Uganda Radio Network, Author at Daily Express

Unvaccinated people won’t be allowed in Kampala next year – Minister

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government will not allow people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 to operate in the city come January 2022. The...

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Education

Makerere University to tag salary to work attendance

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makerere University Appointments Board will tag the salary of staff to the number of days they work, the institution has...

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Crime

Six police officers arrested over aggravated robbery

SIRONKO, UGANDA: Six police officers attached to Sironko central police station have been arrested for allegedly robbing a resident of 10 million...

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Over half of Ugandan women abused by sexual partners

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu says the church is committed not to remain...

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Crime

UPDF soldier arrested for supplying uniforms to impostors

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF is holding their own for allegedly supplying military and police uniforms to three suspected imposters....

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National

Trade committee wants all energy drinks tested for adulteration

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Parliamentary Committee on Trade, Tourism, and Industry has directed Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS and National Drug Authority-NDA, to...

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National

Prime Minister pleads with Ugandan doctors to call off strike

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Friday pleaded with doctors to call off their strike. Nabbanja met members of the Uganda...

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Latest News

Judiciary deploys 48 newly appointed magistrates

The judiciary also transferred 17 Magistrates. According to the Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu, the deployments shall take immediate effect while the...

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National

FDC elects new Rukiga district chairperson

RUKIGA, UGANDA: Michael Kwarikunda Mbareeba has been elected unopposed as the new Rukiga district Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party chairperson. Kwarikunda...

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Education

Gov’t issues guidelines for admission in vocational institutions

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Education and Sports has issued new guidelines for admission of learners in Technical Vocational Education and Training...

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Breaking

Five injured as building collapses in Bweyogerere

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A three-storied building under construction has collapsed in Bweyogerere along the Kampala Jinja highway, injuring five people. According to eyewitnesses,...

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National

DP fronts candidate for Kayunga LC5 by-election

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The opposition Democratic Party-DP has fronted Anthony Waddimba as its candidate for the Kayunga LCV by-election. Last month, the Electoral...

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Big Story

IGG arrests Butebo CAO, Rubirizi human resource officer over embezzlement

BUTEBO, UGANDA: The Butebo district Chief Administrative Officer James Luyimba, and the Rubirizi principal human resource officer Doreen Tusiime, have been arrested...

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Big Story

Gov’t ready to disburse UGX200Bn relief fund for small enterprises

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The government has finally released the modalities for the disbursement of the Covid-19 relief package worth 200 Billion Shillings for...

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Big Story

Supreme Court dismisses Basajjabalaba’s tax evasion appeal

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba that was challenging the orders of the Constitutional Court...

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Education

University Students protest ban on carrying bags at campus

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Several students all over the country are protesting a move that stops them from carrying bags into universities. Following the...

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Big Story

Parliament approves UGX 3.8 trillion supplementary budget

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament has passed a supplementary budget of 3.81 trillion Shillings, mostly for stimulating the economy hit by COVID-19 and security-related...

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Victims of Kampala bomb explosions identified

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Three people who were killed in Tuesday’s two bomb explosions that happened at IPS building opposite Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA...

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National

Agago district registers over 3,000 teenage pregnancies in one year

AGAGO, UGANDA: At least 3,925 teenage girls in Agago district have been impregnated in the last one year, according to statistics from...

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National

Parliament plenary sittings to resume on Thursday

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament is set to resume its business on Thursday, two days after it was suspended following explosions at the IPS...

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Big Story

UPDF soldiers convicted in Somalia used explosives to desecrate bodies of victims

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Radio Network-URN has obtained details of the five soldiers convicted last week by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF...

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Analysis

How laxity made Kampala Central police station an easy target for bombers

Besides, police officers inside the checkroom and those on patrols, many security officers including military, civilians, journalists, and informants take rest under...