Uganda Radio Network

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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Police 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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Kayunga 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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UPDF 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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Court

Supreme 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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Business

India 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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Committee 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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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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Armed 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...

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Woman raped and murdered in Kamwenge district

KAMWENGE, UGANDA: Police in Kamwenge district are investigating circumstances under which a 48 year-old woman was raped and murdered by yet to...

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Football

Police still hunting for missing Eritrean players

JINJA, UGANDA: The police are examining documents left behind by missing female Eritrean players to ascertain whether they had links with the...

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Football

Uganda Cranes starts preps for Kenya, Mali World Cup qualifiers

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s National Football team The Cranes has intensified preparations for World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Mali this month. Uganda...

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HOIMA: 11 arrested for killing UPDF soldier in bar

HOIMA, UGANDA: Police in Hoima district is holding 11 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF...

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Court

Five NUP members charged with plotting to overthrow Government

KASESE, UGANDA: Police in Kasese has imposed on the five arrested members of National Unity Platform-NUP with charges of plotting to overthrow...