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Uganda confirms 9 cases of new Omicron Covid variant

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda become the latest African nation to confirm the existence of the new Omicron covid-19 variant with nine (9) cases...

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Five detained over theft of hospital ambulance

ARUA, UGANDA: Police in Arua has arrested five people over the disappearance of an ambulance belonging to Arua regional referral hospital. The...

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Sugar cane farmers in Masindi advised to make co-operatives

MASINDI, UGANDA: Cosmus Byaruhanga the Masindi District chairperson has advised sugar cane farmers to join co-operatives so as to have a collective...

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High Rate of Covid-19 Vaccination turn up in Kagadi worries public

KAGADI, UGANDA: The overwhelming number of people turning up for Covid-19 vaccination in Mpefu Sub county, Kagadi district has created fear among...

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MP Rukaari accused of swindling UGX 10Bn in another land deal

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A family in Isingiro district has petitioned the government after losing over ten billion Shillings to Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari, a...

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Masindi district registers 1,000 cases of defilement in one year

MASINDI, UGANDA: Masindi district has registered a surge in defilement cases with more than 1,000 reported between January and November 2021. Records...

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Kidnappers demand Sh30M to release Budaka teenager

BUDAKA, UGANDA: Police are investigating the alleged kidnap of 14-year-old Kasita Muyinda, a student of Naalya secondary school and resident of Bwase cell...

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Jinja Prophet sacrifices landlord’s daughter to establish powerful church

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kakira is investigating a suspected ritual murder of Nakisuyi Trinity Nabirye Zabella, 4, and a daughter to Mr...

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Heavy rains destroy houses and crops in Kikuube District

KIKUUBE, UGANDA: More than 100 people in Kyabayanja village, Kimbugu Parish, Kabwoya Sub county in Kikuube district are out in the cold...

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Bishop Stuart University bans students from wearing miniskirts, ‘ripped’ jeans and tattoos

MBARARA, UGANDA: Bishop Stuart University (BSU) located in Mbarara has issued a directive banning its male students from wearing sandals, ripped jeans...

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Hoima parents ask Gov’t to give special training to learners before schools reopening

HOIMA, UGANDA: Hoima parents and guardians want the government through the Ministry of Education and Sports to organize special trainings to school...

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New religion that stops believers from seeking medication discovered in Kakumiro

KAKUMIRO, UGANDA: Residents of of Rubani Village, in Kaika Parish Nalweyo Town council in Kakumiro District are shocked by a new religion...

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Another Ugandan arrested at Rwanda border

KABALE, UGANDA: Security personnel in Rwanda have arrested a 21-year-old Ugandan man. Anthony Twijukye, a resident of Buhoro village in Rwene parish...

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Kiira police hunts husband for stabbing wife to death

JINJA, UGANDA: Kiira regional police has teamed up with UPDF to hunt for a husband who cut his wife before fleeing.Yazid Kafuko...

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HOIMA: Chimpanzee bites a five-year old boy, residents in panic

HOIMA, UGANDA: Residents of Mparangasi village in Kyabigambire Sub county in Hoima District have expressed concern over increased chimpanzee attacks to their...

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Transport fares shoot up in Kibaale due to increase in fuel price

KIBAALE, UGANDA: Taxi drivers and Boda Boda riders in Kibaale District have increased transport fairs on various routes in order to catch...

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Strange disease claims lives in Kyotera district

KYOTERA, UGANDA: More than 10 people have reportedly died of a strange disease within just two weeks at Kijjonjo village in Kasasa...

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Court orders state to produce Sheikh Kirevu’s widows

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Security have up to December 6th, 2021 to produce the widows of the late Sheikh Abas Muhammad Kirevu before High...

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Cultural practices and tribalism take a leed in increasing cases of SGBV in Hoima District

HOIMA, UGANDA: Cultural practices and Tribalism have been blamed for the increasing cases of sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Hoima District....

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Ugandans at DRC border threatened by ongoing UPDF strikes on ADF Camps in Congo

KIKUUBE, UGANDA: Ugandans residing on the DRC Uganda boarder in Kikuube and Hoima Districts have expressed fear of possible attacks from the...

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Kagadi VHTs, LC chairpersons storm district offices over unpaid Covid 19 allowances

KAGADI, UGANDA: Over 30 people including VHTs and Village chairpersons from various Sub counties in Kagadi District stormed the district offices claiming...

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Parliament to investigate UMEME over unlawful acts

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to...

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MPs to probe agreement with Russian car tracking company

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament is to examine the agreement between Uganda and Global Security JSC, a Russian company that was awarded a 10-year...