All posts tagged "National News"
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1.5KCurrent AffairsEC Releases Programme for Conducting By-Elections in Local Government Positions
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) has released a programme that will be followed to conduct By-Elections for Local Government Councils,...
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1.2KBig StoryUganda starts manufacturing surgical gloves
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Uganda is on track to become the first African country to produce surgical gloves and other medical equipment. East African...
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2.3KLatest NewsLuuka District Secures Land for Government to set up Sugarcane Factory
LUUKA, UGANDA: Luuka District local Government has secured over 50 acres of land to construct a sugarcane factory, the Daily Express reports....
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970NationalAdjumani hospital maternity runs out of beds
ADJUMANI, UGANDA: The Adjumani hospital maternity ward is overwhelmed with the number of mothers who have been admitted to give birth in...
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1.4KAfricaSouth Sudan waives off visa requirements for Ugandans
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The government of South Sudan has announced that effective Monday, October 4, 2021, all Ugandans will not require visas to...
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1.1KLatest NewsNew pests invade Kasese tomato farmers
KASESE, UGANDA: Farmers in the Mubuku irrigation scheme in Kasese district are counting losses after a strange pest attacked their tomato gardens....
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1.1KBig StoryMinister Nabakooba suspends Buikwe land activities, orders arrest of officials
BUIKWE, UGANDA: The Minister of Land, Housing, and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba has suspended all Buikwe land official activities for three weeks...
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1.3KNationalRoad Maintenance kick-offs in Luuka amid outcry to formulate bylaws for sugarcane trucks
LUUKA, UGANDA: Luuka district local government has started road maintenance to make roads passable to all road users. The project has started...
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1.4KNationalPresident Museveni arrives in UAE ahead of Dubai trade Expo
ABU DHABI, UAE: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Saturday afternoon arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) ahead of the 2020...
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1.3KBig StoryMuseveni vows to scrap court bail, bond for capital offenders
STATE HOUSE, NAKASERO: President Yoweri Museveni has further re-echoed his proposal to scrap court bail and police bond for murder suspects and...
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1.2KJust InSix police officers injured in car accident along Masaka road
MASAKA, UGANDA: Police in Masaka has confirmed six of its officers have been admitted at Masaka regional referral hospital after a patrol...
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1.9KBig StoryGov’t allocates Shs30bn to upgrade Namboole stadium
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Government has allocated Shs30 billion this financial year, for the refurbishment of the Mandela National Stadium popularly known as Namboole...
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1.1KCorporate AffairsCNOOC rewards Hoima’s best performers in 2020 PLE, UCE and UACE
HOIMA, UGANDA: China National Offshore Oil Corporation – CNOOC Uganda has awarded 180 best Performing Hoima and Kikuube students at PLE, UCE,...
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988Latest NewsGlimmer of Hope as Adjumani Hospital receives drugs after three months shortage
ADJUMANI, UGANDA: There is a ray of hope for the people in Adjumani district as the National Medical Stores the official Agency...
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1.1KNationalKolir youth chairperson asks Gov’t to construct Acomai Primary School
BUKEDEA DISTRICT: The youth Chairperson Kolir Sub-county Mr. Odong Vicent has asked central government to intervene in the situation of Acomai primary...
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1.3KBig StorySsegirinya, Ssewanyana remanded with fresh murder charges
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Kawempe North Member of Parliament, hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya and his colleague Allan Ssewanyana of Makindye West have been remanded to...
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865NationalYouth leaders task gov’t to stock more condoms in health centres
KAMPALA, UGANDA: A section of Ugandan youths through their leadership under the National Youth Council (NYC) have urged the Ministry of Health...
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1.4KCourtCourt nullifies NUP’s Ndiwalana election as Bukomansimbi North MP
MASAKA, UGANDA: The High Court in Masaka has nullified the election of Ms. Christine Nandagire Ndiwalana as the Member of Parliament for...
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2.5KCrimeWidow hacked to death over land in Bugweri
BUGWERI, UGANDA: Police in Bugweri District are hunting for family members who connived and hacked to death a 60-year-old widow using a...
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1.1KBig StoryKatikkiro Mayiga calls for maintaining of court bail
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has called for the maintenance of court bail as a way of ensuring...
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1.3KBig Story1,000 teens impregnated by road workers in Soroti
SOROTI, UGANDA: Road constructors who recently worked on infrastructure projects in Soroti, Kumi and Pallisa districts have been accused of impregnating at...
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1.0KBig StoryGovt to hunt student loan defaulters at workplaces
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The government has finalised arrangements to track beneficiaries of its student loan scheme at their jobs to recover the money....
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1.3KLatest NewsBukedea school shifts office to pit latrines
BUKEDEA, UGANDA: The administration of Acomai Primary School in Kamutur sub county in Bukedea district, currently operates in a pit latrine after...
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1.1KLatest NewsKigezi registers 7,712 teenage pregnancies during lockdown
KABALE, UGANDA: More than 7,000 underage girls have been impregnated in the six districts of the Kigezi region during the Covid-19 lockdown....