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1.5KBuhaguzi East Legislator donates ambulance to Kikuube District
KIKUUBE, UGANDA: The Buhaguzi East Mp Hon. Aseera Steven Itaza has donated a brand new medical ambulance worth 250 million shillings to...
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1.4KMOYO: Police prefer charge of Aggravated Torture against Senior Probation Officer
MOYO, UGANDA: Police in Moyo is investigating the senior probation and social welfare officer at Moyo district local government Ameko Jimmy in...
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1.2KHoima district local govt to levy taxes on sugar cane transporters
HOIMA, UGANDA: As one way of generating tax revenue in the district, the Hoima district council has established a new tax on...
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1.6KBudget committee approves UGX21Bn for church land compensation
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament’s Budget Committee on Monday agreed to approve a total of 21 billion Shillings budget meant to compensate the Church...
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1.7KUganda Receives Shs640b from World Bank for Covid-19 response
The World Bank last week announced that it will give an additional $180.3 million (Shs640b) to Uganda to fight Covid-19. Of this...
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1.2KUmeme extends year long payment holiday to education institutions
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Schools and other learning institutions have a one-year grace period to clear their outstanding bills, thanks to a decision by...
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1.3KHoima Leaders respond to rampant chimpanzee attacks in the district
HOIMA, UGANDA: The Hoima district council leaders have asked the Hoima district CAO to write to the management of UWA requesting them...
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1.7KHoima City to hire District Service Commission in recruiting drivers and parish chiefs
HOIMA, UGANDA: Hoima City council members have agreed to use the Hoima District Service Commission to help in the recruitment process of...
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92917 suspects break out of Jinja police station cells
JINJA, UGANDA: An unidentified number of suspects are reported to have broken out and escaped from Jinja Central police station cells on...
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1.2KParish chief commits suicide over failure to repay loan
LIRA, UGANDA: Two people in Lira, Kole district have committed suicide over failure to service loans acquired. In Lira, Patrick Oming, the...
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1.4KDPP orders immediate trial of Basajjabalaba over tax evasion
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Director of Public Prosecutions, Justice Jane Frances Abodo has directed for the immediate trial of businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba and...
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1.1KOne dead, five injured as building collapses in Busia
BUSIA, UGANDA: A residential building in Busia district has collapsed killing a minor and injuring five other members of the same family....
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1.6KMinister Victoria Rusoke urges parents to invest in education
HOIMA, UGANDA: Victoria Rusoke, the state Minister for Local Government has urged parents to invest in education so as to enhance their...
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3.2KVictoria University granted Charter status to run Doctorate Programs
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Council of Higher Education (NCHE) has granted Victoria University a Charter Status that allows it to offer and...
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1.8KNUP Candidate wins LC3 chairperson seat in Nakasongola By-Election
NAKASAONGOLA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform-NUP candidate has won the by-election for Katuugo town council LC III chairperson seat in Nakasongola district....
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1.2KKibale district finance committee decry delayed release of quarterly monitoring funds
KIBALE, UGANDA: Members of the Kibale District Finance Committee led by the chairperson Mr. Charles Businge are up in arms with the...
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1.3KTwo policemen gunned down in Kiboga District
KIBOGA, UGANDA: Two police officers were shot dead on Thursday evening by unknown assailants who took away with their phones, police has...
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1.8KMuseveni stole our victory in Kayunga LC5 By-election – Bobi Wine
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform – NUP leader, Mr. Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has refused to accept the declared results...
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1.8KNRM’s Andrew Muwonge declared new Kayunga LC5 Chairperson
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: The Kayunga District Electoral Officer Ms. Jennifer Kobutungi on Friday morning declared National Ruling Movement – NRM Candidate Andrew Muwonge...
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2.2KKAYUNGA BY-ELECTION: Andrew Muwonge wins District LC5 Seat in highly contested polls
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: The National Ruling Movement – NRM Candidate Andrew Muwonge has emerged the winner of the Kayunga LC5 Chairperson Seat following...
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1.1KOver 150 EACOP beneficiaries likely to remain uncompensated due to lack of National IDs
Over 150 people who were affected by the EACOP(East African Crude Oil Pipeline) Project who did not receive their National IDs are...
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1.8KTwo people perish in Kagadi-Kikuube fatal accident
KAGADI, UGANDA: At least two people have been reported died on spot in a fatal accident on Kagadi- Kikuube- Hoima Road on...
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1.4KJINJA: Witchdoctor lynched to death over exhuming corpse
JINJA, UGANDA: An angry mob in Jinja district has lynched a witch doctor while exhuming a grave. Hassan Bakaki, 55, met his...
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1.7KVoting halted at 3 polling stations in Kayunga over pre-ticked ballots
KAYUNGA, UGANDA: Voting at three polling stations in Kayunga district has been halted after residents protested the exercise over alleged ballot stuffing....