All posts tagged "Featured Story"
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793CrimeUPDF captain detained over misappropriation of emyooga funds
He reportedly used the money to purchase a commuter taxi in a dangerous mechanical condition, which is draining the daily earnings through...
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976EducationTeachers lured back to class with PTA allowances
At many of the secondary schools that Uganda Radio Network visited, learning was taking place despite calls by the Uganda National Teachers...
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616FeaturedUgandan troops halt fighting in eastern DRC
Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Commander Land Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), tweeted late on Wednesday that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni...
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765Current AffairsNUP petitions EC over intimidation, manipulation of voters register
The NUP leadership has asked the Electoral Commission to reign over what they describe as disruptive conduct of the National Resistance Movement-NRM...
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737AnalysisCSOs say UHRC Report weak on political and civil rights violations
The Uganda Human Rights Commission Chairperson, Chairperson Mariam Wangadya submitted the report to parliament Tuesday before it was launched at the Sheraton...
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950Current AffairsBUDGET: Construction of Mbarara, Gulu regional courts postponed
He explains that key among the affected projects is the proposed construction of two regional courts of appeal in Mbarara and Gulu...
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679ExclusiveGutti’s Court Martial contract expires
The court-martial registrar, Lt. Col John Bizimana told URN that they handling administrative work as they wait for the new instruments authorizing...
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696CrimeEducation minister to meet UNATU officials over strike
UNATU declared a nationwide strike at all levels starting Wednesday in their quest for equality and harmonization of salary enhancement among teachers
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662ExclusiveBesigye, Mukaku remanded for inciting violence
Besigye together with former Rubaga South Constituency Parliamentary candidate, Samuel Lubega Mukaku, were remanded by court presided over by Grade One Magistrate...
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1.4KEast AfricaCongolese soldiers flee to Uganda as M23 rebels capture Bunagana border
A Ugandan security source at the border, says that the soldiers fled into Uganda following non-stop fighting on Sunday throughout the day...
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826CrimeMbarara prison warder shoots dead girlfriend, commits suicide
Aloysious Chemutai, 27, who is attached to Kakiika prison commonly known as Kyamugorani in Mbarara, shot and killed on Monday night
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724ExclusiveFake Kamwokya wedding raises Shs 10m for children suffering from cancer
It was a celebration and the climax of the mock-up wedding that had raised Shs 10 million to support children suffering from...
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586Current AffairsBesigye resumes protests, detained at Nagalama police station
According to Onyango, police were forced to tow Besigye’s vehicle registration number, UAK 773K to the Central police station (CPS).
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1.0KCurrent AffairsHoima Catholic Diocese seeks UGX 40Bn for construction of specialized hospital
Upon completion, the facility will comprise specialized pediatric, antenatal, gynecology, emergency, radiology, physiotherapy, and theater wings.
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1.6KCurrent AffairsBritain records 104 more monkeypox cases
The agency told people in Britain to contact a sexual health clinic if they have a rash with blisters, and if in...
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616Current AffairsCouncilors defer Mpigi district budget over lack of quorum
Mpigi district council passed a 38.8 billion Shillings budget on Friday amid grumbling among leaders.
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980East AfricaGulu city earmarks Ugx 50m to establish an engineering laboratory
Christopher Balmoi Omara, the Gulu City Engineer, told URN in an interview that most public and private infrastructures in Gulu City
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716ExclusivePanic as Masaka Diocese cemetery faces demolition over city road works
According to Fr. Luyimbaazi, out of mutual engagements with UNRA, the Masaka diocese as the landlord agreed to have all the affected...
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578ExclusiveBunyoro kingdom demands Museveni’s intervention over 1,000 Kyangwali evictees
The affected people have, since February this year, pitched camp in the precincts of the office of Kikuube Resident District Commissioners
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717ExclusiveMPs commit to protect human rights defenders
The bill seeks to recognise, promote and enhance the protection of the work and activities of human rights defenders.
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1.1KEast Africa5% of nodding syndrome victims battling severe brain damage
OTUKE, UGANDA: Five percent of nodding syndrome victims in Acholi and parts of Lango sub-region have developed severe mental problems, the health...
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448ExclusiveUganda strives to eliminate child labor worsened by COVID-19 pandemic
The Uganda National Household Survey 2019/2020 shows that child labor increased to 36 percent up from 21 percent.
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699CrimeFormer Makerere University accused of killing his daughter, maid arrested
He was picked up from his hideout in Rujenje village in Buhweju district.
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815CrimeKARAMOJA: 291 guns recovered, 393 warriors killed
President Yoweri Museveni ordered the relaunch of offensive disarmament operations in Karamoja on July 24 last year in a bid to restore...
