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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....

Samples of Vidicine manufactured by Kazire Health Products Ltd

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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...

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Masaka Muslim leaders released on bail

MASAKA, UGANDA: The Grade One Magistrates Court in Masaka has granted bail to four Muslim leaders who were charged with assault and...

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Another Mbale accident claims four people, six critically injured

MBALE, UGANDA: Four people were on Thursday confirmed dead on spot and six others hospitalized after an accident happened in Mbale City...

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Makerere drops online exams for alternative modalities of assessment

Among the suggested modalities include; phased physical assessment, home take, open book, and group assignments.

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Church of Uganda issues roadmap for election of North Kigezi Diocese Bishop

RUKUNGIRI, UGANDA: The Church of Uganda has issued a roadmap for the election of the new Bishop for North Kigezi Diocese in...

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IGP Ochola misses Lokech’s Requiem Service due to illness, police says

The Inspector-General of Police – IGP Martins Okoth Ochola has today missed the requiem service held for the Late Maj Gen Paul...

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Gen Paul Lokech: Clan members ask Ugandans to forgive him

PADER, UGANDA: The members of the Pa’Lubele clan in Paipir village, Pader district where the former Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj...

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Museveni appoints Justine Nameere Presidential advisor

President Museveni has appointed former Bukedde Tv and NTV Uganda journalist Justine Nameere, as Presidential advisor in charge of the Greater Masaka...

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Doctor who vaccinated 800 Ugandans with water for Covid-19 jabs missing from Kitalya prison

NAKAWA, KAMPALA: Nakawa Chief Magistrate has been notified that a phony doctor who administered fake Covid-19 vaccines to over 800 Ugandans has...

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Transport paralyzed as Kazinga channel ferry breaks down

KASESE, UGANDA: Transport between Mbarara and Kasese district is paralyzed following the breakdown of the ferry operating at Kazinga Channel bridge. The...

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Truckers suspend travel to South Sudan after two drivers shot dead en-route Juba

NOTHERN, UGANDA: Truckers have suspended travels to South Sudan following the shooting of two Kenyan truck drivers. Haron Abdulahi Ore and Issa...

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Panic hits Kyambogo as hostel owners sell off students’ valuables to recover rent arrears

Kyambogo students are in shock after the University Hostels Association (UHA) notified them of the sale of valuable properties. The selling of...

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Court rejects eight witnesses in petition against Nantaba

MUKONO, UGANDA: The High Court in Mukono on Monday rejected eight witnesses and four additional affidavits in the second election petition filed...

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Rubanda deputy speaker arrested in Emyooga scandal

RUBANDA DISTRICT, UGANDA: The deputy speaker of Rubanda district, Pierre Mbabazi Nyetegyereize and two others are in trouble for alleged mismanagement of...

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Shoprite exit: Can foreign retailers survive in Uganda?

EXCLUSIVE: The confirmation on Monday by the South African based retailer Shoprite, that it was quitting Uganda and Madagascar, raises more questions...

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Unknown assailants kill catechist in Lwengo

MASAKA SUB-REGION: Police in Masaka Region are investigating circumstances under which a 60-year-old catechist was gruesomely murdered in Lwengo district. Richard Mbaziira,...