All posts tagged "National News"
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1.4KEast AfricaCongolese soldiers flee to Uganda as M23 rebels capture Bunagana border
A Ugandan security source at the border, says that the soldiers fled into Uganda following non-stop fighting on Sunday throughout the day...
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828CrimeMbarara prison warder shoots dead girlfriend, commits suicide
Aloysious Chemutai, 27, who is attached to Kakiika prison commonly known as Kyamugorani in Mbarara, shot and killed on Monday night
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726ExclusiveFake Kamwokya wedding raises Shs 10m for children suffering from cancer
It was a celebration and the climax of the mock-up wedding that had raised Shs 10 million to support children suffering from...
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589Current AffairsBesigye resumes protests, detained at Nagalama police station
According to Onyango, police were forced to tow Besigye’s vehicle registration number, UAK 773K to the Central police station (CPS).
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806Current AffairsMPs secretly paid Shs 40m each, Kyagulanyi orders NUP members to return it
MPs, the majority of whom asked for anonymity to speak freely on the issue, said that the money was dished out over...
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1.0KCurrent AffairsHoima Catholic Diocese seeks UGX 40Bn for construction of specialized hospital
Upon completion, the facility will comprise specialized pediatric, antenatal, gynecology, emergency, radiology, physiotherapy, and theater wings.
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910Big StoryNational Budget 22/23: Transport, PDM, Security eat big, No new taxes introduced
In the Sh 48 trillion budget, government expects to generate up to 30.8 trillion of this money locally, of which 23.75 trillion...
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1.6KCurrent AffairsBritain records 104 more monkeypox cases
The agency told people in Britain to contact a sexual health clinic if they have a rash with blisters, and if in...
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620Current AffairsCouncilors defer Mpigi district budget over lack of quorum
Mpigi district council passed a 38.8 billion Shillings budget on Friday amid grumbling among leaders.
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982East AfricaGulu city earmarks Ugx 50m to establish an engineering laboratory
Christopher Balmoi Omara, the Gulu City Engineer, told URN in an interview that most public and private infrastructures in Gulu City
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717ExclusivePanic as Masaka Diocese cemetery faces demolition over city road works
According to Fr. Luyimbaazi, out of mutual engagements with UNRA, the Masaka diocese as the landlord agreed to have all the affected...
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580ExclusiveBunyoro kingdom demands Museveni’s intervention over 1,000 Kyangwali evictees
The affected people have, since February this year, pitched camp in the precincts of the office of Kikuube Resident District Commissioners
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719ExclusiveMPs commit to protect human rights defenders
The bill seeks to recognise, promote and enhance the protection of the work and activities of human rights defenders.
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1.1KEast Africa5% of nodding syndrome victims battling severe brain damage
OTUKE, UGANDA: Five percent of nodding syndrome victims in Acholi and parts of Lango sub-region have developed severe mental problems, the health...
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452ExclusiveUganda strives to eliminate child labor worsened by COVID-19 pandemic
The Uganda National Household Survey 2019/2020 shows that child labor increased to 36 percent up from 21 percent.
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702CrimeFormer Makerere University accused of killing his daughter, maid arrested
He was picked up from his hideout in Rujenje village in Buhweju district.
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820CrimeKARAMOJA: 291 guns recovered, 393 warriors killed
President Yoweri Museveni ordered the relaunch of offensive disarmament operations in Karamoja on July 24 last year in a bid to restore...
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651ExclusiveRDC tells Muslims to fully support NRM Govt to get big jobs
Speaking at a congratulatory party of Hajjat Ahmed Saba, who has been appointed director for human resource at Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
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914East AfricaCrested Cranes are CECAFA senior women’s champs
The final of the championship was graced by the speaker of the parliament of Uganda Anitah Among, who handed the victorious Crested...
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906CrimeWhy young pupils are burning schools in Uganda
Police investigation have established that the school was burnt by a primary seven pupil, who had been sent back to school by...
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632ExclusiveChinese investors petition PM over unstable electricity
Represented by Cai Jiashun, Zong Bo and Lin Yangbin, the investors early this week petitioned Nabbanja explaining that irregular power supply
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763ExclusivePolice cautions bodas on using Northern Bypass flyovers
Farida Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson, explains that boda boda riders who use the upper part of northern bypass have increasingly become...
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677ExclusiveNtoroko gets new CAO
According to a letter by the minister for local governments Rafael Magyezi, he received communication from the Ntoroko county Gerald Rwemulikya
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619ExclusiveRelatives storm Mulago after Nile Avenue taxi crash
The crash involving a taxi UAW 987Y along Nile avenue claimed two lives on spot and injured 10 others.
