade roads leading to Munyonyo ahead of NAM, G77 Summit

Kampala, (UG): Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has revealed plans to rehabilitate and upgrade over 15 kilometres of roads leading to Speke...

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