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New Cabinet ministers to swear in today

NATIONAL: The newly-appointed and approved Cabinet will be sworn in today Monday, June 21, at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. According to...

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Covid-19 Relief: Govt to give direct cash via mobile money

KAMPALA: The Prime Minister of Uganda Rt. Hon Robinah Nabbanja has said the government will now use mobile money to deliver cash to...

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Govt Issues new guidelines to apply for Covid19 movement stickers online

The Ministry of Works and Transport has released the procedure to be followed by members of the public, especially the essential workers...

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Police ofﬁcer fired over sh500,000 bribe

COURT | POLICE | CORRUPTION: A Police detective has lost his job for receiving a sh500,000 bribe from Isaac Ojok. According a court ruling, issued Tuesday...

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COVID-19: Victoria Hospital reduces charges, offers free beds to 4 health workers

KAMPALA: As the fight against Covid-19 rages on with positive cases on a spike, UMC Victoria Hospital in Bukoto has announced a...

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City Businessman Asiimwe Hakeem Lukenge succumbs to Covid

Former Presidential Assistant and City Businessman, Asiimwe Hakeem Lukenge has died, the Daily Express has learnt. The NRM Vice Chairperson for Eastern...

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COVID19: 1,397 new cases registered, 42 deaths

The latest Covid-19 update released on Saturday, June 19, indicates that Uganda has registered 1,397 new coronavirus cases with 42 deaths according...

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Boda boda man collapses dead on his motorbike, Covid-19 suspected

KAMPALA– An unidentified boda-boda man has collapsed dead on his motorbike along Lugogo Bypass this afternoon. According to people at the scene,...

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Where do you belong? Museveni lists ‘essential’ services as new lockdown bites

KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni has announced a fresh lockdown in a move to mitigate alarming coronavirus infections. While addressing the nation...

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UPDATE: Curfew back to 7pm, schools & places of worship remain closed for 42 days

President Museveni has directed that curfew be moved from 9pm to 7pm in a bid to control the spread of the deadly...

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JUST IN: Museveni bans public and private transport as covid cases surge

STATE HOUSE: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has announced a ban on public and private vehicles in a move to curb the escalating...

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Retired Bishop Patrick Tugume appointed North Kigezi Diocese caretaker

The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stephen Samuel Kaziimba has today appointed Emeritus Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Patrick Tugume Tusingwire as...

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UCC pays tribute to longest-serving employee Eng. Simon Bugaba

KAMPALA — Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo has paid tribute to Eng. Simon Bugaba describing him as a committed...

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JUST IN: KCCA’s Head of Strategy Patrick Musoke is dead

The Kampala Capital City Authority Deputy Director of Strategy and Business Development, Patrick Musoke is dead. The office of the Lord Mayor...

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Former Daily Monitor Bureau Chief Succumbs to COVID-19

MBARARA: Former Daily Monitor Bureau chief for Rwenzori Sub-region Mr. Felix Basiime has died, the Daily Express News reports. Basiime was on...

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Museveni to address the nation on Covid today as total lockdown looms

President Yoweri Museveni will today Friday, June 18, address the nation on the state of Covid-19 as total lockdown looms in the...

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CONFIRMED: Pastor Tom Kula died of Covid

UPDATE: Pastor Thomas Kula, the husband to Pastor Imelda Namutebi of Liberty Worship Centre International Lugala is dead. According to Medical reports,...

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Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s Founding President dies at 97

LUSAKA: Zambia’s founding father and former President Kenneth Kaunda has died in the capital Lusaka aged 97. Kaunda was hospitalized last week...

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Moses Kibalama still alive but sickly, NUP clarifies on false death reports

FACT CHECK: The National Unity Platform (NUP) party has dismissed reports making rounds suggesting that the party founder, Mr Moses Nkonge Kibalama...

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UNEB to release 2020 PLE results next week

KAMPALA: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has declared that results of pupils who sat for the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE)...

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Uganda receives third batch of Covid-19 Vaccine

Uganda has received the third batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the French government through the COVAX facility as a boost...

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Burial for Kayunga District LC5 Chairman set for tomorrow

Kayunga District LC5 Chairman Mr. Ffeffeka Sserubogo Muhammad will be buried tomorrrow Thursday, June 17 according to the burial program released by...