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Parliament grills Kira Municipality bosses over payroll mismanagement

Kampala, (UG): The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) has quizzed officials from Kira Municipality in Wakiso District for mismanaging the payroll, resulting...

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Parliament

Medical practitioners face shs1bn fine, 10-year-jail in new Narcotics Bill

Kampala, (UG): Parliament has passed the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2023 which now allows the licenced farming and use of...

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Big Story

Uganda Land Commission on the spot over NARO land titles

Kampala, (UG): The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has appealed to lawmakers to intervene in ensuring that the Uganda Land Commission (ULC)...

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Otafiire distances self from Russian firm behind digital number plates

The Minister for Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen, (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, has revealed that he is unaware of the company, Joint Stock Company...

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Health

KAMARA DANIEL: Street foods and non-communicable diseases

By Kamara Daniel Non-communicable diseases are diseases that can’t be transmitted from one person to another. They can also be known as...

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National

PM Nabbanja calls for policies on e-Waste in tertiary institutions

By Ojok James Onono Kampala, (UG): The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon Robinah Nabbanja has challenged the higher institutions of learning...

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National

MP Wokorach embarks on building churches to restore hope in Aswa communities

Gulu, (UG): The Member of Parliament for Aswa County in Gulu District, Hon Wokorach Simon Peter has embarked on building churches in...

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Parliament to pass bill criminalizing use of narcotic drugs

Kampala, (UG): The Parliament of Uganda is today expected to pass the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2023. Deputy Speaker...

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FULL LIST: Museveni signs nine bills into law

Kampala, (UG): President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed nine (9) bills into law, including the National Sports Act, 2023. According to a...

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Masaka priest on the spot for blackmailing Bukoto MP Richard Sebamala

Masaka, (UG): Masaka Diocese Catholic priest Fr Gerald Lwanga is in host soup over unscrupulous accusations against Bukoto Central member of Parliament...

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Crime

Man murders wife, kills self over sh2m capital

Ssembabule, (UG): The Police in Ssembabule District are investigating a double tragic incident involving the murder and suicide of a couple over...

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Man commits suicide after failing to get rich at 23 years

Kampala, (UG): The Police in Nakawa Division are investigating the death of a 23-year-old male adult, identified as Bagumya Francis, who also...

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Premier League

Arsenal sink Palace to extend perfect start despite red card

London, (AFP): Arsenal shrugged off Takehiro Tomiyasu’s red card to extend their perfect start to the Premier League season as Martin Odegaard...

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Congolese National arrested after hand grenade explodes in Kampala

Kampala, (UG): The Criminal Investigations Directorate in coordination with the police at Old Kampala division are holding a Congolese National over a...

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Crime

Nakaseke fisheries boss, bodyguard arrested over murder

Jinja, (UG): The police in Jinja District have arrested and detained one Edmond Mpaata, the Nakaseke District fisheries officer, and his private...

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Court

Court sets hearing date in Byarugaba case against Amongi

Kampala (UG):- The High Court in Kampala has set September 27 for hearing the case in which former NSSF Managing Director Dr....

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Premier League

Greenwood to leave Man Utd by mutual consent after abuse allegations

London (AFP):– Manchester United and Mason Greenwood have mutually agreed for the forward to leave Old Trafford after he faced allegations of...

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National

Red Cross Society receives sh2.1bn for water and sanitation activities in Obongi

Obongi, (UG): The Uganda Redcross Society and the German Redcross have received two billion one hundred and sixty million shillings for implementing...

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Crime

Four detained over murder of 65-year-old man in Lira

Lira, (UG): The Police at Lira Central Police Station have arrested four suspects in connection to the murder of 65-year-old Ogwang Alfred,...

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2,000 killed in road carnage over the last six months

KAMPALA, (UG): A police report by the Traffic and Road Safety Directorate indicates that road accidents across the country have killed 2042...

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Africa

Nelson Chamisa, the ‘young’ pastor aiming for Zimbabwe poll upset

An experienced politician with decades of activism under his belt, Zimbabwe’s 45-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is still known to many as...