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1.3KDeputy Speaker adjourns house as ministers shun plenary sitting
PARLIAMENT, UGANDA: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Anita Among on Thursday adjourned the plenary sitting of the House prematurely due...
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951Premier Recruitment extends shs 9m support to family of security guard who died in Qatar
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Premier Recruitment Limited has extended support of shs 8.7 million shillings (9000 QR) towards the family of the late Kule...
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1.1KMoroto police on the lookout for anyone buying more than five chapatis
MOROTO DISTRICT, UGANDA: Buying more than 5 chapatis in Moroto district could land someone in trouble. Both the police and sister agencies...
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884Museveni calls for review of procurement laws, reveals plans to revert UNRA to works ministry
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has revealed government plans to disband Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and revert it to the Ministry...
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1.4KNo decision yet on Afghan refugees – Min Jeje Odongo
PARLIAMENT, KAMPALA: The Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has said that no decision has yet been made to host Afghan...
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874Police launch manhunt for prime suspect in the murder of Catholic priest
GOMBA DISTRICT, UGANDA: Police in Gomba district is hunting for Vincent Katumba, who is believed to be the prime suspect in the...
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1.4KEXCLUSIVE: Inside govt plan to create two million jobs for Ugandans in 5 years
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Museveni has promised to create two million jobs in five years from 25 industrial parks to be established in...
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1.3KLIST: Museveni Appoints New Judges to Court of Appeal, High Court
KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Museveni has appointed seven new judges, with five at the High Court judges and two sent to the Court...
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1.3KForeign Affairs Ministers Jeje Odong, Okello Oryem clash over Lumbuye
PARLIAMENT, KAMPALA: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Jeje Odong and his deputy, Hon. Henry Okello Oryem have classed over the whereabouts...
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1.0KGulu city yet to spend Covid-19 supplementary budget
GULU CITY, UGANDA: Gulu city is yet to utilize the 201.2 million shillings Covid-19 supplementary budget. The budget was approved on July...
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1.3KGov’t urged to establish monitoring unit for welfare of Ugandans abroad
Uganda’s Gender and Labour Ministry has been urged to speed up the process of putting in place a monitoring unit to look...
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1.5KCourt dismisses petition against Kawempe North MP Ssegirinya
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The High court in Kampala has dismissed the election petition against Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya after the petitioner’s lawyers...
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1.4KGov’t set to invite Olympics commentator Rob Walker
The Government of Uganda is set to invite famous Olympic Commentator, Mr. Rob Walker who melted Ugandans hearts with heartwarming commentary as...
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1.1KSAD: University student drowns in Lake Bunyonyi
KABALE MUNICIPALITY: A first-year student at Bishop Barham University College (BBUC) has passed on after drowning in Lake Bunyonyi where he had...
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1.1KYou’re on your own, Govt tells off its nationals trapped in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, troubled for the last two decades, fell into the hands of the Taliban after it overran the national army, three weeks...
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2.3KGrief as Catholic priest is murdered over land conflict
GOMBA DISTRICT: Residents of Lukunyu Village in Gomba District were on Wednesday engulfed in shock and grief after a Ugandan catholic priest...
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2.1KUNEB to Release 2020 UACE Results on Friday
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has set Friday, August 20, as the date to release the results from the...
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1.4KMuseveni sanctions construction of Bunyoro University
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri Museveni has okayed the construction and operationalization of Bunyoro University after a closed meeting with the MPs...
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1.1KSerum Institute confirms fake vaccine batches supplied in Uganda, India
Serum Institute, the official manufacturer of the Covishield brand of Astrazeneca vaccine has confirmed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the...
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2.6KJINJA: Court okays Nabeta to file supplementary affidavits against Mwiru’s petition
JINJA DISTRICT: Court in Jinja has cleared Jinja South division East legislator, Nathan Igeme Nabeta to file supplementary affidavits to support his...
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1.2K2021 Election Petitions: Court dismisses Katuntu’s defense affidavits
2021 ELECTION PETITIONS: Lady justice Susan Abinyo has dismissed 10 affidavits filed by Abdul Katuntu defending his election as the Bugweri county...
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1.5KLatest setback leaves BOU on the brink in case against Sudhir’s Crane bank, Meera Investments
THE BIG STORY: What was set to be a blockbuster legal battle could end on a whimper after last week’s Supreme court...
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1.2KEC asks court to dismiss election petition against Ssegirinya
The Electoral Commission has asked the High court in Kampala to dismiss a petition challenging the election of Muhammad Ssegirinya as Kawempe...
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944How teachers were duped into paying loans they never acquired
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Criminal Investigations Department has identified cases of fraud and forgeries by managers of saving schemes that were meant to...