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Moses Kibalama still alive but sickly, NUP clarifies on false death reports

FACT CHECK: The National Unity Platform (NUP) party has dismissed reports making rounds suggesting that the party founder, Mr Moses Nkonge Kibalama...

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UNEB to release 2020 PLE results next week

KAMPALA: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has declared that results of pupils who sat for the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE)...

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MBARARA: District Councilor found murdered in cold blood

RWAMPARA DISTRICT: – Police Rwampara has launched a manhunt for unknown assailants responsible for the murder of the Kabura Subcounty Councilor Fred...

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Museveni- Tshisekedi launch Uganda-DRC Road projects

Uganda’s President H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and H.E Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo have today launched the construction of...

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FDC’s Doreen Nyanjura Reappointed Deputy Lord Mayor

Kampala Lord Mayor, Ssalongo Erias Lukwago has reappointed Makererere University Lord Councilor Doreen Nyanjura as deputy lord mayor for the new term...

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Gen. Museveni promotes 5 UPDF Generals to Higher Ranks

President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni, also the Commander-In-Chief has on Tuesday, June 15, promoted five officers of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces...

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Ministry of Internal Affairs shifts passport picking centre to Kyambogo

BY URN | KAMPALA: The passport picking center has been shifted from the Ministry of Internal Affairs headquarters to Kyambogo where Face...

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Covid-19: Experts warn against using marijuana as a remedy

Medical experts have warned Ugandans against using weeds including marijuana to treat Covid-19 symptoms. Many people across the country have resorted to...

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CONFIRMED: Senior Presidential Advisor Prof. Kajabago is dead

Prof Kajabago Karusoke, a senior presidential advisor to H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on ideology, also senior Lecturer at National Leadership Institute (NALI)...

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Robina Nabbanja Approved to become Uganda’s first-ever female Prime Minister

The Parliamentary committee has today approved Kakumiro District Woman Member of Parliament Robina Nabbanja as Uganda’s Prime Minister and Head of government...

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Parliament to Vet Alupo, Nabbanja today

Parliament will today sit to vet the Vice President-elect, Ms Jessica Alupo, and Ms. Robinah Nabbanja the Prime Minister nominee after their...

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Kabale’s former LC5 boss to be buried today

Patrick Besigye Keihwa the former Kabale District LCV chairman who passed away yesterday will be laid to rest today on Saturday, June...

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KALIRO: District headquarters closed after 70 staff test COVID-19 positive

Kaliro district headquarters have been closed down after 70 out of 100 government employees tested positive for the COVID 19 virus. The...

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Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary reopened to tourists

Nakasongola, Uganda: The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has reopened Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district for tourist activity. UWA closed Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary...

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Museveni to Min. Muhoozi: Every car, motorcycle must have a digital monitor

President Museveni has on Thursday said every vehicle and motorcycle will be required to have a digital monitoring device as part of...

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Govt 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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National 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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Nakalema orders bus companies to refund fares in overcharge

The head of State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Col Edith Nakalema has ordered all bus companies which overcharged passengers, especially students and never...

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Govt Sets New School Reopening Dates After 42 days, New Guidelines On School Fees

Government through the Ministry of Education and Sports has announced tentative reopening dates for schools and other education institutions after partial lockdown...

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Kiryowa Kiwanuka named new Uganda’s Attorney General

Celebrated city lawyer, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has been named the new Attorney General of Uganda in the new cabinet release, replacing William Byaruhanga....