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Arua district struggling to recover UGX 12Bn Emyooga funds

Eighteen enterprises per constituency namely, taxi operators, fishermen, journalists, veterans, boda bodas, women entrepreneurs, welders, performing artists, and elected leaders were funded...

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Minister Lugoloobi calls for research on Local Content Bill

The Private Member’s Bill seeks to impose local content obligations on a person using public money or utilizing Uganda’s natural resources or...

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RCC orders arrest of CID officer for releasing defilement suspect

Lawrence Egole issued the order after Ajuga released Steven Ayine Mugisha, who was arrested on Friday from St. Katherine Girls Secondary School...

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UPDF to deploy divisional human rights focal persons

According to Col. Deo Karikona, the human rights focal persons will be mandated with ensuring that the troops are sensitized about different...

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Delayed relocation of flood victims irks Ntoroko officials

In October 2021, Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja visited Ntoroko district to ascertain the magnitude of damage caused by floods

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Mbarara University students protest over delayed allowances

Scovia Nakyazi, a student of Medical laboratory science and also the Finance Minister Guild council says they were supposed to receive their...

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Minister Otafiire bothered by robberies of ‘men in uniform’ at roadblocks

A number of robberies by gun-wielding men dressed in the army and sometimes police uniforms have been reported in recent months from...

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Telecom companies make gains amidst uncertainities

According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the inflation rate rose for the eighth consecutive month at the end of July, going...

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Police crackdown car theft racket, recover 17 vehicles

The suspects have been identified as Nsubuga Hassan alias Mukwaya, and his colleague Alex Musisi alias Mark Butyampa from Mukono municipality.

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Court quashes decision to interdict Uganda Land Commission secretary

Imaryo was interdicted by Nabakooba to pave way for investigations into allegations of mismanagement of funds under the Land Fund

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Sironko parish chief killed in Mbale city

According to the source, Namboozo informed him that she would be back shortly after meeting the caller but never returned only to...

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Over 500 People Pitch Camp at LRRH for Free Eye Treatment

More than 500 people with different eye problems have turned up for free Eye checkups and cataract surgery at Lira Regional Referral...

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Fears As Displaced Persons Return to Lake Kyoga Shores

More than 1000 people previously displaced from the shorelines of Lake Kyoga have returned exposing their lives to flooding when the rains...

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NUP withdraws 19-year-old candidate from Bukimbiri by-election for FDC’s Owebeyi

The withdrawn candidate is 19-year-old Joshua Mutabazi who had been nominated on Tuesday to contest

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Gulu city to set up weekly markets for evicted street vendors

The resolution was made during a security meeting held at the Gulu city yard following an outcry from the evicted vendors citing...

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Hunger: Karimojong elders demand for cash instead of food relief

John Bosco Akore, the secretary Kotido elders council says the most effective way to distribute relief is to give households cash

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Fuel prices start to stabilize but to stay high for longer

Ordinary motorists in Kampala had predicted that by the start of August, a litre of petrol could be selling at well over...

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Commonwealth: Winnie Nanyondo Qualifies for Women’s 1500m Final

The 2018 commonwealth bronze produced a great performance to win a highly competitive race that was decided in the last 50-meters of...

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Arua district registers 1,000 defilement cases in six months

The most affected sub-counties are Arivu, Ajia, Vurra, and Logiri. Stephen Eguma, the Arua District Probation and Welfare Officer says that most...

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Parliament wants Beti Kamya, Kasaija investigated over sh10bn land compensation

Findings of the COSASE report indicate that four land owners including Stephen Nagenda, the late Kosia Rwabukurukuru, Geoffrey Mugisha, and Nantalia Namuli...

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Bobi Wine calls for nationwide demonstrations to force Museveni out of power

Speaking to party supporters at the newly acquired headquarters at Makerere Kavule along Bombo road, Kyagulanyi said the 2021 general elections and...