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Police hunt suspect for rape and murder of 10 year old girl

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Police have started a manhunt for a casual laborer for raping and strangling a 10-year-girl to death in Nakawa division,...

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Adjumani starts construction of multibillion water project in the district

ADJUMANI, UGANDA; Adjumani district local government is benefiting from EU-IGAD funded Covid response funded project specifically designed for bordering districts targeting points...

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Accident is a leading cause of death in Adjumani district – Report

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The office of the Adjumani district traffic police in an exclusive interview with journalists said that many death that occurs...

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Former Minister Kabafunzaki pays Shs 10m fine to evade prison sentence

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Herbert Kabafunzaki, the former junior minister for Labour has cleared a fine of Ten (10) million Shillings imposed on him...

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Crime

Three arrested for raping 40 year old woman in Adjumani

ADJUMANI, UGANDA: Three men in Adjumani district are in police custody for allegedly raping a 40-year-old woman and leaving her unconscious on...

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Busia CAO, RDC, other senior officials admitted after food poisoning

It’s alleged that they fed on suspected poisonous food during the independence prayer breakfast held on Friday at the district headquarters. The...

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There will be no social distancing when schools reopen – Museveni

KAMPALA, UGANDA: There would be no need for social distancing when schools resume in November this year and January 2022 as planned...

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Mobile money is part of the deal, MTN assures buyers of shares

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The opening of the sale of shares of MTN Uganda to the public has caused a stir among Ugandans, especially...

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Football

SC Villa excluded from UPL fixtures of the 2021/2022 Season

KAMPALA, UGANDA: FUFA, the country’s football governing body has omitted SC Villa from the second draft of the fixtures for the 2021/22...

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World’s oldest white rhino dies aged 54

AGENCIES: Toby, the world’s oldest white rhino, has died at the age of 54 in a zoo in northern Italy, a spokeswoman...

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Crime

60-year-old man beheaded, body dumped in sugarcane plantation in Luuka

LUUKA, UGANDA: Fear and grief engulfed residents of Busandha village, Bukoova Town Council in Luuka district after finding their fellow resident killed...

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Featured

Gov’t Halts Issuance of Certificate of good conduct for Migrant Workers

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government of Uganda has announced that Ugandans seeking jobs abroad will nolonger need the obtain certificates of good conduct, except...

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Traffic paralyzed as a fuel truck catches fire in Bugweri district

BUGWERI, UGANDA: Traffic has paralyzed along Iganga-Busia highway when a fuel trailer overturned and reduced to ashes by fire at Busesa village,...

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Fuel tanker goes up in flames along Iganga-Bugiri highway

BUGWERI, UGANDA: A transnational fuel tanker exploded into flames on Saturday morning in Butende village, Ibulanku sub county, Bugweri district along the...

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Police upgrades Digital Crime Records System

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Information and Communication Technology Directorate of the Uganda Police Force, has finalized the upgrade of the Digital Crime Record...

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Obote speech on eve of Uganda’s Independence 1962

Prime Minister Apollo Milton Obote’s speech on eve of Uganda’s Independence in 1962 “Countrymen and friends, At midnight tonight, Uganda shall become...

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‘Emulate President Museveni’ – NRM’s Sewava urges Ugandans

On this auspicious occasion of the 59th independence of our country Uganda, on which we transferred from a protectorate to a republic,...

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Former Premier Amama Mbabazi appointed Special Envoy to the President

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has appointed former Prime Minister John Patrick Mr Amama Mbabazi as a Special Envoy to South Sudan...

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Court

Born again pastor sentenced to life imprisonment for sodomising pupils

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A born again pastor in Wakiso has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was convicted of six counts of...

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17-year-old electrocuted to death as he starts work at a kiosk

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Iganga has started investigations into the death of a 17-year-old boy who was electrocuted early morning on Friday....

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Former Minister Kabafunzaki convicted over corruption, barred 10 years from public service

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Anti-corruption court in Kololo has Thursday convicted former minister Herbert Kabafunzaki on corruption charges and barred him from holding...