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Two charged for vending grasshoppers on Uganda Airlines plane

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has charged two Ugandan men for the “disrupting behaviors they exhibited” when they appeared in the video vending grasshoppers...

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Six police officers arrested over aggravated robbery

SIRONKO, UGANDA: Six police officers attached to Sironko central police station have been arrested for allegedly robbing a resident of 10 million...

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UPDF soldier arrested for supplying uniforms to impostors

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF is holding their own for allegedly supplying military and police uniforms to three suspected imposters....

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Man in Nsenene Vendor Video on Uganda Airlines identified, set to be punished

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The man who was filmed on the Uganda Airlines Plane vending Nsenene (grasshoppers) has been identified and faces a punishment...

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IGG arrests Butebo CAO, Rubirizi human resource officer over embezzlement

BUTEBO, UGANDA: The Butebo district Chief Administrative Officer James Luyimba, and the Rubirizi principal human resource officer Doreen Tusiime, have been arrested...

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Suspected cattle thief lynched to death by angry residents

MASINDI, UGANDA: Police in Masindi district is investigating circumstances under which a suspected cattle thief was lynched to death by an angry...

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Senior police officer strangled to death in Bukwo district

BUKWO, UGANDA: A senior police officer has been strangled to death by a yet-to-be-identified person. The incident occurred in Kamagunga village, Kapterewa...

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It was a ‘Bomb Scare’ at Akamwesi Shopping Mall, says Police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police have dismissed claims of a bomb explosion at Akamwesi Mall along Gayaza road in Kampala, saying it was “just a...

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Police in Budaka probe death of 18-year-old

BUDAKA, UGANDA: Police in Budaka district has opened inquiries into the death of Nakirya Sylvia, an 18-year-old female adult and a resident...

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Suspected M23 rebel arrested with two guns in Kisoro

Security officials in Kisoro District in western Uganda have recovered two SMG rifles from a suspected M23 rebel who claimed to be...

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Pastor strangles woman to death while conducting deliverance prayers

KOLE, UGANDA: Police in Kole district have detained a pastor and his two ushers for allegedly strangling a woman to death while...

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UPDF soldiers convicted in Somalia used explosives to desecrate bodies of victims

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Radio Network-URN has obtained details of the five soldiers convicted last week by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF...

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Twin Bomb Blasts in Kampala

AGENCIES: The Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed three people...

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Police blames bomb attacks on Allied Democratic Forces

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Police Force has attributed today’s twin bombings in Kampala to the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF, a rebel force that...

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Police arrest another suspected suicide bomber arrested in Nansana

A Twin Bomb Blast on Tuesday in Kampala City claimed three lives and left 33 people injured with that number expected to...

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Tension grips Kampala City after Twin Bomb Blasts

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Capital, Kampala has on Tuesday been gripped with tension and panic following two suspected bomb blasts that went off at...

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UPDF soldier, civilian arrested for murder, aggravated robbery

IBANDA, UGANDA: Police in Ibanda are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier and civilian accused of kidnapping and killing a boda...

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SEMBABULE: 13-year-old girl beheaded in brutal murder

SEMBABULE, UGANDA: Police in Sembabule are investigating circumstances under which unknown assailants attacked a 13-year-old girl and beheaded her. Violah Nangoba, a...

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JINJA: Two shot dead, motor vehicle taken along Jinja-Kamuli road

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira Region has launched an investigation into the shooting which claimed two lives of a man and a...

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Supreme Court upholds Kato Kajubi’s life sentence

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence handed to businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi for masterminding the ritual murder of...

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35-year-old man arrested for repeatedly defiling his daughter for rituals

KAMULI, UGANDA: Police in Kamuli district on Tuesday arrested 35-year-old Sadiki Mulinda, a ritualist over reportedly defiling his 13-year-old daughter for rituals....