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535Abducted family members detained at Special Investigations Unit
A case of missing persons was reported to Kireka police station by one Irene Mugenyi, after her 60-year-old father Pius Wandera
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610Lugazi town agents on the spot over local revenue shortfalls
The probe committee was formed in the previous month to investigate the drop in local revenue collections.
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566Ugandan nationals arrested in disputed border area released
Lamwo Resident District Commissioner Osborn Oceng says that the four were arrested at different intervals following a fierce fire exchange
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559Police launches crackdown on crude alcohol in Karamoja
The operations have been in place over the previous years, but took a back seat this year when cattle rustling reached its...
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1.3KKayunga district engineer interdicted over ‘ghost’ classrooms
The district CAO, Mr Abdul Batambuze accuses Eng. Wazimbe of endorsing ghost projects and making payments when actual works have not taken...
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856How sh2.1bn seed school turned into kraal, cattle grazing area
Samuel Justin Tuko, a resident of Tapac sub county blamed the district authorities for constructing the school in an isolated area. Tuko...
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1.1KSAD: NTV Journalist collapses dead on Boda boda
Milton Opaco, the NTV Uganda correspondent based in Soroti died on Friday morning as he rushed to cover a story within Soroti...
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1.1KDetails emerge on Ugandan MP who fainted in public during meeting
According to reports, the MP first experienced a sharp pain in the stomach before collapsing down unconsciously.
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1.0KPinetti coffee deal: Lawyers file additional evidence
In April this year, Henry Byansi and Michael Aboneka challenged the agreement signed by Ramathan Ggoobi, the secretary to the treasury on...
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512Entebbe court fines man Shs 2.2m for attempting to traffick 11 girls to Saudi Arabia
Sharif Mbabal was arrested last month after 11 girls, who lacked clearance from the ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to...
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914Oil prices retreat from 3-month highs
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for July delivery lost 60 cents, or 0.5 percent, to settle at 121.51 U.S. dollars a barrel...
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884NSSF midterm payments hit sh421 billion in 3 months
The payments are in respect to Section 20A (1), of the National Social Security Fund (Amendment Act) 2022, that allows midterm access...
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1.0KMonkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases; WHO warns of ‘real’ risk
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. health agency was not recommending mass vaccination against the virus and added...
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1.6KSAD: Kagamba SS teacher commits suicide by hanging
There was grief at Kagamba Secondary School in Ntungamo District after a female teacher in her twenties committed suicide over yet to...
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1.0KUNICEF appeals for funding to avert child deaths in East Africa
UNICEF’s Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Rania Dagash said more than 1.7 million children
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683FDC fronts Moses Attan as sole candidate for Soroti East by-election
The Soroti FDC registrar, Juma Opolot declared Attan the sole FDC candidate on Tuesday.
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72417 percent women think gender equality is not practical: Survey
Funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands, the survey was conducted by the Avocats Sans Frontieres-ASF in partnership with Uganda Women’s Network-UWONET
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702Ntoroko CAO charged with forgery
He was charged with ten counts of forgery relating to the illegal appointment of several civil servants using various forged extracts from...
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540LASPNET appeals to gov’t over harsh bail terms given to political activists
In their statement, the LASPNET Board of Directors led by Arthur Nsereko from the Public Interest Law, note that they have witnessed...
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804Rubirizi HR officer pleads guilty after seeing crowd of prosecution witnesses
Tusiime who had prepared to defend herself during a special court session on Tuesday at Rubirizi Magistrate's court immediately wilted
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479Gulu district leaders call for stringent measures against PDM defaulters
PDM was launched in February and aims at helping locals from the parish level to increase their household incomes.
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1.2KFire guts four dormitories at Bwera SS
Edgar Bwambale, one of the students says light went off in the dormitories last night and after a short while power returned...
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1.2KNew URA software easily identifies landlords dodging taxes
During a recent meeting with large taxpayers, John Rujoki Musinguzi, the commissioner general of the URA, described the Shs 120 billion collected...
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1.6KMan collapses dead while working out at city gym
A report filed at the Central police station indicated that the deceased had been visiting the gym for days and that he...