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1.3KTwo injured in UPDF Helicopter Crash in Entebbe
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Following another UPDF Helicopter clash in Entebbe, Army Spokesperson Brig. Gen Flavia Byekwaso has issued a statement concerning the incident....
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1.5KGovernment eyes tax on ATM, bank cash withdrawals
The government is considering taxing cash withdrawals from commercial banks as it is with mobile money in a radical move to increase...
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1.1K‘Buy your coffin as you go to demonstrate’, Jinja RCC tells protesters
JINJA, UGANDA: Rtd. Maj. David Matovu, the newly-appointed Jinja Resident City Commissioner (RCC) has asked whoever is planning protests to do so...
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1.5KShs2.8Bn Makerere Research Complex nears completion
EDUCATION: Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI) will soon unveil its Shs2.8 billion facility at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute...
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1.4KDPP drops corruption charges against EOC’s Sylvia Ntambi
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Directorate of Public Prosecution Justice Jane Francis Abodo has dropped all corruption charges against Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Chairperson,...
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1.1KGov’t Fully Restores Internet and Social Media Services in Uganda
BREAKING! The Government has fully restored internet and social media services in Uganda after nearly a month-long ban, the Daily Express reports....
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1.7KJoshua Cheptegei appointed Uganda’s new tourism ambassador
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Tourism Board have officially unveiled long Long-distance runner and world champion Joshua Cheptegei as Uganda’s new tourism ambassador...
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1.3KKAMPALA: Man Shot Dead at Arua Park After Stabbing Police Officer
ARUA PARK, KAMPALA: A man only identified as “TOWA” has been shot dead on Wednesday morning after he reportedly attacked and stabbed...
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2.8KBIG STORY: Chief justice Owiny Dollo was Museveni’s lawyer in Besigye’s 2006 Election petition
EXCLUSIVE REPORT: The supreme court presided over by the Chief justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo on Tuesday evening dismissed a request for an...
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2.5KNRM tables bill to gift Museveni 7 year term as president
PARLIAMENT, UGANDA: The ruling National Resistance Movement party is set to table a motion extend the President’s term to 7 years from...
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1.2K15 Dead Bodies dumped in Mpigi by unknown persons
MPIGI DISTRICT, UGANDA: Police in Mpigi are investigating circumstances under which dead bodies of 15 persons were dumped in the area by...
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1.1KBUYENDE: Son cuts off father’s head for refusing him to beat stepmother
BUYENDE DISTRICT, UGANDA: A shocked resident of Kinawankembo village in Kidera sub-county in Buyende a 32-year old son cut off the head...
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1.5KNambooze to push for the Anti-alcohol Bill again
PARLIAMENT: Mukono municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke is to resume plans to push for her Anti-alcohol Bill. The vocal legislator...
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2.0KSpeaker Kadaga launches Institute of Parliamentary Studies to train MPs
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has launched an institute of Parliamentary studies to orient and train new...
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1.4KMastercard Foundation announces 220 new scholarships for 2021
The Mastercard Foundation has announced 220 scholarship opportunities for students from marginalised communities. The scholarship programme is a result of a partnership...
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1.7KByabashaija reshuffles top prisons officers in new appointments
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Dr Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner-General of Prisons has made new prison appointments, reshuffled and sent some senior prisons officers on...
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1.6KJUST IN! Another Journalist Mike Muhima abducted by police
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Mike Muhima a digital journalist working with Kawowo Sports, an online newspaper who has been missing since Friday last week...
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1.5KRed Pepper and BTM TV Journalist Hadad Mubiru found dead
KANYANYA, KAMPALA (UG): Police in Kanyanya, Kampala Division is investigating the death of Former Red Pepper and BTM TV journalist Hadad Mubiru...
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1.1KSuspended district polls to be conducted today – EC confirms
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Electoral Commission (EC) has set today to conduct elections for local government positions in more than 50 electoral areas...
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1.1KBIG STORY: Shs 720m cash controversies emerge over Namboole COVID facility
BIG STORY: The public has been hit with shock over Shs 720 million which the ministry of Health claims it spent to...
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1.8KKABALE: UCC Principal dead after fighting with son over rentals
KABALE, DISTRICT: Justus Ariho Twinomujuni, the Deputy Principal of Uganda College of Commerce (UCC) Kabale is dead after picking up a fight...
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1.5KMinister Janet Museveni on Reopening of Schools, ‘children below 6yrs to stay home’
SCHOOLS REOPENING: The Education Minister and first lady Mrs. Janet Museveni has clarified that nursery schools handling children aged three to six...
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1.3KMuseveni asks Court to dismiss Bobi Wine’s petition with costs
ELECTION PETITION: President Yoweri Museveni has through his lawyers asked the Supreme Court to dismiss Bobi Wine’s election petition seeking to challenge...
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1.4KTwo arrested over circulating leaflets castigating Museveni’s 35-year rule
MASAKA, UGANDA: Police in Masaka have arrested two people for allegedly circulating leaflets with messages ‘demeaning’ the person of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta...