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1.4KControversial Lawyer Mabirizi to form own political party
Controversial city lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has written to the Electoral Commission seeking to register his own political party. In his letter to...
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951Police scale up tough curfew operations amid deadly Indian Covid-19 Variant
Police in Kampala have announced the scaling up of curfew operations in the wake of the deadly Indian covid-19 strain confirmed in...
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1.2KSHOCKING: How LDU Soldiers shot dead Former UJA President Robert Kagolo
A security guard, who witnessed the shooting of former Uganda Journalist Association president and UBC journalist, Robert Kagolo, has narrated to Saturday...
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1.4KGovt Speaks out on ‘Suspension of Uganda Airlines CEO, top staff’
The Minister of Works and Transport Gen Edward Katumba Wamala has dismissed rumors making rounds in the media suggesting that he ordered...
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1.4KGovt Seeks Shs97bn to renovate Namboole stadium
The Ministry of Education and Sports is seeking Shs97.2 billion to renovate Mandela National Stadium-Namboole ahead of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers....
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1.6KParliament passes tax on fuel and internet, drops OTT tax
Parliament has today passed a 12% tax on internet data with an exemption on data meant for medical and education services. The...
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1.4KUnited Kingdom cuts financial aid to UNAIDS
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) has informed UNAIDS that funding for UNAIDS for 2021 is confirmed at...
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1.5KOlusegun Ogunsanya Appointed New Airtel Africa CEO
Airtel Africa plc has appointed Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya as their new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He has been Managing...
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1.5KMinister Rukutana Acquitted of Murder and Assault Charges
NTUNGAMO DISTRICT: Court in Ntungamo District has acquitted Labour Minister Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana of seven cases in including attempted murder which he...
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1.5KMPs ask Govt to stop Kenyan buses ferrying Ugandan pupils across the border
Members of parliament sitting on the Education Committee on Thursday asked government to stop Kenyan buses from ferrying learners from Uganda amid...
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1.6KUgandan Activist Rita Achiro wins EU Human Rights Defenders’ Award 2021
Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET) Executive Director and Women’s Rights Activist Rita Aciro Lakor was on Thursday announced the winner of the EU...
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7.0KBUDO FIRE: School Headteacher says students were expelled before fire
The deputy headteacher of King’s College Budo, Peter Ssenyimba on Wednesday revealed that a number of boys were, on Friday last week,...
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2.6KOutgoing MPs tipped on coping with life after Parliament
Members of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday received tips on how to cope with life after leaving Parliament. The two-day seminar, which ends...
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Former UJA President and UBC Journalist Robert Kagolo Shot Dead
Former Uganda Jourlasists Association (UJA) President and Journalist at Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), Robert Kagolo has been shot dead. According to police,...
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1.1KIGAD Launches Youth Forum for Peace Building in Entebbe
The regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has today (Thursday) launched the IGAD youth forum to involve them in peacebuilding. The youth...
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6.4KScores injured as Jaguar Bus collides with Fuso Lorry at Kyazanga
KYAZANGA, MASAKA: Several passengers on Wednesday evening sustained serious injuries after a Jaguar Bus had collided with a Fuso lorry and overturned...
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3.5KMuseveni donates 100 cows to aid “Anti-tick” vaccine trials
KYANKWAZI – President Yoweri Museveni has donated 100 heads of cattle from Ngoma Government Farm to Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal...
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1.3KState House Probes NMS Manager over sale of govt drugs to Tanzania
The State House is investigating a case in which Isaac Aijuka, the store manager at National Medical Stores (NMS) warehouse in Ibanda...
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1.8KDRUG USE: Woman swallows four packets of heroin to evade arrest
Police on Wednesday were forced to rush a 48-year-old woman to the hospital to save her life after she swallowed four satchets...
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1.2KGovt switches off TV station for airing sexually explicit content
The station has also been ordered to avail all the staff to undergo mandatory training of the Programming Code by the CA...
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1.8KGovt to accord Late MP Mathias Kasamba an official burial
KYAKWANZI – President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an official burial for the late Hon. Mathias Kasamba, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party...
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1.4KPolice officer arrested over theft of govt drugs
Police in Koboko district are holding onto their own officer arrested in connection with the theft of government drugs. Koboko District Police...
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2.0KFormer NTV Journalist Dean Saava Arrested for maligning UPDF’s Capt Kasami
Popular YouTube blogger and former NTV and NBS Television Journalist, Dean Lubowa Saava is behind bars after being arrested for reportedly maligning...
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1.3KKABALE: Three security guards for shooting Kigezi High School Student
Police in Kabale District has arrested three private security guards all attached to SWAT Security company for allegedly shooting and injuring a...