All posts tagged "National News"
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2.5KBreakingKayunga 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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777CrimeMan 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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630COVID-19Uganda 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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709CrimeCOVID-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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1.1KNewsParliament 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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2.0KBreakingCOVID-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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9.5KBreakingCONFIRMED: 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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748CrimeReverend arrested for holding illegal church service against Covid-19 SOPs
KANUNGU:– Police in Kanungu District on Sunday, June 13, 2021, arrested Rev. Sunday Kanyankore 50 and a Lay reader Nabimanya Christopher 42...
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8.7KBreakingParliament approves Jessica Alupo as Uganda’s Vice President
PARLIAMENT: Parliament has on Monday approved the Katakwi Woman MP Maj (Rtd) Jessica Alupo as the next Vice President of Uganda 2021-2026....
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825COVID-19Uganda registers over 10,000 Covid cases in 10 days
As the second wave of Covid-19 continues to ravage the country nationwide, the statistics from the Ministry of Health for the last...
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1.5KNationalParliament to Vet Alupo, Nabbanja today
Parliament will today sit to vet the Vice President-elect, Ms Jessica Alupo, and Ms. Robinah Nabbanja the Prime Minister nominee after their...
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1.4KBreakingThree buried alive in Kiryandongo stone quarry
KIRYANDONGO DISTRICT: Three people were pronounced dead instantly after being buried alive at a stone quarry in Kiryandongo District. The unfortunate incident...
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10.3KCrimeTraffic officer knocked dead patrolling district boundary
KAMULI: A traffic police officer has been knocked dead along the Kamuli-Buyende road. Enoch Ndingidyeye, 30 was knocked on Friday by a...
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2.8KBusinessMore than 1,100 arrested over cryptocurrency money laundering
China has arrested more than a thousand people for using the profits from crime to buy cryptocurrencies, security officials said, as part...
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1.8KLatest NewsKabale’s former LC5 boss to be buried today
Patrick Besigye Keihwa the former Kabale District LCV chairman who passed away yesterday will be laid to rest today on Saturday, June...
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1.3KBreakingFormer Privatisation Minister Manzi Tumubweine Dies of Covid-19
Former State Minister for Privatization, and Rukiga County MP, Hon. Manzi Tumubweine has died. Tumubweine, 80, succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday night...
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932Latest NewsTaxi Operators Create Illegal Stages Near District Boundaries
BY URN: Taxi operators along the Kampala-Jinja highway and Gayaza-Bugerere road have shifted their operations to areas near the district boundaries. This...
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896NationalUganda, Czech Republic ink deal to strengthen defence ties
KAMPALA – Uganda has signed a defense cooperation agreement with the Czech Republic aimed at establishing and enhancing bilateral defence cooperation between...
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1.3KBig StoryMasaka Regional Referral Hospital closed for inpatients over spike in Covid-19 cases
Government has with immediate effect closed down Masaka Regional Referral Hospital for inpatients over surging cases of Covid-19 disease. Uganda has 55511...
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977Latest NewsGovt launches national e-waste management centre
The national steering committee on e-waste management has launched a national e-waste management centre. The stakeholders comprise National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA),...
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1.1KCrimeMBALE: Doctor arrested for stealing 40 oxygen cylinders from govt hospital
Police in Mbale City have arrested a doctor attached to Mbale regional referral hospital on allegations of stealing 40 oxygen cylinders from...
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1.5KBig StoryMuseveni to Min. Muhoozi: Every car, motorcycle must have a digital monitor
President Museveni has on Thursday said every vehicle and motorcycle will be required to have a digital monitoring device as part of...
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1.4KNationalGovt replaces OTT with 12% tax on data, airtime
The Ministry of Finance has slapped a harmonized excise duty rate of 12% on airtime, value-added services, and internet data as substitutes for Uganda’s...
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909Big StoryNational Budget: Gov’t Unveils New Tax on Data, Airtime, Plastics and Minerals Exports
Government has announced a new excise duty tax on airtime and mobile data, as part of the new measures to broaden the...