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511Museveni urges Sebei to back NRM, cites 40 years of peace, progress
Mbale, Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the people of Sebei Sub-region to continue supporting the National Resistance Movement (NRM), saying...
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813Minister Lugoloobi walks free after DPP drops Iron Sheets charges
Lugoloobi was arrested and indicted in June 2023 on two counts of dealing with suspect property, after allegedly diverting 700 iron sheets...
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919Inside the Bachope Revolt: Uganda’s forgotten tribe seeks independent from Bunyoro Kingdom
Kiryandongo, Uganda: A quiet but growing wave of cultural awakening is sweeping across Greater Kibanda in mid-western Uganda, where the Bachope community,...
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5.2K“We could go to war over sea access” – Museveni warns
The President expressed frustration over what he termed the “selfish mindset” of some coastal nations, saying that oceans and ports should serve...
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1.0KMuseveni to commission Dei BioPharma plant in Kamuli during Busoga campaign trail
The multibillion-dollar plant, spearheaded by Ugandan scientist and industrialist Dr Mathias Magoola, will use cassava as its primary raw material, sourced directly...
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545Gov’t orders enforcement of tobacco ban, leaders wary of political timing
Violators to face fines between Shs200,000 and Shs480 million or imprisonment up to five years, depending on the severity of the offense....
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819Inside Busoga’s Gains Protection Wishlist for Museveni as Kadaga Launches Regional Campaigns
Mayuge, Uganda: The First Deputy Prime Minister and NRM Second National Vice Chairperson (Female), Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, has officially launched grassroots mobilization...
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683JSC rocked by fresh allegations of nepotism, irregular recruitment and miuses of public funds
Kampala, Uganda: A whistleblower within the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has raised grave concerns over alleged nepotism, irregular recruitment, and misuse of...
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812Mbale sex workers remind Museveni of unfulfilled Shs100m pledge ahead of campaign visit
Mbale City, Uganda: A group of sex workers in Mbale City ghettos operating under the Mbale NEKO Association SACCo has issued a...
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997Bobi Wine says over 100 detained in Mbarara as Law Society demands answers on violent arrests
Mbarara, Uganda: The Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, has accused security forces...
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688EXPLAINER: Why Museveni might get only 150 votes in a village with 400 voters in NRM yellow book
By Waiswa Michael Baluye At first glance, it seems shocking: if 400 out of 500 registered voters in a village appear in...
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606ONC Boss Namyalo backs Tonta NRM group, rallies Bazzukulu to protect Museveni’s 2026 votes
Kampala, Uganda: President Museveni’s Chief Muzzukulu and Senior Presidential Advisor (SPA) on Political Affairs, Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye, has endorsed the Tonta...
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1.0KI Survived by God’s Grace: Museveni recounts 1973 narrow escape from Amin’s soldiers in Manafwa
Manafwa, Uganda: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Thursday recounted emotional moments on how he narrowly survived death in 1973 when soldiers of the...
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676Nine years later, Kawempe traders still in ‘limbo’ on whereabouts of Museveni’s Shs100m SACCO funds
Kawempe, Kampala: Nearly nine years since President Yoweri Museveni extended a Shs100 million support to the Wekembe-Kawempe Market SACCO in a bid...
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1.1KUPDF to recruit over 600 LDUs after Rwenzori attacks
Kampala, Uganda: The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has announced plans to recruit over 600 Local Defence Personnel (LDPs) across six districts...
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768Museveni’s “Do You Sleep on the Road?” comment sparks fury over Kotido’s impassable roads
Kotido, Uganda: President Museveni’s offhand remark during a campaign rally in Kotido District has sparked public outcry and reignited debate over the...
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1.1KSsenyonyi breaks silence on Shs650m service reward, exposes fresh cash bonanza at parliament
This is not the first time Parliament has come under fire over a controversial service award. In 2022, then Leader of the...
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2.2KNtungamo Deworming Horror: Gov’t breaks silence on incident, health workers involved face axe
Ntungamo, Uganda: Shock and outrage last week gripped Ntungamo District after health workers accidentally administered a powerful anticonvulsant drug to schoolchildren instead...
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1.1KAdjumani CAO Ocen denies diverting UNICEF-funded Shs 257m WASH project
Adjumani, Uganda: The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Adjumani District, Mr Ocen Andrew, has dismissed allegations that he diverted a UNICEF-funded WASH...
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848Sudhir Ruparelia’s journey from exile to wealth empire; and the loss of Rajiv that redefined his African legacy
Kampala, Uganda: In a continent where wealth and power often mirror lineage or politics, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia stands apart, a man who...