All posts tagged "Latest-News"

Residents left homeless as hailstorm hits Apac district

APAC, UGANDA: More than 500 families in Ibuje town council, Apac district are homeless and several crop gardens destroyed by hailstorms caused...

One dead, Two injured in an accident along Iganga-Tirinyi road

IGANGA, UGANDA: One person has perished and two others are nursing severe wounds after an accident that occurred on Wednesday night 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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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...

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....

Gen. Moses Ali receiving treatment abroad – Adjumani district speaker

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The Adjumani district council speaker Mr. Oloya Jackson has finally put to rest the wild speculation over the whereabouts of...

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Adjumani District Chairman cries foul over acute drug shortage

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The Adjumani district chairman Mr. Anyama Ben has decried the acute shortage of drugs the health facilities in the district...

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Kolir youths join the rest of Ugandans celebrating Museveni’s birthday

BUKEDEA, UGANDA: Kolir Sub-county Youths in Bukedea district have joined the rest of Ugandans to celebrate the 77th year birthday of His...

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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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COVID-19

Gov’t has no plan to vaccinate children below 15 years, says Health Ministry

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The ministry of health has not planned to vaccinate learners below the age of 15 years as previously communicated by...

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Homes, crops destroyed as floods hit Bugweri residents

BUGWERI, UGANDA: More than 50 families in Buyanga and Ibulanku sub counties in Bugweri district were affected following heavy rains that destroyed...

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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...

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Elephants kill 40 year old man in Murchison Falls National Park

NWOYA, UGANDA: Elephants have trampled to death a 40-year old man in Nwoya district. The deceased has been identified as Celestino Odongo,...

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DPP Drops Charges against Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda through the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped all charges of money laundering it had slapped...

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COVID-19

Complacency failing Covid-19 fight in Teso – Medics

SOROTI, UGANDA: Poor adherence to the standard operating procedures put in place by the Ministry of Health to contain the spread of...

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Uproar as HIV infections in Kabale shoot up by 52%

KABALE, UGANDA: There is a growing uproar in Kabale after the health department revealed that the number of people living with the...

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Police query Onebe travel plans after Muyenga septic tank discovery

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The homicide team at the Criminal Investigations Directorate has obtained travel details from the Immigration department that Francis Onebe, arrested...

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Kadongokamu Singer Vincent Segawa rumoured dead

BREAKING: Ugandan musician and faded Kadongokamu singer Vincent Segawa is rumoured dead according to reports making rounds. Segawa is reported to have...