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URA Records highest growth in four years with Shs19trillion Revenue

The Uganda Revenue Authority(URA) has announced that it collected shs 19.2 trillion in the last financial year 2020/21 posting a 14.9% growth...

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Breaking

PLE Results to be released tomorrow, UNEB confirms

KAMPALA: The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has confirmed that the results of the 2020 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) will be released...

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Big Story

Police put Shs20m on Sheik Bukenya, the most-wanted leader of suspected terror cells

The Uganda Police has offered shs 20 Million for any information leading to the arrest of Sheikh Abu Ubaida Badir Diin Bukenya,...

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Crime

Police Take Over Investigations Of Skeptical Infant Mortality at Adjumani Hospital

POLICE TAKE OVER INVESTIGATIONS OF SKEPTICAL INFANT MORTALITY IN ADJUMANI HOSPITAL. BY: AMACHA Goli | Westnile Region Correspondent. The management team and...

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Court

FULL LIST: 42 judicial officers deployed in latest reshuffles

The Judiciary has transferred 42 judicial officers at the ranks of Registrars and Magistrates to new stations and deployments. The development was...

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National

Police warns bloggers against pronouncing prominent persons dead

Police has through its Criminal Investigations Department (CID) cautioned social media bloggers against pronouncing President Museveni and other prominent figures dead. Speaking...

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EXCLUSIVE: Uganda Airlines plane runs out of fuel in Tanzania

Passengers aboard the Uganda Airlines plane were last evening delayed at Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam in Tanzania for hours...

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Crime

Midwife in Adjumani faces court action over Infant Mortality

BY: AMACHA Goli Adjumani the hospital management team is investigating dubious circumstances under which an infant succumbed to yet unexplained death. The...

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Crime

Man arrested for taking naked photos of women bathing

The suspect told police that the photos taken using his smartphone are stored in the photo gallery and later viewed allegedly to...

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RUKUNGIRI: 29-yr-old woman dies in church, pastor arrested

RUKUNGIRI– Police in Rukungiri District have arrested a self-styled Prophetess Oliver Byanyima after a woman allegedly died at her Church where she...

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COVID-19

Good news as more than 60,000 Ugandans recover from Covid-19

Uganda has registered a significant progress in the fight against Covid-19 as recoveries reached 60,392 with 897 people are confirmed to have...

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Big Story

UPDF takes over three road contracts from UNRA

The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), the commercial arm...

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Who Is Milly Babalanda? Here is the Biography of New Minister For Presidency

President Yoweri Museveni in his new 2021-26 cabinet appointed Mrs. Babirye Milly Babalanda as Minister for the Presidency. After weeks of twists...

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UMEME cuts power tariffs as new Financial Year takes effect

Umeme has reduced the cost of electricity to the domestic user by sh3 and 4 cents per unit effective July, for the...

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Lightning strike kills one, injures two in Rukungiri

RUKUNGIRI – A 58-year-old man in Rukungiri district died instantly after lightning struck amidst Thursday’s heavy downpour leaving two other people seriously...

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National

Museveni directs UPDF to takeover construction of Govt Schools, Hospitals

President Yoweri Museveni has directed the UPDF Engineering Brigade to take over the construction of all government projects including schools and health...

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News

Ex-Minister Seninde appointed NRM mobilization secretary

The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has appointed Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde, the former minister of state for primary education as the secretary...

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Big Story

VIDEO: Excitement as Distribution of Covid-19 Relief Cash is officially launched

The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robina Nabbanja has today officially launched the disbursement of the Covid-19 relief cash promised to selected individuals...

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OP-ED

Who is fighting Atwine for her motherly heart in Covid-19 battle?

By Martin E. Kalikolaki Covid-19 has claimed many lives in the world since January 2020 especially in countries like India, Brazil, USA,...

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Crime

Police arrest four over murder of six-year-old boy in Entebbe

Police in Entebbe Municipality has arrested four people in connection to murder of a 6-year-old boy identified as Eriya Kato Were who...

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Covidex Developer, Prof Ogwang stopped from holding media interviews

The Covidex Herbal Medicine Developer, Professor Patrick Ogwang Engeu, has been stopped from having media interviews about the recently approved covid-19 treatment...