Posts By Uganda Radio Network
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736NationalPrime 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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972Latest NewsJudiciary 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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1.0KNationalFDC 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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969EducationGov’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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894BreakingFive 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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839NationalDP 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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647Big StoryIGG 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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920Big StoryGov’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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951Big StorySupreme 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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758EducationUniversity 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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1.1KBig StoryParliament 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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1.1KLatest NewsVictims 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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1.1KNationalAgago 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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823NationalParliament 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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915Big StoryUPDF 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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1.0KAnalysisHow 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...
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669Big StoryPolice blames bomb attacks on Allied Democratic Forces
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Police Force has attributed today’s twin bombings in Kampala to the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF, a rebel force that...
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703Latest NewsKayunga by-elections: Ffeffeka’s son trashes NUP vetting process, set to go independent
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: Jamir Kamoga, the son of the late Muhammad Ffeffeka Sserubogo, the former Kayunga district LC V chairperson has decided to...
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994CrimeUPDF soldier, civilian arrested for murder, aggravated robbery
IBANDA, UGANDA: Police in Ibanda are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier and civilian accused of kidnapping and killing a boda...
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768CourtSupreme Court upholds Kato Kajubi’s life sentence
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence handed to businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi for masterminding the ritual murder of...
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509BusinessIndia to support Uganda’s dairy, grain and cotton sectors
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Indian government has committed to transferring knowledge, technology and experience in agriculture to boost Uganda’s agricultural sector. Indian Minister...
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867Big StoryCommittee selected to probe Minister Musenero over Covid-19 vaccine funds
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Ntungamo Municipality MP Yona Musinguzi has tabled before the House documentary evidence seeking to implicate the Minister of Science, Technology,...
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640Crime
35-year-old man arrested for repeatedly defiling his daughter for rituals
KAMULI, UGANDA: Police in Kamuli district on Tuesday arrested 35-year-old Sadiki Mulinda, a ritualist over reportedly defiling his 13-year-old daughter for rituals....
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549CrimeArmed thugs shoot dead Busia money changer
BUSIA, UGANDA: Unknown armed robbers have shot dead a money changer in Busia district and made off with Shillings 6 million and...