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Gov’t appeals against UGX75M court award to MP Francis Zaake

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has appealed against an order directing the government to compensate Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament...

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Four convicted for killing Case hospital accountant

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s court, Justice Yasin Nyanzi has convicted four people for aggravated robbery and the murder of Francis Ekalungar,...

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Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga’s burial set for Monday

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga will be laid to rest on Monday next week, the Orthodox Church has announced. Sylvestos...

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One dead, Two injured in an accident along Iganga-Tirinyi road

IGANGA, UGANDA: One person has perished and two others are nursing severe wounds after an accident that occurred on Wednesday night in...

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Nation Media journalist dies in fatal road accident

MUBENDE, UGANDA: Nation Media Group (NMG) Journalist Sabbiiti Magembe has been confirmed dead shortly after he was involved in an accident in...

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Two UPDF Officers injured in Kireka train accident

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala has confirmed that two officers attached to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) sustained critical injuries after...

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Archbishop Jonah Lwanga’s body to arrive Saturday

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The body of the fallen Orthodox Church Archbishop in Uganda, the Most. Rev. Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga will finally arrive in...

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Govt cuts COVID-19 testing costs at Entebbe Airport to USD30

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government has announced that it has reduced the cost of COVID-19 testing costs from USD65 to USD30 for all passengers...

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KCCA renames city roads after late BMK, Archbishop Lwanga

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) councilors have today passed a motion to rename selected city roads after late businessman Dr....

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Gen. Moses Ali receiving treatment abroad – Adjumani district speaker

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The Adjumani district council speaker Mr. Oloya Jackson has finally put to rest the wild speculation over the whereabouts of...

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Corpse Found In Septic Tank Is Not My Wife – Onebe speaks out

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of Muyenga businesswoman, Immaculate Mary Blessing Onebe, have decided to conduct DNA tests after...

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Kolir youths join the rest of Ugandans celebrating Museveni’s birthday

BUKEDEA, UGANDA: Kolir Sub-county Youths in Bukedea district have joined the rest of Ugandans to celebrate the 77th year birthday of His...

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Govt announces six months deadline for old passports to expire

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control) has announced that Ugandans who...

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Entebbe Airport records increased passenger numbers in August

ENTEBBE, UGANDA: Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA says passenger numbers at Entebbe International Airport increased by 34 percent from 61,328 travelers in July...

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Police retrieve second body from Onebe’s septic tank in Muyenga

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala has confirmed that another body was retrieved dead from a septic tank at the home of Francis...

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DPP Drops Charges against Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda through the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped all charges of money laundering it had slapped...

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NUP’s Legal Head Anthony Wameli scoops award for best criminal defence lawyer

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform’s Head of Legal Team, Counsel Anthony Wameli has been named best criminal defence lawyer of the...

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Uproar as HIV infections in Kabale shoot up by 52%

KABALE, UGANDA: There is a growing uproar in Kabale after the health department revealed that the number of people living with the...

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Hotel Africana’s BMK to be buried Sunday – Family

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The family of the late Dr. Hajji Bulaim Muwanga Kibirige alias BMK has confirmed that he will be buried this...

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Police query Onebe travel plans after Muyenga septic tank discovery

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The homicide team at the Criminal Investigations Directorate has obtained travel details from the Immigration department that Francis Onebe, arrested...