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Schools to reopen starting September 9 – Govt says

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda has resolved to reopen schools on September 9, 2021, for all institutions countrywide starting with learners in...

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NBS Tv bids farewell to Joseph Sabiti after 10 years

Sabiti joins fellow senior journalists including Solomon Serwanjja, Joyce Bagala, Raymond Mujuni, Simon Muyanga Lutaaya among others to resign from their jobs...

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SHOCKING! Man Develops Breasts After Sleeping With Neighbour’s Wife

It was a strange development as a 39-year-old man, James Mutua was seen to have developed a lady-like breast after having a...

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Two children drown in abandoned mines in Rubirizi

RUBIRIZI, UGANDA: Two children have drowned in abandoned mines in Rubirizi district. They are 15-year-old Agnes Tumukunde and 14-year-old Gift Kyoshabire, both...

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Police names 15 prime suspects in greater Masaka murders

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The joint security agencies investigating the rampant murders in greater Masaka have named 15 prime suspects after screening 68 arrested...

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KWANIA: Man kills self after stabbing wife to death

KWANIA, UGANDA: Grief and shock has hit residents of Adaglako village in Kwania district after a man who reportedly killed his wife...

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Hundreds flee homes in Busia over illegal power connections

BUSIA, UGANDA: Hundreds of Busia municipal residents fled their homes on Monday morning during the crackdown on illegal power consumers. It all...

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Bamwine, Burora transferred in new RCC reshuffles

MASAKA, UGANDA: The Resident City Commissioner (RCC) for Masaka City, Mr. Fred Bamwine has been transferred to Nakaseke as the Resident District...

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Education Ministry, Stakeholders decide today on Schools reopening

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Officials at the Ministry of Education will today afternoon meet with stakeholders in the education sector to make a decision...

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Lawyer drags Tycoon Karim Hirji to court over tender to accommodate Afghans

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Celebrated human rights lawyer Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde has petitioned the court challenging the circumstances under which the Ministries of Foreign...

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Two more people butchered in Masaka as death toll raises to 25

GREATER MASAKA, UGANDA: The Masaka sub-region continues to grip in fear and grief after the deadly gang of machete-wielding thugs killed two...

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SAD! UCU Student shockingly dies in sleep

MUKONO, UGANDA: The Uganda Christian University -UCU on Friday announced the untimely death of their own student who is said to have...

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Makerere sets new examination dates, cancels online assessments

In a University communique dated August 26 signed by Prof Umar Kakumba, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academics announced that the...

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Café Javas breaks silence on ‘viral milkshake’ saga

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Café Javas Restaurant (CJs) has finally opened up on the alleged video of a customer that shook up the internet...

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Gen Paul Lokech: ‘Lion of Mogadishu’ to be laid to rest today

The late Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech alias “Lion Of Mogadishu” will today, Friday, August 27 be laid...

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VIDEO: Internet goes bizarre as customer finds dead rat in Café Javas Milkshake

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Social media was on Thursday set ablaze after a viral video emerged online showing how she was allegedly served a...

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Police rescue 13-year-old girl from marriage

JINJA, UGANDA: Police officers attached to Bugembe police station in Jinja City have rescued a 13-year-old Juvenile from an early marriage case....

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NDA approves Kazire’s Vidicine herbal drug for covid-19 treatment

MBARARA, UGANDA: The National Drug Authority (NDA) has approved the use of Vidicine, a local herbal concoction as a supplementary treatment of...

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Death toll in Masaka raises to nineteen as 60-year-old woman is butchered

MASAKA, UGANDA: Sixty-year-old Anent Nampijja Muwangaza, a resident of Kasaali village, Bisanje Parish, Kabonera division in Masaka is the latest victim of...

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Masaka Muslim leaders released on bail

MASAKA, UGANDA: The Grade One Magistrates Court in Masaka has granted bail to four Muslim leaders who were charged with assault and...

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New UHRC chairperson, commissioners pledge swift investigations

PARLIAMENT, UGANDA: The newly appointed Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) chairperson, Mariam Wangadya has committed to ensuring quick investigations for cases of...