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2.1KTwo senior OPM bosses sentenced to five years in prison over corruption, abuse of office
The pair was convicted on two counts of corruption and abuse of office amounting to Shs393,640,000 and acquitted on the count of...
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1.3KAmerican Pastor jailed 10 years for defiling 14-year-old Ugandan girl
Appearing before the federal court in Macon, in February this year, Mr. Tuininga, 45, confessed having sexually abused the girl who was...
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949Govt suspends registration of new labour companies
Despite the ban, Amongi noted that the external recruitment industry is greatly contributing to Uganda’s revenue base with a total of $900m...
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696Parliament’s defence committee probes UPDF recruitment
The decision follows an alarm sounded by Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi indicating that residents of her district who expressed interest in...
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935EALA aspirants sue NRM for ring fencing positions
The applicants are part of more than 100 people who had expressed interest to hold the flag for NRM in the coming...
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321UGX 800M budget shortfall impeded UDC’s valuation of Roko
The proposal for the purchase of Roko shares was first tabled before parliament last week when the Minister of State for Financetold...
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753Mulago hospital launches non-invasive surgery training center
During such procedures, equipment is inserted into the body through the mouth or small cuts to either carry out surgery or diagnose...
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384Government moves to amend MoU on labour externalization
This is after it was revealed that the earnings and workload for Ugandans especially those working as house maids are determined by...
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720Hoima school closed after student’s strike over poor feeding
The angry students went on a rampage and demolished a perimeter wall of the school and also shattered the glass panes in...
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1.3KNUP MP, two others arrested after student stabbed to death at Makerere guild campaigns
The development comes at a time when the University council has suspended the ongoing campaigns and the students guild council just a...
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13.8KWATCH: CCTV captures gunman shooting man dead at restaurant as waiter looks on
The 20-minute video incident captured by CCTV cameras in place on July 08, 2022 at a yet to be known location shows...
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791SFC soldier survives lynching in Namayingo
The woman’s family accused Wekesa of storming their home in a disrespectful manner and hurling at them with insults and demeaning statements,...
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808Tayebwa directs Rules committee to investigate Minister Namuganza over house integrity
Tayebwa made the directive on Wednesday during a plenary sitting following a procedural matter raised by Bukooli Central MP, Solomon Silwany.
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761Museveni Appoints Brig Gen Freeman Mugabe new Court Martial boss
Promoted in April 2021 from Colonel to Brigadier, Mugabe is currently the adjutant general, headquarters Bombo where he has been since 2020.
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528Court issues warrant of arrest against Mukesh Shukla for failing to pay costs in lost case
The warrant was issued on Wednesday by the Civil Division Registrar Jameson Karemani following an application by Mukesh’s rival and Nakawa West...
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1.0KUniversities to lower cut off points as gov’t calls for residual admissions
The board has through its Makerere University-based secretariate, invited students who sat for their Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) in 2018,...
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547LOP urges Muslim leadership to seek internal reconciliation
Mpuuga’s comments follow renewed demands by a section of Muslim leaders in Masaka to the government to release the findings of the...
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550UMSC general assembly sets term limits for office of the mufti
The Mufti is the highest-ranking position in the country’s Muslim leadership, and over the years, there have been calls for term limits...
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932Mufti Mubaje sued for overstaying in office, holding unlawful assembly
He was sued alongside Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) secretary general Shiekh Ramadhan Mugalu, acting chairperson Hajji Abdul Nadduli and the chairperson...
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480MPs question Roko’s ‘confidential’ creditors
State minister for Finance (General Duties) Henry Musasizi told the committee that the government had acquired a copy of the resolution for...
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1.2KNUP donates relief food worth 5000kgs to Karamoja region
The development follows an alarming voice raised by the Karamoja sub-region MPs over surging cases of deaths of their constituents alluded to...
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961Gov’t allocates Sh135bn to cater for hunger-stricken areas in Karamoja
Hon. Faith Nakut, the Napak Woman MP on Tuesday raised the issue that people in the Karamoja sub-region are dying of hunger...
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3.2KBIG STORY: Top NGO under probe for massive tax evasion, failure to remit Staff NSSF money
According to information obtained from aggrieved staff, AFOD Uganda last submitted the NSSF money into their accounts in March last year [2021].
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435UMSC general assembly scrutinizes draft constitution
It comes almost a week after the Constitutional Review Commission chaired by Prof. Idris Serugo Kasenene, handed over the draft amended constitution...