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Forum on COVID-19 calls on government to speed up vaccination

KAMPALA, UGANDA: As the country awaits President Yoweri Museveni’s COVID-19 update this Thursday, a team of experts are calling on the government...

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Security heightened in bus terminals after recent terrorist attacks

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Security has been heightened in all bus parks in Kampala in the wake of Monday’s explosion on a bus. The...

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National

Stray elephants displace residents in Lamwo

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Residents of Lubiri and Kadomera Central villages, Palabek Nyimur sub county in Lamwo district have fled their homes following an...

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Business

Tanzania – Uganda oil and gas symposium set for November in Dar-es-Salaam

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Private Sector Foundation Uganda together with Tanzania Private Sector Foundation in partnership with the ministry of foreign affairs through its Uganda...

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Rev Pons Ozelle elected 3rd Nebbi Diocese Bishop

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The College of Bishops in the Church of Uganda have elected Rev Pons Ozelle, as the new and 3rd bishop...

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Police implicate major petrol firms in Shs1.8bn ADF cash racket, detain three

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The security agencies have implicated petroleum and real estate companies in the laundering of over Shs1.8b to bankroll the activities...

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Editorial

Join Ugandan midwives in the fight against abortion stigma

Abortion stigma plays a critical role in the social, medical, and legal marginalization of abortion care around the world and it leads...

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Education

Makerere University to resume physical lectures for all students

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makerere University has backtracked on a directive that only science students should report for physical classes next month. Last week,...

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Court

Masaka Priest acquitted of murder charges as DPP lacks evidence

MASAKA, UGANDA: Popular Catholic priest Fr Richard Mugisha is finally a free man after the Regional Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in...

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Terrorists are cowards, will be defeated- Jessica Alupo

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Suspected terrorists who are said to have attacked Uganda in two different bomb blasts, are cowards, and will all be...

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Education

NCHE advises universities on new entrants, vaccination

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Council for Higher Education-NCHE has advised higher institutions of learning to avoid scheduling classes for newly admitted students...

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Ex-Supreme Court judge, Five others sue Museveni over bail proposal

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Retired Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba, together with five human rights activists have sued the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta...

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MPIGI BUS EXPLOSION: Fresh details emerge as Police identify terrorist

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda Police has Tuesday delivered an update on the explosion incident that occurred on a Swift Safaris bus at Lungala-Mpigi,...

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Crime

Amolatar police boss arrested over defilement of 14-year-old girl

Amolatar Police Station Officier in Charge (OC) ASP Maxman Okello Ochan, 60, is facing capital offence of allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl,...

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Education

Makerere tightens security at Campus, Eastern & Western gates closed

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Makerere University has announced new security measures around the campus as a proactive reaction to the new scare of bomb...

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Museveni appoints Maj Gen Nabasa new Military Police Commander

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Museveni has appointed former Special Forces Commander Maj Gen Don Nabasa as the new commander of Military Police in...

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Crime

14 suspects arrested over murder of former UN driver

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police has confirmed that 14 boda boda riders are in detention over the murder of Aziz Bashir, a former driver...

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Breaking

Panic as police respond to another bomb scare in Kampala

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police on Monday evening confirmed that there had been a bomb scare in Kampala at Bata Bata in Namasuba along...

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Breaking

Two deaths reported in Swift Bus explosion as police speak out on alleged attack

KAMPALA, UGANDA; Police has confirmed that two people died on the spot while several other passengers sustained injuries in the suspected bomb...

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Crime

Drama as thief gets stuck at door in attempt to rob a clinic in Kamwokya

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Drama and fury has marred Kamwokya residents after a thief was left stuck at the door of a dental clinic...

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Komamboga bombing: NUP distances itself, calls for swift and honest investigation

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The National Unity Platform, the biggest opposition political party has distanced itself from the Saturday bombings at Komamboga in Kawempe...