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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...

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...

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...

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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PACEID, UNDP launch training programme to help Ugandan exporters enter U.S. Market

KAMPALA, (UG): The Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on Monday...

Man, 66, hacks wife over denied conjugal rights

SEMBABULE, (UG): The Territorial Police in Greater Masaka have arrested one Kyeyune Aloysius, a 66-year-old man over the alleged murder of his...

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UHRC conducts countrywide training of CSOs, District planners in HRBA

KAMPALA, (UG): The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has concluded a series of training for District Planners and Civil Society Organizations (CSO)...