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2.6KNansambu Sandra wins shs60m in POA Star Search, named new Tourism Ambassador
KAMPALA: Sandra Nansambu has been crowned the winner of the Pearl of Africa (POA) Star Search competition walking away with shs 60...
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1.4KUPDF Boss Maj Gen Stephen Rwabantu is dead
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) reserve force deputy commander Maj Gen Stephen Tumusiime Rwabantu alias Gonya has died. Maj. Gen Rwabantu’s...
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1.3KAll eyes on Kiprotich ahead of Sunday’s Olympic Men’s Marathon Final
SUNDAY, August 8: Men’s Marathon Final – 1:00 am The final race at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is just hours away...
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1.1KKasaija tells schools owners to sell off assets and pay bank loans, says govt is broke
Uganda’s Finance minister, Hon. Matia Kasaija has advised private school proprietors to sell school assets and repay bank loans saying the government...
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807Kenyan govt repatriates 32 Karamojong girls
BUSIA DISTRICT: Thirty-two Karamojong girls and three of their infants have returned to Uganda through Busia one-stop border post following their repatriation...
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1.6KDeputy IGP appoints new ICT Commanders
The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, has overhauled commanders in the directorate of Information Communication and Technology-ICT. This is...
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1.0KGov’t yet to disburse UGX 1.4Bn relief cash
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government has said up to Shs 1.4 Billion Covid-19 relief cash is yet to be disbursed to vulnerable people as...
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2.0KJUST IN: Medical schools to re-open on 13th August
The Ministry of Education and Sports has okayed the reopening of medical and health training institutions effective Friday, 13th August 2021. According...
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1.1KGov’t to pay Bunyoro tobacco farmers
HOIMA DISTRICT: Government has said that compensation of the more than 1,000 tobacco farmers in Bunyoro sub-region who had been denied payment...
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776Cheptegei: My dream was to become Olympic champion
Joshua Cheptegei made up for his silver in the 10,000 metres to win the 5,000m Olympic title on Friday, succeeding two-time champion...
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1.3KBlogger Fred Lumbuye to be deported tomorrow
The State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Okello Oryem has Friday said controversial social media blogger Fred Lumbuye will be deported to...
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1.2KSix Igara Tea employees suspended over corruption
BUSHENYI DISTRICT: Six employees of Igara growers Tea factory LTD have been suspended by the board over massive corruption and embezzlement of...
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1.8KFormer Kayunga Woman MP, Victoria Kakooko dies
Former Kayunga District woman Member of Parliament (MP), Mrs. Victoria Kakooko Ssebagereka, has passed on, the DailyExpress has learnt. The former legislator...
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1.8KJUST IN: Minister Diana Mutasingwa involved in motor accident, admitted
The State Minister in the Office of the Vice President, Hon Diana Mutasingwa has been involved in a motor accident, the Daily...
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1.1KGov’t spends UGX 2.85Bn on distribution of Covid relief cash to Ugandans
The Minister of Finance has said government spent a total of 2.854 billion Shillings on administrative costs to send COVID-19 relief cash...
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909200 detained for illegal possession of firearms in Karamoja
MOROTO DISTRICT: At least 195 warriors have been arrested for illegal possession of firearms across the Karamoja sub-region since the second forceful...
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1.4KRCC Hussein: Only 327 Residents in Kampala yet to receive Covid-19 Relief Cash
Kampala Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Mr. Hudu Hussein has described the distribution exercise of the Covid-19 Relief cash in the city as...
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2.5KArmy Generals Koreta, Kutesa, Mugisha headline list of retiring UPDF officers
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has Thursday released a list of 604 of its Generals, Junior officers, and other men retiring...
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844Three people arrested for kidnapping 4-yr-old boy, ask for shs50m ransom
The Crime Intelligence Directorate of Police has put in custody three people suspected of kidnapping a four-year-old boy and later demanding shs50 million...
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1.5K12 suspected rebels surrender to UPDF in Zombo
At least 12 members of a suspected rebel outfit group that attacked a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) detach in Zeu Sub-county,...
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729Kenya’s Kariuki appointed new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda
Ms. R. Mukami Kariuki, a Kenyan National, is the new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda effective August 01, 2021. She succeeds...
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904Three children admited after eating bananas laced with poison, one dead
Police in Mukono Division is investigating circumstances under which three children were poisoned after eating bananas laced with poison. The atrocious incident...
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1.6KTokyo Olympics: Uganda’s Peruth Chemtain wins steeplechase gold
TOKYO OLYMPICS, JAPAN: Ugandan Athlete Peruth Chemutai has won the women’s 3000m steeplechase race to bring home Uganda’s first gold medal in...
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820Property Worthy Millions Destroyed in Kabale Timber Fire
KABALE DISTRICT | UGANDA: – Kabale-based traders dealing in timber are counting losses after a Wednesday morning fire gutted her timber workshop leaving...
