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COVID-19: Adjumani Samples to be transported by Medical Drones

WEST NILE REGION, UGANDA: The Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) College of Health Services Makerere University has today launched The West Nile Medical...

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Wielding The Axe: Two Adjumani Health Workers Interdicted over drug theft

ADJUMANI DISTRICT, UGANDA: The Adjumani Chief Administrative Officer {CAO} Mr. Wanje Michael has interdicted two health workers over theft of drugs and...

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LIVE: Museveni addresses Ugandans on the State of Security in the country

STATE HOUSE, NAKASERO: President Yoweri Museveni is currently addressing the country on matters of security importance at State House in Nakasero Kampala....

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Education

Uganda reopens medical schools in efforts to boost COVID-19 fight

KAMPALA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Medical schools in Uganda on Friday reopened as a measure to boost the country’s health personnel involved...

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Lawyers petition high court over Lumbuye

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A team of lawyers have petitioned the High Court in Kampala demanding the production in court of Ugandan blogger Fred...

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MPs without Covid-19 Vaccination Barred from Attending Parliament Sessions

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Members of Parliament who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus will not be allowed to attend parliament sessions next...

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Schools to reopen only fter 350,000 teachers get jabs- Education Ministry

The Education Ministry has revealed that to reopen schools for all learners, at least 357,500 teachers must be vaccinated against Covid-19. This...

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Govt okays UPDF to take over all local construction projects

The state minister for investment and privatization, Ms. Evelyn Anite has revealed that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF)’s engineering brigade will...

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Fear grips Masaka residents as panga wielding thugs hack 15 dead

MASAKA SUB REGION: At least fifteen people have been hacked to death in Districts of Lwengo, Bukomansimbi, and Masaka as machete-wielding men...

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COVID-19

South Sudanese Bishop succumbs to Covid-19 at Arua hospital

Rt. Rev. Stanley Nelson Dada, the Bishop of Pentecostal Church under Yei Diocese in South Sudan has succumbed to COVID-19 at Arua...

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Education experts concerned about finding competent teachers after lockdown

Government might find it hard to re-align the education sector due to lack of competent teachers resulting from the continued closure of...

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Ssenyonyi’s rival seeks permission to file amended election petition in court

The former Nakawa West Parliamentary candidate Mukesh Babubhai Shukla has filed an application seeking permission to file an amended petition against his...

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Mukono stone quarry kills one, injures another

A stone quarry has collapsed in Mukono district killing one person and injuring another. The deceased has been identified as 24-year-old Viola...

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Museveni to address the country this Saturday

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will on Saturday night address the nation on matters of security importance, the Minister For Kampala Capital City...

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Featured

Cheptegei launches shs1.7bn fundraising drive to complete Kapchorwa athletes centre

Uganda’s 2020 Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei has launched a shs. 1.7 billion fundraising drive towards completion an athlete training centre he is...

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Rev. Godfrey Loum elected Bishop of Northern Uganda Diocese

Rev. Godfrey Loum has been elected the 8th Bishop of Northern Uganda Diocese replacing Rt. Rev. Johnson Gakumba who has held the...

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Crime

Soroti Herbalist found dead at lover’s house

SOROTI CITY, UGANDA: Police in Soroti City is investigating the mysterious death of a traditional healer who was found dead in his...

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Crime

Juvenile offenders worry Mityana district authorities

MITYANA DISTRICT, UGANDA: Mityana district authorities are concerned about the persistent number of juvenile offenders in the area. The rates have been...