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Home Away From Home ‘Crazy Offer’ returns at Speke Apartments Wampewo

The desire to spend on leisure and luxury to rejuvenate your body, mind and soul has become so handy during this season...

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Gov’t appeals against UGX75M court award to MP Francis Zaake

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda’s Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has appealed against an order directing the government to compensate Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament...

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Court

Four convicted for killing Case hospital accountant

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s court, Justice Yasin Nyanzi has convicted four people for aggravated robbery and the murder of Francis Ekalungar,...

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Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga’s burial set for Monday

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga will be laid to rest on Monday next week, the Orthodox Church has announced. Sylvestos...

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Nation Media journalist dies in fatal road accident

MUBENDE, UGANDA: Nation Media Group (NMG) Journalist Sabbiiti Magembe has been confirmed dead shortly after he was involved in an accident in...

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Two UPDF Officers injured in Kireka train accident

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala has confirmed that two officers attached to the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) sustained critical injuries after...

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Trouble escalates for BoU as Court nullifies legal sections protecting it from public prosecution

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Constitutional Court of Uganda has nullified sections 118 and 124 of the Financial Institutions Act that has been shielding...

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Former Simbamanyo boss Peter Kamya loses another multi-billion property case

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Faded tycoon Peter Kamya, the former owner of Simbamanyo Estates Building has lost another fraud case in which he sold...

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Archbishop Jonah Lwanga’s body to arrive Saturday

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The body of the fallen Orthodox Church Archbishop in Uganda, the Most. Rev. Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga will finally arrive in...

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Govt cuts COVID-19 testing costs at Entebbe Airport to USD30

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government has announced that it has reduced the cost of COVID-19 testing costs from USD65 to USD30 for all passengers...

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DTB clients rush to withdraw savings bank uncertainty over Tycoon Ham’s sh120Bn scandal

KAMPALA, UGANDA: There is a growing uproar at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) Uganda as the bank continues to face the uncertainty of...

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KCCA renames city roads after late BMK, Archbishop Lwanga

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) councilors have today passed a motion to rename selected city roads after late businessman Dr....

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Carrefour takes over Shoprite’s six stores in Uganda

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Carrefour Supermarket has announced it has reached an agreement to take over six stores currently operated by Shoprite Supermarkets in...

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Corpse Found In Septic Tank Is Not My Wife – Onebe speaks out

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Detectives investigating the kidnap and murder of Muyenga businesswoman, Immaculate Mary Blessing Onebe, have decided to conduct DNA tests after...

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Court

Court dismisses election petition against Bukooli South MP Adidwa Abdu

IGANGA, UGANDA: The High Court in Iganga has dismissed with costs, a petition challenging the election of Bukooli South constituency Member of...

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Court summons Aga Khan, top DTB Officials over theft and fraud

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Court in Kampala has issued criminal summons against Prince Karim Al-Husayn Shah, the Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan...

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Govt announces six months deadline for old passports to expire

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control) has announced that Ugandans who...

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Entebbe Airport records increased passenger numbers in August

ENTEBBE, UGANDA: Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA says passenger numbers at Entebbe International Airport increased by 34 percent from 61,328 travelers in July...

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Crime

Two security guards arrested for defiling 15 year old girl

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala is holding two security guards for allegedly defiling a 15-year old juvenile along Market Street plaza near...

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Crime

Police retrieve second body from Onebe’s septic tank in Muyenga

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police in Kampala has confirmed that another body was retrieved dead from a septic tank at the home of Francis...

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Corporate Affairs

Victoria University donates medical ambulance to FMU in CSR drive

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ruparelia Foundation under its arm of Victoria University Kampala have donated a medical ambulance to the Federation of Motorsports...

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Editorial

Educationists call for teacher retraining as part of school reopening plan

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Education experts have asked the government to retrain lower primary school teachers before the reopening of schools. Lower primary classes...