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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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Two UPDF soldiers to serve death sentence for killing civilians in Somalia

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – XINHUA: Two Ugandan soldiers accused of killing seven Somali civilians in August while serving under the African Union peacekeeping...

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Museveni directs NRM CEC on Mobilisation

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has asked members of the top organ of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) to adopt an...

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SEMBABULE: 13-year-old girl beheaded in brutal murder

SEMBABULE, UGANDA: Police in Sembabule are investigating circumstances under which unknown assailants attacked a 13-year-old girl and beheaded her. Violah Nangoba, a...

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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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NUP’s Nambassa Shamim elected Makerere University Guild President

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform (NUP)’s Nambassa Shamim has been declared the 87th Guild President of Makerere University after collecting a...

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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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JUST IN: Another Bus Explodes into Flames in Mpigi, No Casualty recorded

MPIGI, UGANDA: Property worth millions of money has been burnt to ashes after a bus exploded into flames along the Kampala –...

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One dead as building collapses at Nytil Factory in Buikwe

BUIKWE, UGANDA: A 25-year old casual worker has died after an old building collapsed on him at Nytil factory in Njeru Municipality...

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Two confirmed dead in Kampala-Masaka Highway accident

KAMPALA, UGANDA: At least two people have been confirmed dead and four others injured in a Monday night motor accident involving three...

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Pastor Bugingo and wife Teddy Naluswa Reconciliation flops

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The reconciliation of House of Prayer Ministries’ Pastor Aloysius Bugingo and his estranged wife Teddy Naluswa has hit a deadlock...

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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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IGANGA: Boda boda rider perish in a hit-and-run accident

IGANGA, UGANDA: A boda boda rider has perished in a hit-and-run accident that occurred on Monday, November 8, at Walugogo, along Iganga-Jinja...

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70-year-old Businessman found dead in Hoima lodge after sex romp

HOIMA, UGANDA: Hoima Police have launched investigations under which a 70-year-old businessman man died after an alleged sex romp with a woman...

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Johan Grobbelaar named new Vivo Energy Uganda Managing Director

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Vivo Energy Uganda, the parent company of Shell-branded fuel and lubricants has appointed Mr. Johan Grobbelaar as its new Managing...

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Reported fire outbreak at NTV Uganda forces station to go off-air

KAMPALA, UGANDA: NTV Uganda offices and its televised broadcast went off air for an hour after the station reported a fire outbreak...

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Nabbanja, Onek agree to work together after Alupo Intervention

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Prime Minister Rt. Hon Robinah Nabbanja and Eng. Hilary Onek, the minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness, and Refugees have finally...

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Gender committee approves NSSF midterm access

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Gender, Labour and Social Development Committee of Parliament has approved the 20 percent midterm access for National Social Security...

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Ministry of Works takes over motor vehicle registration from URA

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) has officially taken over the registration of motor vehicles from the Uganda Revenue...

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NDA recalls sexual arousing M-Magix coffee

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Drug Authority has recalled M-Magix Coffee after test results revealed that the beverage is adulterated. According to the...

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Ethiopia declares nationwide emergency as rebels advance

ADIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s cabinet on Tuesday declared a nationwide state of emergency after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent...