All posts tagged "featured"

Inside the Absa, Bitature legal dispute over shs50b loan

City Businessman Patrick Bitature and Absa Bank Uganda have been drawn into a legal dispute over a Shs50 billion loan that the...

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Mbarara Hospital’s clinical laboratories attain international accreditation

Mbarara, (UG): The staff at Western Uganda’s biggest facility, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital(MRRH) are on cloud nine after the hospital’s Medical Laboratory...

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Apaa Conflict: Adjumani local leaders grilled over arson and murder after deadly tribal dispute

Adjumani, (UG): Police in Adjumani District have commenced the arrest and questioning of local leaders implicated in the deadly tribal clashes in...

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Features

‘Think You Can’: Inside Ivan Mawanda’s new book and the inspiration behind it

Kampala, (UG): Ugandan rising book author Ivan Mawanda on Thursday, December 07, unveiled his dream book titled “Think You Can” adding to...

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Kampala wins global award for best urban innovation

Guangzhou, CH: Uganda’s capital and largest city, Kampala has yet again won another prestigious global award, this time awarded for the best...

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Uganda takes exception at deadlines set by US on termination of AGOA Trade Deal

Washington DC (US): The Uganda trade delegation on Thursday met with the United States Assistant Trade Representative for Africa, Ms Constance Hamilton...

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Anti-corruption body, stakeholders call for concerted efforts in fight against corruption

Kampala, (UG): The Anti-Corruption Convention 2023 Conference concluded on Thursday, December 07, with a resounding call for concerted efforts to combat the...

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Breaking

Two dead, scores injured in nasty road crash at Namboole

Kampala, (UG): At least two people died on the spot and several others currently nursing critical injuries after the driver of a...

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Inside Museveni’s directive to give Metu Katabazi monopoly over bus transportation in Kampala

President Museveni has directed that Metu Katabazi, the proprietor of Metu Buses under Metu ZhongTong Bus Industries, be given monopoly as the...

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Crime

Man shot dead for attacking, injuring police officer during arrest

Tororo, (UG): The Police in Tororo District shot and killed 26-year-old Godfrey Odoi for allegedly attacking and injuring a police officer on...

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OPM stuck with over 1500 Sudanese refugees in Adjumani

Adjumani, (UG): The Office of the Prime Minister is stuck with over 1.500 Sudanese refugees who have been confined at Nyumanzi refugees’...

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Crime

JINJA: LC1 Chairperson, Teacher arrested over aggravated defilement

Jinja, (UG): The Territorial Police in Kiira Region are investigating two separate cases of aggravated defilement involving a village chairperson and a...

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US slaps new Visa ban on Ugandan officials over human rights violation

Washington, (DC): The United States (US) Government has imposed fresh visa restrictions on Ugandans, particularly government officials who are believed to be...

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Court

MP Gideon Mujungu sent to prison over shs183m unsettled court debt

Fort Portal, (UG): The High Court in Fort Portal City has committed to Katojjo government prison MP Gideon Thembo Mujungu of Busongora...

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Apaa land killings: Survivor narrates how he survived attack in fresh war between Acholi, Madi

Adjumani, (UG): By Monday evening, at least six people had been confirmed dead and 11 others severely injured in the renewed clashes...

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How dubious Nigerian dealing in fake cosmetics, URA big shots cost Uganda sh15bn in tax revenue

Kampala, (UG): What started as a whistleblowers’ action, ended two operatives in Luzira Prison. This, all commenced when the two whistleblowers; Ms....

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ADJUMANI: DRDIP Engineer pinned over fraud in multimillion market VIP latrine

Adjumani, (UG): The Community Project Management Committee (CPMC) of a multi-million Market project under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP)...

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KATANGA MURDER: Molly Katanga fails to appear in court, criminal summons extended

Kampala, (UG): The Magistrates Court in Nakawa Division on Monday witnessed a surprising turn of events when Molly Bunanukye Katanga, the central...

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Report shows rampant HIV in Jinja fuelled by sugarcane cutters

A report released by the Jinja district health department indicates that the Buwenge town council has led in new HIV infections in...

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Deputy IGG Anne Twinomugisha elected Vice President of continental Ombudsman body

Kigali, (RW): The recently concluded 7th General Assembly of African Ombudsmen in Kigali climaxed with the election of a new leadership where...

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Parish chief among six killed in fierce Apaa land dispute

Adjumani, (UG): At least six individuals including an LCII Chairperson are reported to have been killed with 11 others sustaining severe injuries...

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Five killed, two injured after perimeter wall collapses on rental units in Ndejje

Kampala, (UG): At least five people lost their lives, and two others currently nursing critical wounds after a perimeter wall of Good...

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