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827DPP team ready for start of Basajjabalaba forgery, tax evasion case
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP Jane Frances Abodo has instituted a team of prosecutors to try businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba and...
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9.5KBIG STORY: How PPDA boss Turamye blocked 17Bn investigation into NWSC dubious procurement deal in exchange for wife’s job
According to the whistleblower’s report submitted to IGG last year, the deal would now have Eng. Dr. Mugisha promote Turamye’s wife at...
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1.2KDeadly suicide bomb attack at bar in eastern DRC
At least six people have died and several others injured in an explosion in Beni in eastern regions of the Democratic Republic...
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1.1KFEATURED: How Tycoon Sudhir’s Meera Investments is giving other construction firms sleepless nights
If you thought there is any sphere of influence in this town into which Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia (arguably the richest man in Uganda) doesn’t...
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1.8KMiddle East Consultants, Eagles Supervision, 13 other labour firms suspended over forgery
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has suspended at least 20 external labour recruitment companies citing...
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1.6KHawkers, Street Vendors banned from Kampala starting next year
KAMPALA, UGANDA: All vendors and street hawkers will not be allowed in Kampala City starting next year (2022), Government has announced. While...
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1.3KKenyan Gov’t Lifts Ban on Ugandan Poultry Products after Nairobi Talks
NAIROBI, KENYA: The Government of Kenya has agreed to lift the ban on Ugandan goods allowing traders to resume exportation of poultry...
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1.2KGov’t tables UGX 43 Trillion National Budget Framework
KAMPALA, UGANDA; The government has tabled before parliament the national budget framework paper totaling 43 trillion Shillings for the coming financial year...
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1.4KUganda Receives Shs640b from World Bank for Covid-19 response
The World Bank last week announced that it will give an additional $180.3 million (Shs640b) to Uganda to fight Covid-19. Of this...
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1.3KBIG STORY: PPDA boss Turamye in trouble over corruption, fake academic papers
Whereas it is no secret government has invested heavily in the fight against corruption, some senior government officials who are supposed to...
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DPP orders immediate trial of Basajjabalaba over tax evasion
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Director of Public Prosecutions, Justice Jane Frances Abodo has directed for the immediate trial of businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba and...
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1.5KEXCLUSIVE: Inside Sudhir’s Multibillion Speke Resort Beach in Entebbe
Businessman Sudhir Ruparelia through his conglomerate Ruparelia Group recently kicked off the construction of a mega-resort and convention centre whose construction is...
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893Kayunga: Museveni defends govt on unfulfilled pledges, praises Nantaba
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni today Tuesday defended his government over the unfulfilled development projects in Kayunga district. Mr. Museveni was in...
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1.5KTeargas, bullets in Kayunga as police disperse NUP supporters
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: Police on Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who had organized a procession...
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1.1KActivists petition Education Minister to intervene in Kololo SS – Ruparelia Group row over stadium project
KAMPALA, UGANDA; A section of Ugandan youth activists under their umbrella of Uganda Poor Youth Movement (UPYM) have petitioned the Education Minister,...
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1.9K34 suspected ADF Rebels captured in ongoing Military Operations in DRC
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda People’s Defense Forces -UPDF and Congolese Forces have captured 34 Allied for Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in joint...
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1.7KMuseveni warns IGG Kamya to go slow on lifestyle audit of govt officials
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Museveni has cautioned the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Ms Beti Kamya, to go slow on the planned lifestyle...
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920Embattled Peter Kamya finally pays court filing fees after being exposed in Simbamanyo house saga
The bank seized Simbamanyo House and Afrique Suites Hotel on Mutungo Hill in Kampala last year after the city tycoon Peter Kamya...
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1.3KPius Bigirimana wins defamation case against Monitor Publications
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Pius Bigirimana, the Permanent Secretary of the Judiciary has won the defamation case against Monitor Publications Limited and the latter...
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2.1KUNEB to register learners in lower classes for national exams
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda National Examinations Board is taking a bold step to register multiple years for the next national examinations, URN...
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1.6KPope: Sex outside marriage is not serious sin
Pope Francis urged caution on Monday in the “interpretation” of a damning report into child sexual abuse by French Catholic clergy, saying...
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1.0KBusinessman Hamis Kiggundu Petitions CJ Owiny over alleged Supreme Court bias in Sh120bn DTB Fraud Case
City Businessman Hamis Kiggundu alias Ham has petitioned the Chief Justice of Uganda’s Judiciary Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to intervene in his scandal with...
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908UCAA bars staff from using personal phones on duty at Entebbe Airport
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda Civil Aviation Organization-UCAA staff are no longer allowed to use mobile phones and other personal devices on duty at...
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1.3KBIG STORY: How Kololo SS is fighting to stop Rajiv Ruparelia’s Multi-Billion Stadium project
Businessman Rajiv Ruparelia’s plans of constructing an all-sport stadium in Kololo, Kampala are thwarted by selfish actors at Kololo Secondary School who...
