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IGAD Launches Youth Forum for Peace Building in Entebbe

The regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has today (Thursday) launched the IGAD youth forum to involve them in peacebuilding. The youth...

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Breaking

Scores injured as Jaguar Bus collides with Fuso Lorry at Kyazanga

KYAZANGA, MASAKA: Several passengers on Wednesday evening sustained serious injuries after a Jaguar Bus had collided with a Fuso lorry and overturned...

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Museveni donates 100 cows to aid “Anti-tick” vaccine trials

KYANKWAZI – President Yoweri Museveni has donated 100 heads of cattle from Ngoma Government Farm to Makerere University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal...

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Investigative

State House Probes NMS Manager over sale of govt drugs to Tanzania

The State House is investigating a case in which Isaac Aijuka, the store manager at National Medical Stores (NMS) warehouse in Ibanda...

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Current Affairs

Govt to accord Late MP Mathias Kasamba an official burial

KYAKWANZI – President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an official burial for the late Hon. Mathias Kasamba, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party...

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Crime

Police officer arrested over theft of govt drugs

Police in Koboko district are holding onto their own officer arrested in connection with the theft of government drugs. Koboko District Police...

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Lifestyle

Museveni meets Zimbabwean Grand Mufti Ismail Menk in Kyankwanzi

President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday evening met with Zimbabwean Grand Mufti and top Muslim Scholar Mufti Ismail ibn Musa Menk at the...

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Crime

Police arrest 23-yr-old for beating colleague to death in fistfight

A twenty-three-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly beating a 20-yr-old colleague who was pronounced dead on arrival at Gulu regional referral...

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Just In

12 police officers injured in Nakapiripirit motor accident

NAKAPIRIPIRIT: A total of 12 police officers are reported to have been critically injured after a truck that ferried them for deployment...

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UWA Rangers Sentenced to Jail for Killing Truck Driver

The Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) on Tuesday sentenced two Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) rangers for killing a driver in Apaa Market...

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Crime

30 People arrested over Examination Malpractice

The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has revealed that 30 people have been arrested so far over examination malpractice during the PLE,...

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Court

Kyambogo Robbery: Six suspects charged, remanded for robbing Chinese national.

Six people, who were caught on CCTV cameras attacking two people including a Chinese national, have been charged before court and sent...

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Crime

Policeman surrenders after reportedly shooting boss dead

Sserugo Hussein, a Policeman who allegedly shot dead two of his colleagues in Kiboga district, has surrendered himself. Sserugo, after hiding for...

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National

2021/22 National Budget revised upwards to sh44.7trillion

Notable additional funds in the budget also include sh22b for UBC's operational costs, sh60b for Uganda Electoral Commission to relocate its offices,...

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National

Gen. Museveni Elevates Nakalema, Akiiki In New UPDF Promotions

President Yoweri Museveni, also the Commander in Chief of the Armed forces has elevated the head of the State House Anti-Corruption Unit...

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Big Story

Each Ugandan now owes Shs1.5m as national debt hits Shs65trillion

Government has accumulated a staggering Shs65trillion public debt, up from Shs49trillion in 2019, with officials justifying that they borrowed the money to...

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Election Watch

UPDF warns ‘anonymous groups’ threatening to disrupt Museveni’s swearing

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has warned anonymous groups of individuals plotting to cause violence and disrupt Museveni’s inauguration as President...