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Former ICT Minister Nyombi Thembo appointed UCC Executive Director

Kampala, (UG): The former Minister of State for ICT, George William Nyombi Thembo has been appointed the new Executive Director of the...

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Crime

Man hacks son to death over shs20,000

Kakumiro, (UG): The Territorial Police in the Albertine Region and Kakumiro District are holding a 32-year-old father for allegedly murdering his biological...

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News

Busoga East police decry increase in defilement cases, call for action

Iganga, (UG): Police in Busoga East region have said there is an increase in the number of reported defilement cases in the...

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Court

Court remands two street preachers for ‘insulting’ Islam

Soroti, (UG): The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Soroti District has remanded to prison two street preachers over allegedly insulting the Islamic faith...

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Features

LIST: Top 10 tallest buildings in Africa named, see where East Africa ranks

Africa’s city ecosystem is attracting billions of dollars in new projects, making them home to some of the world’s glitziest and tallest...

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Sports

CECAFA U18: Team Uganda arrives in Kenya for U18 Regional Championships

Kampala, (UG): The Uganda U18 Boys National Team has safely arrived in Kakamega, Kenya ahead of the CECAFA U18 Boys Championship that...

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News

Mbarara Hospital breaks silence on mysterious death of senior medic

Mbarara, (UG): The management of Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Mbarara District has expressed grief over the untimely passing of Dr Rukia...

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News

Thousands to receive free medical care at Bugiri health camp

Bugiri, (UG): Patients with underlying health problems will have a chance to receive expert attention when Bugiri District holds its second health...

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Big Story

PROFILE: Molly Katanga, the widow pinned for murder of husband Henry Katanga?

Kampala, (UG): The circumstances that surround the mysterious death of city businessman Henry Katanga who allegedly succumbed to bullet injuries in a...

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Big Story

Katanga Murder: Son releases photos of mother after IHK surgery, hits back at Taremwa

Kampala, (UG): As events continue to unfold in the alleged murder of businessman Henry Katanga, Arthur Katanga the son of the deceased...

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Crime

Police officer arrested over shs1.1bn robbery on Kampala-Masaka highway

Kampala, (UG): Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Kakana James, the Officer in Charge of Namayingo Police Station is in hot soup after...

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National

Taxi driver on the run after knocking three people dead

Namisindwa, (UG): Police in Namisindwa District, eastern Uganda are on a manhunt for a taxi driver who knocked three people dead in...

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Big Story

Troubled Bigirwa sacked from NUP, replaced with Andrew Kiiza

Kampala, (UG): The Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has sacked its former deputy secretary for mobilisation Eastern region, Mr Moses Bigirwa as...

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Big Story

Inside the shs400m Hass Avocado project in Kabale

Kabale, (UG): On Monday, November 18, the minister of state for Trade, Hon David Bahati delivered at least 43,354 seedlings of Hass...

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Big Story

Desire Mirembe Murder: Mathew Kirabo gets 30-year-jail term for killing lover

Mukono, (UG): Mukono High Court Judge Henry Kaweesa has sentenced Dr Mathew Kirabo to spend 30 years in jail over the murder...

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News

Exodus Sacco sensitization tour revives saving culture in Busoga North

Kamuli, (UG): The Busoga North policing region spent much of last week with a strong and committed team from Exodus SACCO that...

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Big Story

City lawyer Balondemu charged in new shs2b fraud, remanded

Kampala, (UG): Kampala-based lawyer, Dr David Balondemu has been arraigned in court on fresh charges for allegedly defrauding more than two billion...

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National

Nebbi completes Shs700m magnificent ‘Office of the President’ building

Nebbi, (UG): Nebbi District Local Government is nearly set to launch the magnificent 700 multi-million shillings worth of infrastructure dubbed “Office of the...

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Big Story

PROFILE: Who is Canon Moses Banja, the new Bishop of Namirembe Diocese

Kampala, (UG): The House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda Monday announced that Ven. Canon Moses Banja has been selected as...

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Big Story

Bobi Wine on why he was a ‘no show’ at Kyabazinga’s royal wedding

Kampala, (UG): The Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) Party President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has revealed a strange reason as to...

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Big Story

Museveni inspects progress of construction works ahead of NAM and G-77 summits

Kampala, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni spent most of his Saturday inspecting and assessing the readiness of various infrastructure projects as Uganda prepares...