All posts tagged "National News"

Kyotera District offices closed as three senior staff test positive for coronavirus

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Kyotera District has directed all administrative offices at the Kasaali headquarters due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...

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NUP Leadership, family reject post-mortem report of late Kayunga LC5 Boss

The Leadership of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party and the family of the late Ffeffeka Muhammad Sserubogo have rejected a post-mortem...

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Where do you belong? Museveni lists ‘essential’ services as new lockdown bites

KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni has announced a fresh lockdown in a move to mitigate alarming coronavirus infections. While addressing the nation...

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Ugandan maid arrested over theft of USD 5000 from her Juba employer

South Sudan authorities are demanding the extradition of a Ugandan housemaid who is reported to have stolen USD 5,000 (17.6 million Shillings)...

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UCC pays tribute to longest-serving employee Eng. Simon Bugaba

KAMPALA — Uganda Communications Commission Executive Director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo has paid tribute to Eng. Simon Bugaba describing him as a committed...

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Shock as Former Minister Nantaba Kneels before NUP Mpuuga

Social media was left in shock on Thursday evening after photos of former Lands Minister Aidah Nantaba kneeling down before The National...

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Former Daily Monitor Bureau Chief Succumbs to COVID-19

MBARARA: Former Daily Monitor Bureau chief for Rwenzori Sub-region Mr. Felix Basiime has died, the Daily Express News reports. Basiime was on...

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Museveni to address the nation on Covid today as total lockdown looms

President Yoweri Museveni will today Friday, June 18, address the nation on the state of Covid-19 as total lockdown looms in the...

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Moses Kibalama still alive but sickly, NUP clarifies on false death reports

FACT CHECK: The National Unity Platform (NUP) party has dismissed reports making rounds suggesting that the party founder, Mr Moses Nkonge Kibalama...

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NUP’s Ffeffeka Sserubogo Committed Suicide – Postmortem Report confirms

The Police Crime Investigation Department has released a report indicating that the late Muhammad Ffeffeka Sserubogo who has been the LC5 Chairperson...

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Business

MTN Uganda unveils ‘0760’ code series for new customers

CORPORATE AFFAIRS: MTN Uganda Ltd has unveiled the 0760 code as the latest prefix code for new customers joining the telecom giants....

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Uganda receives third batch of Covid-19 Vaccine

Uganda has received the third batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the French government through the COVAX facility as a boost...

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Court

Two police officers fired for stealing Shs30m robbery

MITYANA: The Police Disciplinary Standby Court has ordered for the dismissal, with disgrace, of the officer in charge of operations in Mityana...

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Current Affairs

ADJUMANI: Corrupt Commercial Officer Embarrassingly Returns Sh14m Emyoga Money

BY: AMACHA GOLI The embattled Adjumani district commercial officer Dipio Agnes has returned the shs 14m she unlawfully obtained from executive committee...

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National

FDC’s Doreen Nyanjura Reappointed Deputy Lord Mayor

Kampala Lord Mayor, Ssalongo Erias Lukwago has reappointed Makererere University Lord Councilor Doreen Nyanjura as deputy lord mayor for the new term...

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Kayunga LC5 Boss Ffeffeka Sserubogo found dead, suicide suspected

KAYUNGA DISTRICT | HOMICIDE: The newly elected and sworn-in Kayunga District Local Council Five (LC5) Chairperson, Mr. Ffeffeka Sserubogo Muhammad is dead....

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Man who burnt wife, three children in house fire arrested

Police in Rubanda district have arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly set his house on fire, killing his wife and three children...

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Uganda to Receive 175,200 More Covid-19 Vaccine Doses This Week

The Ministry of Health will this week receive more 175,200 doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, a donation from Italy. According to the...

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COVID-19 GUIDELINES: 1,429 arrested for defying inter-district travel ban

KAMPALA: At least 1,429 people spent the weekend in various police cells across the country on an accusation of defying the ban...

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News

Parliament Issues New Guidelines To Contain COVID-19 Spread

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has issued new guidelines on the conduct of business in parliament in light of the...

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COVID-19: Boda Boda Rider Shot Dead For Defying Inter-District Travel Ban

KABAROLE DISTRICT: A bodaboda man in Nyansozi village Kabarole district has been shot dead by a UPDF Private soldier at the Bunyangabu-Kabarole...

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CONFIRMED: Senior Presidential Advisor Prof. Kajabago is dead

Prof Kajabago Karusoke, a senior presidential advisor to H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on ideology, also senior Lecturer at National Leadership Institute (NALI)...

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