All posts tagged "featured"

UNDP seeks partnership with BLB to eliminate slums and create smart cities in Uganda

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the Buganda Land Board (BLB) have inked a partnership that will among others seek...

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Crime

Police probe killing of four family members in Luweero

The Police in Greater Luweero are investigating circumstances under which four family members were gruesomely hacked to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants in...

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Featured

Minister Otafiire calls for legalisation of Medical Cannabis in Uganda

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, has asked Parliament to decriminalize cannabis for medical use, saying the old...

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UPC’s Dr Apio Otuko wins Oyam North By-Election

Dr Apio Eunice Otuko, the opposition Uganda People's Congress (UPC) candidate has been declared the winner of the Oyam North County By-election,...

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Apaa Conflict: Embattled UPDF’s Maj Kibuuka committed to Court Martial for trial

The UPDF 4th Division Unit Disciplinary Court on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, committed Major Travers Kibuuka, the former 2nd in command UPDF...

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Bizarre

Kayunga couple caught having sex on church altar

A section of Christians at Bugonya Church of Uganda in Kayunga District have vowed never to pray from the church again after...

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AG Kiwanuka asks court to dismiss petitions against Anti-Homosexuality Law

Uganda's Attorney General has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss three petitions challenging the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 on grounds that they...

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Museveni appoints CPA Josephine Ossiya to Bank of Uganda Board

President Museveni has reappointed experienced accountant CPA Josephine Okui Okwakol Ossiya to the Bank of Uganda (BoU) Board of Directors, DailyExpress has...

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Condoms too small for us – MP Kayemba Solo tells NMS

Bukomansibi South Member of Parliament (MP), Geofrey Kayemba Solo has decried the small-sized condoms distributed by the National Medical Stores (NMS) saying...

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Oyam journalist demands sh20million compensation over assault

Simon Peter Oceng, a journalist based at Shine FM radio in Oyam Town Council has filed a legal suit demanding shs 20...

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Crime

KAMULI: Suspect dies after getting police bond

Police in Kamuli are investigating circumstances under which an 18-year-old male suspect died shortly after securing a police bond from Kasambira police...

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Crime

Three arrested as police recover 15 stolen cars from Kampala Garage

The Police at Old Kampala Division on Wednesday arrested three suspects and recovered over 15 suspected stolen cars in an operation against...

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Court

Five Bukedea police officers charged with murder, robbery in LCV polls mess

The State House Anti Corruption Unit in liaison with Regional Police, Kyoga East, have arraigned and charged 5 Police officers attached to...

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Kiryandongo earmarks Shs1.9bn for tourism development

Kiryandongo District Council sitting on June 30, 2023, approved a Shillings 1.9 billion Tourism Development Plan which will run for five years...

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National Forest Authority impounds 200 tons of charcoal in Gulu

The National Forestry Authority (NFA) has impounded an estimated 200 tons of charcoal in a crackdown on the illegal movement of forest...

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Oyam receives voting materials ahead of Thursday By-Election

The Oyam District Electoral Commission have today received the electoral materials including ballots and boxes as voters gear up for Thursday's Election...

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LIST: Ten in race to succeed Bishop Luwalira at Namirembe Diocese

Ten candidates in the race to replace Rt. Rev Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira as Bishop of Namirembe diocese have submitted their applications to...

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World News

Mexico: Mayor Victor Hugo marries reptile who he calls ‘princess girl’

Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took as...

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SHOCKER: How Trade Ministry spent shs400m to transport documents from Kampala to Entebbe, PS Ssali speaks out

Ugandans were on Monday left in a frenzy after parliament was told that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives used Shs400m...

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Tayebwa directs Govt on DNA Testing: Men and children are suffering

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the government to regulate the mushrooming DNA paternity laboratories in the country and...

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FULL LIST: Top 20 highly-paid Government employees in 2023 named, see how much they earn

Here is a list of Uganda’s highly-paid government employees taking home a monthly salary of over shs 17m, an amount which millions...

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Museveni pays last respects to Col Engola, hails him for restoring peace in Lango

President Yoweri Museveni has paid his last respects to the Late Minister of State for Labour, Col (Rtd) Charles Engola Mac-Odwogo whom...

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