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6.8KStudy shows a third of Gulu City commercial sex workers married
Gulu, (UG): Over a third of commercial sex workers in Gulu City are married and staying with their partners, a study conducted...
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1.1KDr Muganga named Africa’s Revolutionary Educationist at PAP Global Awards
Kampala, (UG): Victoria University Vice Chancellor, Prof Dr Lawrence Muganga has scooped yet again another global award, a reward for his unwavering...
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702How Sorocti city blew shs2.5bn on low-cost sealing of 800-meter road
The anti-corruption monitors in Soroti City have unearthed an alarming scandal where the city management authority spent over Shs2.5 billion on a...
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1.0KUganda Land Commission on the spot over NARO land titles
Kampala, (UG): The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has appealed to lawmakers to intervene in ensuring that the Uganda Land Commission (ULC)...
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1.9KUK Court orders Bitature to pay back USD35m loan to SA’s Vantage Capital
LONDON, (UK): The International Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration sitting in London has ruled in the long-running fight between Ugandan businessman...
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1.7KMbarara Hospital levels ground for maiden heart surgery
Whereas most of you are acquainted with Uganda Heart Institute for heart surgeries, soon or later your focus will be turned to...
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2.3KWho is Patrick Ayota? Profile, Bio & Career of new NSSF Boss
UGANDA: Labour Minister Betty Amongi yesterday appointed Patrick Michael Ayota as the Managing Director of Uganda’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on...
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2.3KAmongi appoints Ayota as new NSSF Managing Director
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Betty Amongi has appointed Patrick Ayota as the new Managing Director...
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1.5KFULL STATEMENT: Museveni slams World Bank in lengthy letter on Foreign Aid and Loans
UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has for the second time responded to the World Bank in which he slammed the arrogance and provoking...
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1.9KWhy World Bank funding freeze on Uganda is a mistake
As first published on The Independent In a surprising twist, some members of the gay community in Uganda have revealed that they...
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3.4KBIG STORY: Inside the Besigye-Bobi Alliance ahead of 2026 elections
In the aftermath of the ongoing wrangles inside Uganda’s once strongest opposition political party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Dr Kizza Besigye,...
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BIG SCANDAL: Ministers Nabbanja, Kasaijja exposed in Shs15bn NAADs Heist
EXCLUSIVE LEAK: A deeply strategised corruption scandal at the National Agricultural Advisory Services in which Shillings 15bn in taxpayers money was lost...
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6.1KBesigye’s tormentor, SP Arinaitwe charged, remanded to Luzira for ‘raping maid at gunpoint’
KAMPALA, (UG): Detective Superintendent of Police -D/SP Gilbert Arinaitwe Bwana who rose to fame in 2011 for tormenting opposition candidate Dr Kizza...
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2.6KFULL STATEMENT: World Bank halts funding Uganda over Anti-gay law
WASHINGTON, (US): The World Bank has suspended all future funding for projects in Uganda, citing human rights violations after the enactment of...
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1.7KSsemujju to Nandala: “There is nothing in being the FDC Whip”
KAMPALA, (UG): Kira Municipality MP Hon Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda who also doubles as the spokesperson of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change...
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1.4K24-year-old notorious gang leader to face 13 charges of aggravated robbery
KAMPALA, (UG): The Directorate of Crime Intelligence in coordination with the territorial police teams in Kampala Metropolitan and Greater Masaka, have connected...
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1.9KFULL STATEMENT: Besigye accuses Nandala, Amuriat of taking ‘dirty money’
KAMPALA, (UG): The founding President and former FDC presidential candidate yesterday held a press conference at his Kantonga Road offices in which...
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2.3KWhy each vote could cost Shs 50,000 in Uganda’s most expensive election ever
“This story was originally published by The Independent” By Ronald Musoke There is growing concern over the ever-rising cost of holding general...
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1.5KDirector Rajiv Kumar who stole shs1bn from own company granted bail
KAMPALA, (UG): The Supreme Court in Kampala has granted bail to Mr Rajiv Kumar Sabharwal, the co-owner of Global Wire Industries who...
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1.5KTrade Minister sacks suspended UNBS Boss David Ebiru
KAMPALA (UG): The Embattled Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), Mr David Lingstone Ebiru has been officially dismissed from...
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1.9KEXPOSED: How UETCL spent Ugx1bn to hire 37 new staff
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (UETCL) is a subject of an investigation by the Inspectorate of Government (IG) over...
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1.9KHam vs DTB: Kiggundu wants Constitutional Court to reverse Supreme Court ruling in multi-billion case
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Businessman Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the ruling delivered last month by the Supreme Court...
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1.6KMuseveni directs renewal of Kisaka’s contract as KCCA boss
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has directed the renewal of Dorothy Kisaka’s contract as the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority...
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1.8KIGG orders Ebiru’s arrest as UNBS gets new Executive Director
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has ordered the immediate arrest of Mr David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of the...