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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....

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Couple in Kisoro roadside sex jailed 30 months for indecency

KISORO, UGANDA: The Grade II Magistrates court in Kisoro has sentenced a couple that was filmed in the viral roadside sex video...

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Armed thugs shoot dead Busia money changer

BUSIA, UGANDA: Unknown armed robbers have shot dead a money changer in Busia district and made off with Shillings 6 million and...

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Woman raped and murdered in Kamwenge district

KAMWENGE, UGANDA: Police in Kamwenge district are investigating circumstances under which a 48 year-old woman was raped and murdered by yet to...

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Prime suspect in Mpigi Bus explosion arrested – police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The joint Anti-Terrorism taskforce and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence on Sunday arrested Yusuf Muwonge, a prime suspect in an...

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Police still hunting for missing Eritrean players

JINJA, UGANDA: The police are examining documents left behind by missing female Eritrean players to ascertain whether they had links with the...

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HOIMA: 11 arrested for killing UPDF soldier in bar

HOIMA, UGANDA: Police in Hoima district is holding 11 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF...

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NUP’s Moses Bigirwa arrested over Extortion of Ugx 100m from Deputy Speaker Among

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police on Friday arrested the National Unity Platform coordinator for the Eastern Region, Moses Bigirwa on alleged charges of extorting...

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Five NUP members charged with plotting to overthrow Government

KASESE, UGANDA: Police in Kasese has imposed on the five arrested members of National Unity Platform-NUP with charges of plotting to overthrow...

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VIDEO: Another couple filmed enjoying roadside sex in Kisoro

KISORO, UGANDA: Barely a week after the Police arrested two residents of Kisoro captured on a viral roadside sex video, another yet-to-be-identified...

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IGANGA: Minister Magyezi orders arrest of division Speaker over false accusations, okays market construction

IGANGA, UGANDA: The Minister for local government, Hon Raphael Magyezi has ordered the arrest of Iganga Central division Speaker, Paul Muwereza for...