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COVID-19: Adjumani Samples to be transported by Medical Drones

WEST NILE REGION, UGANDA: The Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) College of Health Services Makerere University has today launched The West Nile Medical...

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Do Not Believe in the Lies Of Acholi Politicians Over Apaa, Adjumani Leaders Advice President Museveni

ADJUMANI DISTRICT, UGANDA: Leaders in Adjumani are protesting the directives of President Yoweri Tibahahura Museveni on Appa land following a meeting with...

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Lawyers petition high court over Lumbuye

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A team of lawyers have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding the production in court of Ugandan blogger Fred...

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MPs without Covid-19 Vaccination Barred from Attending Parliament Sessions

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Members of Parliament who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to attend parliament sessions next...

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Govt okays UPDF to take over all local construction projects

The state minister for investment and privatization, Ms. Evelyn Anite has revealed that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF)’s engineering brigade will...

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Fear grips Masaka residents as panga wielding thugs hack 15 dead

MASAKA SUB REGION: At least fifteen people have been hacked to death in Districts of Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, and Masaka as machete-wielding men...

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South Sudanese Bishop succumbs to Covid-19 at Arua hospital

Rt. Rev. Stanley Nelson Dada, the Bishop of Pentecostal Church under Yei Diocese in South Sudan has succumbed to COVID-19 at Arua...

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Museveni to address the country this Saturday

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will on Saturday night address the nation on matters of security importance, the Minister For Kampala Capital City...

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Rev. Godfrey Loum elected Bishop of Northern Uganda Diocese

Rev. Godfrey Loum has been elected the 8th Bishop of Northern Uganda Diocese replacing Rt. Rev. Johnson Gakumba who has held the...

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Museveni: Olympic gold medalists to earn Shs5m monthly salary

President Museveni has directed payment of a monthly salary for all Ugandan sportsmen and women who bring home a gold, silver, and...

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Zambia votes in closely contested polls

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA | AFP NEWS: Zambians were voting in nationwide elections on Thursday after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes and...

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Sudan ‘to hand over’ Bashir for international war crimes trial

KHARTOUM, SUDAN | AFP: Sudan will hand longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court along with two other officials wanted...

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UPDF on high alert over fresh South Sudan war

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops have been placed on high alert to defend the country from possible conflict spill-over following...

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Judiciary gets Shs1.2bn to handle election petitions

The Ugandan Judiciary has received a total of shs1.2 billion to help dispose of a total of 155 parliamentary and local council...

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Shock of more than a hundred children killed at IDP camp in Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA | AFP: Hundreds of people were killed after a relief camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Afar region was...

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Katakwi district officer in trouble over OPM cash

KATAKWI DISTRICT, UGANDA: Katakwi district community development officer, Catherine Tino is under investigation over accusations of soliciting bribes from the beneficiaries of...

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Kiira Motors to deliver 10 buses in 2021

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Kiira Motors Corporation says it will deliver 10 buses by end of this year, a paltry one percent of the...

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Headteacher arrested for embezzling examination fees, issuing fake results

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Denis Obal, the header teacher of Sr. Gabriella Memorial Comprehensive Secondary School in Kole district is in police custody for...

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Deadly fighting erupts between rival factions of S. Sudan VP Machar’s party

Deadly fighting erupted on Saturday between rival factions of South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar’s SPLA-IO, his military spokesman said in a...

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Kasaija 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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Deputy 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...