All posts tagged "National News"

Tororo’s ‘rat eater’ politician arrested for slapping CAO in public

Tororo, (UG): The Police in Tororo District are holding the LC III Chairman for Morukatipe sub-county, Mr Gerald Omaset Obbo on charges...

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UMSC Boss bids farewell to South Sudan Islamic Council

By: Habib Mustafa Juba, South Sudan: The National Chairman of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, Prof. Dr. Alhaj Muhamadi Lubega Kisambira yesterday bid...

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MP Rwabushaija’s bill to regulate Human Resource professionals

Kampala, (UG): Parliament on Wednesday granted leave to Workers’ Representative, Hon. Margret Rwabushaija to introduce a private member’s Bill entitled, “The Human...

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MPs question Bachelor’s degree requirement for pre-primary teachers

Kampala, (UG): Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to review the National Teacher Policy (NTP) on the...

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How Sorocti city blew shs2.5bn on low-cost sealing of 800-meter road

The anti-corruption monitors in Soroti City have unearthed an alarming scandal where the city management authority spent over Shs2.5 billion on a...

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Health worker arrested for raping, ‘infecting’ pregnant woman with HIV

Rukiga, (UG): Police in Rukiga District are holding in custody one Darius Orikiriza, an enrolled nurse at Mparo Health Center IV in...

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NDA confiscates L-power coffee laced with erectile dysfunction drug

Kampala, (UG): The National Drug Authority (NDA) has confiscated a consignment of L-Power Coffee Plus, an energizer that was being imported into...

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CEHURD preaches gender justice and Sexual Reproductive Health in Busoga

Iganga, (UG): The Center for Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) have amplified the voice for gender justice and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH)...

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Parliament to foot Ssegirinya’s medical bills after board approval

Kampala, (UG): Parliament will foot the medical bills of Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya (NUP, Kawempe Division North) once his documents are in order...

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Parliament grills Kira Municipality bosses over payroll mismanagement

Kampala, (UG): The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) has quizzed officials from Kira Municipality in Wakiso District for mismanaging the payroll, resulting...

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MP Wokorach embarks on building churches to restore hope in Aswa communities

Gulu, (UG): The Member of Parliament for Aswa County in Gulu District, Hon Wokorach Simon Peter has embarked on building churches in...

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Parliament to pass bill criminalizing use of narcotic drugs

Kampala, (UG): The Parliament of Uganda is today expected to pass the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2023. Deputy Speaker...

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Man murders wife, kills self over sh2m capital

Ssembabule, (UG): The Police in Ssembabule District are investigating a double tragic incident involving the murder and suicide of a couple over...

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Red Cross Society receives sh2.1bn for water and sanitation activities in Obongi

Obongi, (UG): The Uganda Redcross Society and the German Redcross have received two billion one hundred and sixty million shillings for implementing...

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20 survive drowning in boat collision on Lake Victoria

UGANDA: 20 passengers sailing on Lake Victoria survived drowning on Saturday after two boats collided at a place called Lineila between Buvuma...

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Buganda Land Board blocks eviction of over 4000 residents in Buikwe

BUIKWE, UGANDA: The Buganda Land Board (BLB) together with the RDC of Buikwe District Hajjat Hawa Ndege has blocked a planned eviction...

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Two drunk teachers arrested for disrupting mock exams

UGANDA: The Police in Agago District, northern Uganda have arrested two intoxicated teachers at Ladere Primary School for causing disruptions during the...

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Museveni cautions new high court judges against temptations

UGANDA: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday (Thursday) presided over the swearing-in of 11 newly appointed High Court Judges and advised them to...

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Museveni cautions youths against taking leadership as a profession

UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned the youth leaders against being taken up by leadership, sectarianism, and politics of identity. Mr Museveni...

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Man, 20, arrested over sodomizing disabled man at MK Movement fete

UGANDA: The Police in Soroti City are investigating circumstances under which a 20-year-old man was allegedly sodomised by a 20-year-old man only...

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Man arrested with over 145 bullets on Robolyn bus

UGANDA: Police in Karenga district in Northern Uganda have arrested a passenger with a bag containing over 145 bullets on Robolyn Bus...

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Among declines Nandala’s letter sacking Ssemujju as FDC party whip

KAMPALA, (UG): The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Anita Among has declined a letter from Nandala Mafabi, the FDC Secretary General in...

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