National News Archives

Gulu taxpayers win prizes in URA’s ‘Mpa e-Receipt Yange’ campaign

It was all excitement in Gulu city, northern Uganda on Friday as taxpayers won prizes in the Uganda Revenue Authority mpa e-Receipts...

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Obongi contractor arrested over sh400m shoddy work

The site foreman of Nyongos and Sons Ltd Mr Othieno Peter has been arrested for failing to renovate eight classrooms block as...

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Woman, 26, arrested over torture of co-wife in Hoima

The territorial police of Hoima have arrested one Joan Rose Nyangoma, a 26-year-old businesswoman on allegations of torturing her co-wife in a...

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How police used CCTV to track woman with church vehicle stolen at Aponye’s burial

Fresh details have emerged on the woman identified as Shamim Bitariho, who was yesterday arrested with the vehicle belonging to Kigezi diocese...

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RCC Egole orders probe into alleged mess on PDM funds in Lira City

The Lira Resident City Commissioner Mr Lawrence Emmy Egole has ordered the Investigations Directorate of Police in Lira City to investigate allegations...

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FULL SPEECH: Museveni blames ADF attack on intelligence flaws, assures rebels no longer a threat

resident Museveni has revealed that the recent attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels on Mpondwe-Lubhiriha school in Kasese was just...

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Lamwo Deputy RDC commissions newly constructed laboratory at Madi-Opei HC IV

The Lamwo Deputy Resident District Commissioner Mr Oguti Sebastian has commended the USAID Regional Health Integration in the Acholi subregion (USAID-RHITES-N) for...

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Man caught having sex on church altar fined Shs600,000

The leadership of Bugonya Church of Uganda in Kayunga district has fined a 23-year-old man Shs 600,000 for having sex on a...

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Govt speaks out on fate of village chairpersons amid delayed LC elections

The Minister for Local Government, Hon Raphael Magyezi has assured Parliament and the entire country that government is doing all it takes...

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Bunyoro University task force secure varsity land at Kigumba

The Bunyoro University task force have concluded the search for the university land after traversing the 8 districts in the Bunyoro Sub-region.

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Uganda, Iran sign 4 cooperation agreements to bolster bilateral ties

The Government of Uganda and high-ranking officials from the Islamic Republic of Iran have signed four cooperation agreements as part of President...

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Ministry of Local Govt seeks shs35bn for motor vehicles

The Minister for Local Government, Hon. Raphael Magyezi has urged the Committee on Local Government and Public Service to push for the...

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Court sets hearing date in ‘breach of marriage promise’ case

The Grade One Magistrate’s court in RUkungiri district has scheduled July 21st, 2023, as the hearing date for the restatement application filed...

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Lira journalists trained on gender-sensitive reporting by EOC

In a mission to promote a just and fair society for all, the Equal Opportunity Commission [EOC] has conducted a half-day training...

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Gen Muhoozi merges MK Movement groups ahead of National congress

The leadership of the MK Movement Central Executive Committee has revealed plans to form official organisational structures ahead of the 2024 planned...

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Lamwo RDC calls for calm after raiders steal 21 cattle, burn 4 motorcycles

Lamwo Deputy Resident District Commissioner Mr Oguti Sebastian has called on residents especially those living at the border point of Lokung and...

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Lightning strikes four in Adjumani

At least four people are nursing injuries at Arinyapi health centre III in Arinyapi sub-county, Adjumani district after they were struck by...

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MPs want Kyangwali evictees resettled in Bugoma forest

Legislators from Kikuube district are calling on the government to urgently resettle over 1,000 individuals who were forcibly evicted from their ancestral...