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JUST IN: NBS TV Presenters Kayz, Makko and Wakko Finally Granted Bail

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Three Next Media Services employees who were arrested and remanded to Kitalya prison last week, have finally been released on...

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Uganda starts manufacturing surgical gloves

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda is on track to become the first African country to produce surgical gloves and other medical equipment. East African...

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Justice Gaswaga, Kabanda transferred as Judiciary deploys new judges

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Judiciary has made new deployments with a total of 13 judges of the High Court affected by the reshuffles....

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Jinja Pastor arrested over sexual harassment, child trafficking

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Jinja district have arrested a Pastor identified as Robert Masiga over allegations of defilement, sexual harassment, authorities have...

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IGP Ochola directs legal team to study Museveni’s proposal on bail, police bond

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Inspector General of Police – IGP Martins Okoth Ochola has ordered the Police Director of Legal Services and Human...

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High Court dismisses third election petition against MP Nantaba

MUKONO, UGANDA: Mukono High Court Justice, Judge Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya has thrown out the third petition challenging the election of Idah Erios...

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Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo flees Uganda to US for personal safety

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo has confirmed that he fled the country for his own personal safety and is...

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NUP lawyer Anthony Wameli battling stage four cancer, admitted in Boston

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Anthony Wameli, the head of the Legal Department of the National Unity Platform-NUP has been diagnosed with stage four cancer....

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BIG STORY: Supreme Court rules Crane Bank Liquidation is illegal

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Supreme Court of Uganda has Monday afternoon ruled that liquidation of Crane Bank Limited is illegal, the Daily Express...

Part of the land which was given out to setup the sugarcane factory.

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Luuka District Secures Land for Government to set up Sugarcane Factory

LUUKA, UGANDA: Luuka District local Government has secured over 50 acres of land to construct a sugarcane factory, the Daily Express reports....

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Nsangi DPC shoots reveler dead in curfew operations

WAKISO, UGANDA: One person has died following the enforcement of the nighttime curfew in Wakiso district on Sunday night. The deceased has...

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SAD: Ntungamo DHO collapses dead in sauna

NTUNGAMO, UGANDA: Dr. Bakamuturaki Richard, the District Health Officer Ntungamo has died after collapsing in a sauna at a hotel in Ntungamo...

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New pests invade Kasese tomato farmers

KASESE, UGANDA: Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange pest attacked their tomato gardens....

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Manufacturers to bypass Umeme to get cheap electricity

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Big industrial electricity consumers could soon buy electricity directly from generators or the transmission company to lower the electricity tariffs,...

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Rwanda arrests 13 suspected of plotting ‘terrorist’ attacks

KIGALI, RWANDA: Rwandan police said on Friday they had arrested 13 people suspected of plotting “terrorist” attacks in the capital Kigali and...

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Next Media speaks out on arrest of journalists Kayz, Makko and Brian Wako

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Next Media Services Limited, the parent company of NBS and Sanyuka Television has Friday evening made an official statement on...

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NBS TV’s Kayz, Brian Wako & Makko remanded to Kitalya over defamation

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Three employees attached to Next Media Services Limited have been remanded to Kitalya Prison until October 15, over defamation and...