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783Taxi Operators Create Illegal Stages Near District Boundaries
BY URN: Taxi operators along the Kampala-Jinja highway and Gayaza-Bugerere road have shifted their operations to areas near the district boundaries. This...
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728Uganda, Czech Republic ink deal to strengthen defence ties
KAMPALA – Uganda has signed a defense cooperation agreement with the Czech Republic aimed at establishing and enhancing bilateral defence cooperation between...
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902Masaka Regional Referral Hospital closed for inpatients over spike in Covid-19 cases
Government has with immediate effect closed down Masaka Regional Referral Hospital for inpatients over surging cases of Covid-19 disease. Uganda has 55511...
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791Govt launches national e-waste management centre
The national steering committee on e-waste management has launched a national e-waste management centre. The stakeholders comprise National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA),...
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1.3KUganda registers highest COVID-19 cases in a day, deaths surpass 400
The Ministry of Health has reported that 1,438 new Coronavirus cases were confirmed on Thursday posting a highest number of Covid-19 infections...
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1.1KI don’t need help choosing cabinet ministers – Museveni fires back at critics
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni told parliament that choosing members of the cabinet is one of the areas where he doesn’t need help....
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933MBALE: Doctor arrested for stealing 40 oxygen cylinders from govt hospital
Police in Mbale City have arrested a doctor attached to Mbale regional referral hospital on allegations of stealing 40 oxygen cylinders from...
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1.1KGovt replaces OTT with 12% tax on data, airtime
The Ministry of Finance has slapped a harmonized excise duty rate of 12% on airtime, value-added services, and internet data as substitutes for Uganda’s...
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737National Budget: Gov’t Unveils New Tax on Data, Airtime, Plastics and Minerals Exports
Government has announced a new excise duty tax on airtime and mobile data, as part of the new measures to broaden the...
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1.4KKatakwi Residents Celebrate Alupo’s appointment as Vice President
KATAKWI DISTRICT: Residents of Katakwi District on Wednesday hit the streets of Katakwi Town to celebrate the appointment of Hon. Jessica Alupo...
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1.4KFresh outbreak of foot and mouth disease reported in Nakasongola
Nakasongola district has registered a fresh outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD. The outbreak has been reported in two farms in Kakooge...
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1.9KParliament to vet new Vice President, Prime Minister on Thursday
Parliament is set to convene on Thursday morning, June 10 to vet the newly appointed Vice-President and Prime Minister ahead of the...
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1.5KGen Katumba shooting: IGP Lokech lists 5 mistakes made by police officers on duty
INVESTIGATIONS | CRIME: The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech has listed five mistakes that were made by police...
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4.4KGen. Kayihura: Former IGP named new Commander of Defence Forces
EXCLUSIVE: H.E Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has appointed Ex-police chief Gen...
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Museveni releases full cabinet list, Jessica Alupo named Vice President
President Yoweri Museveni has on Tuesday released the new cabinet list for his sixth political term in office. The announcement follows ongoing...
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1.3KUPDF truck overturns in Bundibugyo, One dead, 8 injured
BUNDIBUGYO: One person has been reported dead while eight soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces are nursing serious injuries following a...
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1.3KJudiciary Suspends All Court Hearings in new #Covid-19 SOPs announced
The Chief Justice of Uganda Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo has issued fresh Covid-19 guidelines to be followed by all Judicial officers suspending all...
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737Church of Uganda Speaks Out on Suspension of Communal Prayers
Following a decision by government to suspend communal prayers in churches and mosques as one of the measures of controlling the surging...
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872President Museveni to expand new cabinet to 80 ministers
KOLOLO: President Museveni is set to increase the cabinet size of his sixth term in office to 80 ministers after the ruling...
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738TORORO: 1,800 girls impregnated in 90 days according to reports
Tororo district has reported a sudden increase in teenage pregnancy with over 1800 cases reported in a period of 90 days hence...
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726LWENGO: Over 300 civil servants protest suspicious salary deductions
LWENGO DISTRICT: Over 300 civil servants in Lwengo District are protesting over unexplained monthly salary deductions in what has been termed as...
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1.2KTraffic officers to be armed or paired with armed police
President Museveni on Sunday said traffic officers would be armed or paired with armed officers in a bid to contain cases of...
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2.1KLt Col. Deo Akiiki sacked as army deputy spokesperson, replaced with Lt Col Kakurungu
EXCLUSIVE: Latest news coming from the army base confirm that the Deputy spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, Lt. Col. Deo...
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1.3K17 shot dead in revenge cattle raids in Karamoja
At least 17 people have been killed in Napak and Nabilatuk districts over the last two weeks in retaliatory cattle raids. According...
