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Former minister Joyce Mpanga dies at 89

Kampala, (UG): Former minister and activist Owek Joyce Rovincer Mpanga has passed on. She was 89. Mpanga’s death was announced by the...

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FUFA Vice President Darius Mugoye passes on

Kampala, (UG): The second Vice President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), Mr Mugoye Darius is dead, the country’s football...

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Former Minister Henry Kyemba dies aged 84

Kampala, (UG): Henry Kyemba, the former minister of State for Animal Husbandry in the NRM government, and Health Minister during Idi Amin’s...

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Exiled Ugandan Physician, Dr Aggrey Kiyingi dies in Australia

Kampala, (UG): Ugandan-born Australian cardiologist Dr Aggrey Kiyingi who was acquitted of his wife’s murder in 2006 has died in Sydney, Australia....

Ashburg Katto ‘quits’ NRM to rejoin Bobi Wine’s NUP after 3 years of betrayal

Three years since ‘betraying’ the ‘People Power Movement’, faded NRM vlogger Ashiraf Katto, aka Ashburg Katto has called it quits from the...

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UNESCO removes Kasubi Tombs from list of endangered heritage sites

Kampala, (UG): The UN cultural agency; UNESCO announced Tuesday it had removed the Kasubi Royal Tombs from the list of endangered World...

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Police officer shoots wife dead at Jinja Road barracks

Kampala, (UG): The Police in Kampala are holding a policeman attached to the Counter Terrorism Unit of Police on allegations of shooting...

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Amongi appoints Ayota as new NSSF Managing Director

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Betty Amongi has appointed Patrick Ayota as the new Managing Director...

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Four killed after truck loaded with matooke overturns in Kassanda

KASSANDA, (UG): Four people died on the spot and three others were seriously injured in a Kassanda fatal accident after a Fuso...

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Uganda’s Ambassador to Iran, Hajj Kisambira dead

TEHRAN, IRAN: Ambassador Hajj Muhammad Tezikuba Kisambira, Uganda’s Head of Mission in the Republic of Iran has died, the Ministry of Foreign...

Former MP Hussein Kyanjo is dead

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The former Member of Parliament for Makindye West, Hajj Hussein Kyanjo is dead He was 63 years old. Hajj Kyanjo...

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200 students hospitalised after suspected food poisoning at Nakanyonyi SS

MUKONO, UGANDA: More than 200 students at Nakanyonyi Senior Secondary School in Mukono District are in critical after an alleged incident of...

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UPDF soldier on the run after shooting two colleagues dead in Fort Portal

The Police in Fort Portal City are investigating circumstances under which a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier shot and killed two...

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Link Bus driver dead after ramming into stationary truck in Kyenjojo

A driver attached to Link Bus Services Ltd died on the spot in an accident registered on Tuesday evening at Mukunyu- Kyenjojo...

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Former MP Charles Gutomoi dies in accident

The former Member of Parliament for Eruto North County in Lira district, Charles Angiro Gutomoi has died in a road accident, DailyExpress...

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Details emerge on accident that claimed Businessman Aponye

Fresh details have emerged on the fatal road crash in which renowned Ugandan Businessman Apollo Nyegamehe alias Aponye lost his life on...

Businessman Aponye dies in Ntungamo car crash

Popular Ugandan Businessman Apollo Nyegamehe alias Aponye died in a Thursday evening fatal car accident at Itojo along the Mbarara-Kabale Highway

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Suspected ADF rebels kill 25 students in raid on Kasese school

“The lifeless bodies of students were found in the school compound, and the victims were viciously hacked to death with machetes.”

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FULL LIST: Museveni promotes 1638 police officers to higher ranks

The latest promotion comes a few weeks after another promotion of 9312 subordinate officers by the Inspector General of Police.

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Ham vs DTB: Supreme Court orders retrial of Sh120bn loan case

On June 8, Hamis Kiggundu and DTB appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing of an application filed by Ham Enterprises in...

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Former Rubaga South MP, Kato Lubwama dead at 52

The comedian's death was first pronounced by his business associate events promoter Andrew Mukasa alias Bajjo at around 2am on Wednesday June...

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Former MP Munyagwa arrested, remanded over criminal trespass

Mr Munyagwa and his alleged accomplices are accused of trespass and causing damage and face two counts of conspiracy to commit a...