All posts tagged "National News"

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...

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...

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)...

NAKASONGOLA: Nasty motor crash claims four on Gulu-Kampala Highway

Nakasongola, (UG): A tragic road accident on Monday four people dead a few others injured following a fatal motor crash along the...

Buwekula MP, Mubende LC5 Boss summoned over murder

KAMPALA, (UG): Police on Monday said the MP for Buwekula County, Hon Pascal Mbabazi and the Mubende LC5 Chairperson Muhereza Michael Ntambi...

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Cultivate the attitude of gratitude – Bishop Eciru urges Ugandans

BUKEDEA, (UG): The Bishop of Soroti Catholic Diocese, Rt Rev Dr Joseph Eciru Oliach has urged Ugandans to cultivate an attitude of...

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Busoga leaders rallied to fight poverty, GBV and emphasize fair budgeting

IGANGA, (UG): Leaders in Busoga subregion have been rallied to jointly fight all kinds of violence amongst themselves as a measure of...

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BIG STORY: Inside the Besigye-Bobi Alliance ahead of 2026 elections

In the aftermath of the ongoing wrangles inside Uganda’s once strongest opposition political party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Dr Kizza Besigye,...

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Uganda dealt blow as Kiplimo bows out of World Athletics Championships

Uganda has been dealt a huge blow with the withdrawal of long-distance running star Jacob Kiplimo from the 2023 World Athletics Championships-bound...

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Lawyer Alexander Kibandama to head new NITA-U Board

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Minister of ICT & National Guidance, Hon. Chris Baryomunsi, has appointed City lawyer Alexander Kibandama as the new Chairperson...