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1.4KPremier Recruitment mourns Ugandan security guard who died on duty in Qatar
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Phillip Kule, a Ugandan security guard who has been working in Doha, Qatar has died while on duty, Premier Recruitment...
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1.5KUNEB to Release 2020 UACE Results on Friday
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has set Friday, August 20, as the date to release the results from the...
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956Museveni sanctions construction of Bunyoro University
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri Museveni has okayed the construction and operationalization of Bunyoro University after a closed meeting with the MPs...
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833Serum Institute confirms fake vaccine batches supplied in Uganda, India
Serum Institute, the official manufacturer of the Covishield brand of Astrazeneca vaccine has confirmed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the...
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1.7KJINJA: Court okays Nabeta to file supplementary affidavits against Mwiru’s petition
JINJA DISTRICT: Court in Jinja has cleared Jinja South division East legislator, Nathan Igeme Nabeta to file supplementary affidavits to support his...
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6872021 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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780Latest 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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881EC 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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782Museveni 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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816Teso 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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981Panic 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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568FDC 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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802Ex-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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795PSFU, 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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521Moroto 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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753Five 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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949Minister 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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659Teachers, 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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873Constitutional 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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903Hichilema: ‘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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791Grief 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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783Emyooga 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,...