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1.9KMuseveni commissions Dei Biopharma’s sh1.8 trillion Pharmaceuticals plant in Matugga
The Shs1.8 trillion (USD500 million) facility in Kigogwa sits on 150 acres of land and it is set to benefit Ugandans and...
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1.3KFather lynched by mob after beating 7-year-old son to death
It is alleged that Wotala assaulted his son over issues yet to be established and that it was after the beating that...
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1.4K14 S.4 candidates miss UNEB after headteacher fails to remit shs2.5m registration fees
NAMUTUMBA, UGANDA: At least 14 senior four students of Mugobi Secondary School in Bugobi Town Council, Namutumba District, are staring at a...
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1.1KKotido elders seek ban on miniskirts
Elders in Kotido district have called for a ban on short skirts, tight clothing and trousers among women employed in the public...
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1.7KAnti-Corruption Unit arrests five Bunyangabu district officials arrested over corruption
The former Kabonero Sub-county Chief, Elon Rugumba, was also arrested for the shoddy construction of the Kabonero police offices/cells. The right procurement...
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1.1KBodaboda rider killed in accident along Kabale-Mbarara highway
According to the Kigezi Region police spokesperson Mr Elly Maate, the accident involved motor vehicle registration No. UBL 340N Isuzu Elf truck...
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1.2KTotalEnergies rejects EU Parliament invitation over Uganda-Tanzania oil project
CEO Pouyanńe argued that the EU inviting him to defend TotalEnergies after a decision had already been made, and for only eight...
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1.5KGov’t resumes passports production at full capacity
Mr Mundeyi explained that the ministry had in May this year scaled down the production of passports to about 1,000 per day...
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834Farmers on alert as new banana virus hits Western Uganda
The Banana Bunchy Top Virus was first observed in the western Uganda districts in late 2020. In July this year, the ministry...
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2.8KAIM Global Operations Shutdown Over Fraud, Trafficking
The company largely recruits unemployed youth who are promised to earn an average commission of 130,000 Shillings per week after gaining points...
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1.3KOver 20,000 residents hit by water scarcity in Amudat
Despite the establishment of a sh1.9bn water system, the district is hit by a water crises forcing people to depend on the...
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1.9KMuseveni commissions sh12bn Tannery Factory in Luwero District
The factory processes leather from hides and skins and Uganda is among the top four exporters of hides and skins from Africa,...
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3.2KWhy Nyakasura School suspended all S.4 candidates just days to UNEB
In his October 5th, 2022 letter to parents of all senior four candidates, the school head teacher, Rev Richardson Alinda, says that...
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1.4KKCCA demolishes structures erected in road reserve at Busega Market
The authority's law enforcement team descended on the structures in which vendors have run their businesses for years, saying they are in...
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2.4KMuseveni apologizes to Kenya over Gen Muhoozi’s wild tweets
Mr Museveni in a lengthy message said it is not correct for Public officers, be they civilian or military, to comment or...
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953Minister Nankabirwa slams EU criticism of Uganda’s oil project
The project, which includes drilling in Murchison Falls, Uganda's largest national park, has run into strong opposition from activists and environmental groups...
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1.3KProperty worth millions burnt to ashes in Kabale school fire
Reports suggest that the fire broke out in the dormitories of the privately owned school belonging to local businessmen, Erasmus Habasa and...
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Video hall operator burns customer to death over sh10,000
It said that on September 14, Joshua Amaku now deceased went to watch soccer at the suspect’s video hall where he requested...
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1.7KAuthorities impose ban on traditional shrines in Nabitaluk
It is alleged that a decision to beat up anyone who crosses to Kosike sub-county to track stolen animals was crafted from...
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1.2KLC1 Chairman on the run after swindling sh180k water user fee
Residents allege that upon collecting the money, the Chairman sneakily brought a local mechanic to remove one of the borehole pump head...
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1.1KMUBENDE: Six health workers get Ebola amid lack of PPE gear
The EVD taskforce in Mubende District, the epicentre of the outbreak said the health workers caught the infectious disease from patients.
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1.3KPolice fire truck crashes into trailer on way to extinguish fire, driver injured
The police fire truck registration number UP 4738 crashed with a trailer registration number KBJ 069A/ ZD 1671 along Kyeyune Road in...
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1.3KKOLE: PDM SACCOs decry meager funding
Kole district received only sh310m from the expected sh621m from the Finance Ministry for the implementation of PDM. The district has a...
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1.3KLIRA: LC1 chairpersons threaten to resign after missing out on Gov’t Bicycles
A total of 600 bicycles were sent by the Ministry of Local Government to Lira District recently to aid the local council...