All posts tagged "National News"
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1.6KNationalLira city butchers hike meat prices citing scarcity of animals
There is an abrupt increase in the prices of meat in Lira city. A kilogram of beef now costs between Shillings 14,000...
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1.7KNews HeadlinesSomber mood as Kadaga’s team packs her belongings from Parliament
There is uncertainty and confusion among some staff at parliament as the office of the former speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga is...
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10.6KJust InAnother Ugandan journalist dies in fatal accident
A drak cloud has yet again hit the media fraternity after another Journalist based in Kasese district passed on a month after...
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3.2KBreakingKira Road DPC Mathias Turyasingura Succumbs to Covid-19
The District Police Commander (DPC) of Kira Road Police Stattion, Sp. Mathias Turyasingura has succumbed to Covid-19, Police and relatives have confirmed....
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2.0KNationalAnita Among Elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Bukedea district Woman MP, Ms. Anita Among was overwhelmingly elected Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament after beating her two male contenders;...
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1.6KNationalDrama as police officers flee checkpoint over cobra
BUSIA | UGANDA: Police officers manning Sofia Police checkpoint in Busia Town were on Wednesday sent scampering for safety after discovering a...
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1.5KNationalSoroti city mayor sets focus on unity, economic empowerment
The new Mayor of Soroti City, Joshua Edogu has said his first assignment is to create a working environment for the technical...
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2.1KJust InDrama as Outgoing Entebbe mayor refuses to handover office
The outgoing Entebbe municipality mayor, Mr Vicent Kayanja DePaul has declined to handover his report to Mr Fabrice Rulinda who was on...
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3.5KNationalFull List of 130 MPs to be sworn-in on today (Wednesday)
Today marks the third day of the swearing in of the 11th parliament and by the end of Day two of the swearing...
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2.0KNewsSPEAKERSHIP RACE: NRM asks MPs interested in speaker position to apply for race
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) yesterday asked its members interested in vying for the speaker and deputy speaker of Parliament to submit...
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1.7KLatest NewsKOBOKO: Teacher, 60, collapses dead in staffroom
Charles Lema who’s said to be in his early 60s reportedly collapsed in his chair and died as he was preparing lessons...
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1.9KCrimePader: Headteacher arrested for stealing iron sheets
PADER DISTRICT | UGANDA: The headteacher of Tumalyec Primary School in Laguti sub-county, Pader district has been arrested over allegations of theft....
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1.4KBreakingHeartless Father burns one-year-old daughter to death
The Police in Kwania district have launched a manhunt for a 40-year-old man who is accused of burning his one-year-old daughter to...
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1.6KJust InMedical Interns go on strike over low pay
NATIONAL: Up to 1,403 medical interns, who are working in 42 hospitals across the country, have announced a sit-down strike over low...
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2.5KFeaturedGrief and tears as NBS TV’s Sheilah Nakabuye is laid to rest in Butambala
BUTAMBALA | UGANDA: Fallen NBS TV Journalist and Bureau Chief for South Western Uganda Sheilah Nakabuye has today evening been laid to...
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3.1KExclusiveEXCLUSIVE: Top UBOS officials under probe over sh1b scam
The Inspectorate General of Government (IGG) has directed investigations into top officials of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) cited in an...
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GULU: Police officer shot dead by unknown gunmen
GULU DISTRICT: A police officer in Gulu district has been shot dead by unknown gunmen under unclear circumstances, the Daily Express reports....
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1.3KLatest NewsKyankwanzi: Three family members drown in valley dam
Three people including two from the same family have drowned in a valley dam in Kyankwanzi district. The deceased have been identified...
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1.5KNationalBududa Muslims asked to refrain from taking alcohol
BUDUDA, UGANDA: Leaders of Bududa (Muslim) district in Bududa district have appealed to the Muslims in the district to refrain from taking...
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1.4KCrime
BREAKING! Another Ugandan shot dead in South Sudan
A 40-year-old Ugandan health specialist in South Sudan is said to have succumbed to gunshot wounds she sustained in an attack by...
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1.9KAfricaODD MAN OUT! Rwanda’s Kagame Refuses To Attend Museveni Swearing-In, Sends Junior Minister
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has refused to attend his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s sixth term swearing-in ceremony, delegating junior minister...
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2.4KBig StoryWhy Mbabazi’s appearance at Museveni’s inauguration speaks volumes on his next role in cabinet
Former Presidential candidate John Patrick Amama Mbabazi was received amid a cocktail of excitement and fanfare as he arrived for President Yoweri...
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2.8KBig StoryWhat next for the opposition as Museveni starts sixth term as Uganda’s President
NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi says Bobi Wine ''will swear in from Kololo Independence grounds upon deposing Mr Museveni.''
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2.2KNationalUN Secretary General congratulates Museveni on his new term
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has congratulated President Yoweri Museveni upon his inauguration as President of the Republic of...