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6712021 Election Petitions: Court dismisses Katuntu’s defense affidavits
2021 ELECTION PETITIONS: Lady justice Susan Abinyo has dismissed 10 affidavits filed by Abdul Katuntu defending his election as the Bugweri county...
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730Latest setback leaves BOU on the brink in case against Sudhir’s Crane bank, Meera Investments
THE BIG STORY: What was set to be a blockbuster legal battle could end on a whimper after last week’s Supreme court...
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862EC asks court to dismiss election petition against Ssegirinya
The Electoral Commission has asked the High court in Kampala to dismiss a petition challenging the election of Muhammad Ssegirinya as Kawempe...
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762Museveni declines to assent to sexual offences, succession amendment bills
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Sexual Offences Bill, together with the Succession Amendment Bill passed by...
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798Teso leaders seek gov’t intervention on looming hunger
NGORA DISTRICT, UGANDA: District chairpersons across the Teso sub-region have raised concern over the state of food insecurity in the region. The...
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957Panic as Health Ministry confirms outbreak of Polio in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Health has confirmed a polio outbreak in the country. The polio viruses were established on July 21...
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535FDC challenges govt to erect statue in honor of Cheptegei
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has urged Government to declare Joshua Cheptegei a national hero and erect...
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771Ex-DP President admitted in critical condition
The former deputy prime minister of Uganda and ex-president of the Democratic Party, Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere’s health has deteriorated after being...
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770PSFU, Mukwano partner to create 50,000 jobs for Ugandan youths
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) supported by the Mastercard Foundation, has partnered with Mukwano Industries Limited to support youth and create...
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504Moroto CID boss arrested for releasing exhibits
MOROTO DISTRICT: The Police in Moroto District in Karamoja sub-region have arrested the officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Desk (CID)...
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737Five Storey building collapses in Kitebi, one person dead
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A five-storey building under construction in Kitebi Zone, near Wankulukuku in Rubaga Division collapsed in the wee hours of Tuesday...
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918Minister Oryem to Ugandans: ‘Go and look for survival, Lumbuye won’t feed your families’
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Henry Okello Oryem has bashed off Ugandans demanding to know the whereabouts...
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1.8KUPDF to recruit more 10,000 LDUs amid mixed reactions from the public
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) is set to recruit more Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel for districts in Central,...
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617Teachers, learners above 18 years to get covid jabs ahead of schools reopening
The Education Minister who is also the First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni has asked teachers and learners aged 18 and above, to...
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1.1KZambia’s new president vows ‘better’ democracy after landslide win
Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his camp had been victims...
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860Constitutional Court Quashes Anti-Pornography law
COURT, KAMPALA: The Constitutional Court in Uganda has nullified the controversial Anti-Pornography law of 2014, citing four of its sections which it...
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827Hichilema: ‘Cattle boy’ takes Zambia’s top job at sixth bid
LUSAKA | AFP: Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia’s veteran opposition politician and a business tycoon, tried six times for the country’s presidency before finally...
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769Grief as 17-yr-old student drowns in River Nyamwamba, body missing
KASESE DISTRICT: Grief has engulfed Kasese residents after a seventeen-year-old student of Kilembe secondary school drowned in River Nyamwamba in Kasese district....
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752Emyooga funds spent on unregistered Saccos in Kyotera
KYOTERA DISTRICT: Members of Parliament from Kyotera district have queried the criteria used to spend more than one billion Shillings under Emyooga,...
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1.6KUACE Results to be released on Friday
The Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) Examinations Results are likely released this week according to the national examinations body, UNEB. This...
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975Solomon Muyita leaves Judiciary after six years
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Solomon Muyita has resigned as the Judiciary communications officer, the Daily Express has learnt. This website has established that Muyita’s...
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870Wielding The Axe: Two Adjumani Health Workers Interdicted over drug theft
ADJUMANI DISTRICT, UGANDA: The Adjumani Chief Administrative Officer {CAO} Mr. Wanje Michael has interdicted two health workers over theft of drugs and...
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802Ex-Minister Kiyingi dismisses claims of fundraising for Lumbuye’s release
Former State Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Asuman Kiyingi has distanced self from reports that he is among the list of people...
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Schools to reopen only fter 350,000 teachers get jabs- Education Ministry
The Education Ministry has revealed that to reopen schools for all learners, at least 357,500 teachers must be vaccinated against Covid-19. This...