All posts tagged "National News"

Sexually active girls urged to use contraceptives to deter unwanted pregnancies

Kampala, (UG): The chairperson, of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), Hon Sarah Achieng Opendi has advised sexually active girls to use...

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SACCO members left cursing as parish bosses distribute PDM funds to family, relatives

Soroti, (UG): Residents of Kikinjaji Ward, Soroti East Division in Soroti City could not believe their eyes after realising that all the...

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Baby Coach bus conductor arrested over trafficking children into DRC rebel group

Kanungu, (UG): The Territorial Police in Kigezi Region and Kanungu District have in custody a 37-year-old female bus conductor of Baby Coach...

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ADJUMANI: Assistant D.H.O threatens to drag CAO to court for wrongly interdicting him

Adjumani, (UG): The interdicted Assistant District Health Officer in Adjumani District Mr Manga Godfrey Ilemaiya has written to the Chief Administrative Officer...

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Man stabs girlfriend to death over solar panel

Serere, (UG): The Territorial Police in East Kyoga Region and Serere Central Police Station are holding a 38-year-old man over the alleged...

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DPP to decide fate of widow, daughter in Katanga murder case

Kampala, (UG): The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has submitted the file of the deceased businessman Henry Katanga to the Directorate of Public...

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UBOS to recruit over 100,000 enumerators in 2024 census

Kampala, (UG): The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has revealed that more than 100,000 jobs are up for grabs as the country...

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4.9 magnitude earthquake hits Uganda – South Sudan border

Yumbe, (UG): A 4.9 moderate magnitude earthquake hit the border areas of South Sudan and Uganda on Monday evening, the United States...

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Mumbere urges community to work with security to defeat ADF

Kasese, (UG): The King of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere has called on his subjects to collaborate with security forces...

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New FDC Youth League leaders urged to empower youths, nurture party values

The FDC National Youth League Executive on Sunday convened their inaugural meeting as the incoming leaders engaged with their predecessors, exchanging insights...

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UPDF’s Maj Wanyama accused of destroying property, human rights abuse in Mukono

Mukono, (UG): A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) senior officer at the rank of Major, Mark Wanyama, who initially implicated several UPDF...

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Police destroy shs3b narcotic drugs confiscated at Entebbe airport

Kampala, (UG): Police in Kampala have destroyed over 56 kilograms of narcotic drugs worth Shs3 billion confiscated from travellers at Entebbe International...

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Kyabazinga Kasiki: Thousands of Bazzukulu empowered with wealth-creation tools in poverty eradication drive

Jinja, (UG): The Office of the NRM National Chairman led by the Senior Presidential Advisor on Political Affairs, Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye...

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Son kills man he caught having an affair with mother in garden

Kitgum, (UG): The Territorial Police in Aswa East region and Kitgum District, have put up a serious manhunt for a male adult...

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Science Week 2023: Museveni approves approves tax holiday, shs500b for innovations,

Kampala, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni has okayed an annual allocation of Shs500 billion to boost technological innovations in the country and also...

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Busoga: Sugarcane growers launch tree planting campaign to conserve environment

Bugiri, (UG): Sugarcane growers in the Busoga sub-region have embarked on planting trees as a way of rehabilitating and protecting the environment...

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Museveni okays construction of Airport in Kidepo National Park

Kampala, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni has okayed the construction of the Airport in Kidepo Valley National Park in a move aimed at...

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Joan Kagezi killers charged with terrorism and murder, remanded

Kampala, (UG): The four suspects linked to the violent and brutal murder of the late Joan Kagezi, a former Senior Assistant Director...

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Luweero school director arrested over defiling six pupils

Luweero, (UG): The Police in Luweero District are holding Jona Sebamanya, the Director of Kings Palace Primary School who was arrested on...

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Prof Celestino Obua appointed new UNEB Chairperson

Kampala, (UG): Prof Celestino Obua, the Vice Chancellor of Mbarara University of Science and Technology, has been appointed the new Chairperson of...

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Inside Museveni’s directive on Balaalo to vacate greater north in three weeks

Acholi, (UG): President Yoweri Museveni on Friday ordered the Balaalo with non-fenced farmland in the Greater North to leave the region within...

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Two separate accidents on Iganga-Jinja highway kill 15 people in a day

At least fifteen (15) people died and several others sustained serious injuries in two separate fatal road crashes registered along the Iganga-Jinja...

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