Uganda Radio Network

Umeme extends year long payment holiday to education institutions

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Schools and other learning institutions have a one-year grace period to clear their outstanding bills, thanks to a decision by...

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17 suspects break out of Jinja police station cells

JINJA, UGANDA: An unidentified number of suspects are reported to have broken out and escaped from Jinja Central police station cells on...

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Parish chief commits suicide over failure to repay loan

LIRA, UGANDA: Two people in Lira, Kole district have committed suicide over failure to service loans acquired. In Lira, Patrick Oming, the...

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One dead, five injured as building collapses in Busia

BUSIA, UGANDA: A residential building in Busia district has collapsed killing a minor and injuring five other members of the same family....

NUP Candidate wins LC3 chairperson seat in Nakasongola By-Election

NAKASAONGOLA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform-NUP candidate has won the by-election for Katuugo town council LC III chairperson seat in Nakasongola district....

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JINJA: Witchdoctor lynched to death over exhuming corpse

JINJA, UGANDA: An angry mob in Jinja district has lynched a witch doctor while exhuming a grave. Hassan Bakaki, 55, met his...

Voting halted at 3 polling stations in Kayunga over pre-ticked ballots

KAYUNGA, UGANDA: Voting at three polling stations in Kayunga district has been halted after residents protested the exercise over alleged ballot stuffing....

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East Africa

Farmers petition EAC ministry over Kenya’s ban on Ugandan poultry products

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Poultry Farmers Association on Tuesday petitioned the Ministry of East Africa Community Affairs imploring it to intervene in...

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Big Story

Kayunga: Museveni defends govt on unfulfilled pledges, praises Nantaba

KAYUNGA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni today Tuesday defended his government over the unfulfilled development projects in Kayunga district. Mr. Museveni was in...

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Teargas, bullets in Kayunga as police disperse NUP supporters

KAYUNGA, UGANDA: Police on Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who had organized a procession...

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Atiak sugarcane fire destroys UPDF detach in Amuru

AMURU, UGANDA; Over a dozen Uganda People’s Defence Forces soldiers under the 71st Battalion in Okidi detach, Atiak sub county, Amuru district...

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Police impounds lorry carrying stolen vehicle at Busia border

BUSIA, UGANDA: Police in Busia district have impounded a Fuso truck registration number UAR 351M loaded with beans and a suspected stolen...

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Join hands to fight hatred against Buganda Kingdom: Kabaka

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has tasked the Lukiiko and subjects to strongly speak out against...

Africa

Experts warn Africans to brace for more COVID-19 variants

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Experts have warned that Africa will continue seeing a cycle of new COVID-19 variants if more people are not...

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UPDF starts road works in DRC to ease offensive against ADF Militants

BUSUNGA, DRC: The UPDF Engineering Unit has started opening impassable roads in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The...

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Kiira police embarks on registration of pastors after gruesome ritual murder

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira region on Friday embarked on a campaign to register all Born Again faith pastors in both Jinja...

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Education

Education ministry to release school reopening calendar next week

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Education and Sports will release the new school calendar on December 14th, 2021. But as the government...

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Byabashaija promotes 2,700 prisons officers

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons Services-UPS has promoted 2,755 junior officers. They include 106 Chief Warder...

Court

Legal Brains Trust petitions DPP over tax evasion trial against Basajjabalaba

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Legal Brains Trust has petitioned the Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP Jane Frances Abodo demanding explanations why the tax evasion case...

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Court

DPP withdraws appeal in case against lawyer Paul Wanyoto

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn an appeal challenging a decision by the Anti-Corruption Court that...

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UNEB to register learners in lower classes for national exams

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda National Examinations Board is taking a bold step to register multiple years for the next national examinations, URN...

Bulambuli CAO arrested for alleged abuse of office

BULAMBULI, UGANDA: The Bulambuli Chief Administrative Officer, Leonard Tumusime, is in police custody over corruption and abuse of office-related charges. The Resident...

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