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FIFA selects 16 host cities for 2026 World Cup

Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and New York/New Jersey were the U.S. cities named...

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Featured

Sports federations welcome increase in budget

Of this, Shillings 17billion has been ring-fenced for the Federation of Uganda Football Association-FUFA with Shillings 5 billion specifically going to women’s...

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Current Affairs

MPs cast doubts on implementation of Parish Development Model

MPs said that although the programme is inclined towards agricultural production and marketing, many parishes lack key infrastructure like roads, water and...

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Court

Court to decide on MP Zaake’s impeachment

Zaake was impeached by Members of Parliament on March 10, following a motion by the Barledge Division Member of Parliament Ojara Mapenduzi.

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Africa

Stray elephants kill resident in Kasese

Nuwamanya was attacked by a herd of elephants at around 10pm as he and his friend attempted to chase them from their...

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Police hunt for Kabuleta, seal off offices

On Wednesday, armed security personnel dressed in civilian clothes searched the offices of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue located at Luthuli Avenue...

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Current Affairs

MPs asked to guard against corruption

The statements were made by Justine Kasule Lumumba, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of General Duties on...

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Current Affairs

Muhoozi homecoming birthday organiser Bafaki killed in Kampala Northern bypass

According to a traffic report by Kira road police, Bafaki was travelling in a Land Cruiser TX registration number, UBD 965E when...

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Africa

Ugandan scientists build low-cost air quality monitoring system

According to the 2021 World Air Quality Report, Uganda’s capital Kampala was ranked among the most polluted cities, with pollution levels exceeding...

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Crime

UPDF captain detained over misappropriation of emyooga funds

He reportedly used the money to purchase a commuter taxi in a dangerous mechanical condition, which is draining the daily earnings through...

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Education

Teachers lured back to class with PTA allowances

At many of the secondary schools that Uganda Radio Network visited, learning was taking place despite calls by the Uganda National Teachers...

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Featured

Ugandan troops halt fighting in eastern DRC

Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Commander Land Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), tweeted late on Wednesday that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni...

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National

Four district officials detained over sh1.9bn seed school cash

West Nile Police spokesperson Josephine Angucia said on Wednesday (June 15) that the bonds were cancelled because of the gravity of the...

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Current Affairs

NUP petitions EC over intimidation, manipulation of voters register

The NUP leadership has asked the Electoral Commission to reign over what they describe as disruptive conduct of the National Resistance Movement-NRM...

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Analysis

CSOs say UHRC Report weak on political and civil rights violations

The Uganda Human Rights Commission Chairperson, Chairperson Mariam Wangadya submitted the report to parliament Tuesday before it was launched at the Sheraton...

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Current Affairs

BUDGET: Construction of Mbarara, Gulu regional courts postponed

He explains that key among the affected projects is the proposed construction of two regional courts of appeal in Mbarara and Gulu...

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Exclusive

Gutti’s Court Martial contract expires

The court-martial registrar, Lt. Col John Bizimana told URN that they handling administrative work as they wait for the new instruments authorizing...

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Crime

Education minister to meet UNATU officials over strike

UNATU declared a nationwide strike at all levels starting Wednesday in their quest for equality and harmonization of salary enhancement among teachers

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News

Armed gunmen raid ex-presidential candidate Kabuleta’s NEED Offices in Kampala

Kabuleta who is also the principal of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue is facing allegations of spreading misleading information about the covid-19...

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Current Affairs

WHO calls for “genuine, unselfish” collaboration against monkeypox

According to Kluge, monkeypox has been endemic in parts of western and central Africa for decades and has been neglected by the...

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Besigye, Mukaku remanded for inciting violence

Besigye together with former Rubaga South Constituency Parliamentary candidate, Samuel Lubega Mukaku, were remanded by court presided over by Grade One Magistrate...