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Robberies orchestrated by private security guards on the rise – Police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police have expressed concern over the systematic increase of robberies and thefts perpetrated by private security guards. According to Police...

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Schools to reopen starting September 9 – Govt says

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda has resolved to reopen schools on September 9, 2021, for all institutions countrywide starting with learners in...

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Police names 15 prime suspects in greater Masaka murders

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The joint security agencies investigating the rampant murders in greater Masaka have named 15 prime suspects after screening 68 arrested...

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Hundreds flee homes in Busia over illegal power connections

BUSIA, UGANDA: Hundreds of Busia municipal residents fled their homes on Monday morning during the crackdown on illegal power consumers. It all...

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Bamwine, Burora transferred in new RCC reshuffles

MASAKA, UGANDA: The Resident City Commissioner (RCC) for Masaka City, Mr. Fred Bamwine has been transferred to Nakaseke as the Resident District...

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Education Ministry, Stakeholders decide today on Schools reopening

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Officials at the Ministry of Education will today afternoon meet with stakeholders in the education sector to make a decision...

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Lawyer drags Tycoon Karim Hirji to court over tender to accommodate Afghans

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Celebrated human rights lawyer Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde has petitioned the court challenging the circumstances under which the Ministries of Foreign...

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Woman shot dead for ‘giving intelligence’ to UPDF’

MOROTO, UGANDA: Karimojong warriors have shot and killed a woman who is suspected to have given intelligence information to Uganda Peoples Defence...

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SAD! UCU Student shockingly dies in sleep

MUKONO, UGANDA: The Uganda Christian University -UCU on Friday announced the untimely death of their own student who is said to have...

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Makerere sets new examination dates, cancels online assessments

In a University communique dated August 26 signed by Prof Umar Kakumba, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academics announced that the...

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Café Javas breaks silence on ‘viral milkshake’ saga

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Café Javas Restaurant (CJs) has finally opened up on the alleged video of a customer that shook up the internet...

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UPDF speaks out on suspected suicide bomber arrested at Lokech’s funeral

BIG STORY: The joint intelligence security forces on Thursday arrested a suspected suicide bomber who was allegedly planning to blow up mourners...

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Gen Paul Lokech: ‘Lion of Mogadishu’ to be laid to rest today

The late Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech alias “Lion Of Mogadishu” will today, Friday, August 27 be laid...

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VIDEO: Internet goes bizarre as customer finds dead rat in Café Javas Milkshake

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Social media was on Thursday set ablaze after a viral video emerged online showing how she was allegedly served a...

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Jumia partners with Centenary Bank to reward customers through online card payments

Jumia Uganda and Centenary Bank, Uganda’s leading commercial microfinance Bank today announced a partnership to incentivize the use of the bank’s cashless...

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Police rescue 13-year-old girl from marriage

JINJA, UGANDA: Police officers attached to Bugembe police station in Jinja City have rescued a 13-year-old Juvenile from an early marriage case....

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NDA approves Kazire’s Vidicine herbal drug for covid-19 treatment

MBARARA, UGANDA: The National Drug Authority (NDA) has approved the use of Vidicine, a local herbal concoction as a supplementary treatment of...

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Death toll in Masaka raises to nineteen as 60-year-old woman is butchered

MASAKA, UGANDA: Sixty-year-old Anent Nampijja Muwangaza, a resident of Kasaali village, Bisanje Parish, Kabonera division in Masaka is the latest victim of...