All posts tagged "National News"

Medical Interns go on strike over low pay

NATIONAL: Up to 1,403 medical interns, who are working in 42 hospitals across the country, have announced a sit-down strike over low...

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Grief and tears as NBS TV’s Sheilah Nakabuye is laid to rest in Butambala

BUTAMBALA | UGANDA: Fallen NBS TV Journalist and Bureau Chief for South Western Uganda Sheilah Nakabuye has today evening been laid to...

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Exclusive

EXCLUSIVE: Top UBOS officials under probe over sh1b scam

The Inspectorate General of Government (IGG) has directed investigations into top officials of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) cited in an...

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Crime

GULU: Police officer shot dead by unknown gunmen

GULU DISTRICT: A police officer in Gulu district has been shot dead by unknown gunmen under unclear circumstances, the Daily Express reports....

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Kyankwanzi: Three family members drown in valley dam

Three people including two from the same family have drowned in a valley dam in Kyankwanzi district. The deceased have been identified...

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National

Bududa Muslims asked to refrain from taking alcohol

BUDUDA, UGANDA: Leaders of Bududa (Muslim) district in Bududa district have appealed to the Muslims in the district to refrain from taking...

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Crime

BREAKING! Another Ugandan shot dead in South Sudan

A 40-year-old Ugandan health specialist in South Sudan is said to have succumbed to gunshot wounds she sustained in an attack by...

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Africa

ODD MAN OUT! Rwanda’s Kagame Refuses To Attend Museveni Swearing-In, Sends Junior Minister

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has refused to attend his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s sixth term swearing-in ceremony, delegating junior minister...

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Why Mbabazi’s appearance at Museveni’s inauguration speaks volumes on his next role in cabinet

Former Presidential candidate John Patrick Amama Mbabazi was received amid a cocktail of excitement and fanfare as he arrived for President Yoweri...

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What next for the opposition as Museveni starts sixth term as Uganda’s President

NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi says Bobi Wine ''will swear in from Kololo Independence grounds upon deposing Mr Museveni.''

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National

UN Secretary General congratulates Museveni on his new term

The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has congratulated President Yoweri Museveni upon his inauguration as President of the Republic of...

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Breaking

BREAKING! President Museveni Swears in for Sixth term in office

KOLOLO: President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has taken his oath of allegiance and oath of Presidency kick-starting his sixth elective term of...

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Africa

PICTORIAL: 10 African presidents in Uganda for Museveni inauguration

At least 10 African heads of state arrived in Uganda Tuesday and Wednesday to witness the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni...

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Shs700 Million Spent On COVID-19 Tests as Museveni Swears in

The Health Ministry has spent over Shs700 million to test guests for Covid-19 as President Museveni takes oath for a sixth elective...

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NUP Declares National Fasting and Prayer Day as Museveni Swears in

The opposition National Unity Platform party (NUP) has declared Museveni’s Inauguration ceremony slated for Wednesday, May 12 a day of National Prayer...

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Journalists covering parallel swearing in to face treason charges, police warns

Police have warned that media houses, journalists, and Judicial officers against covering any parallel presidential swearing in ceremony risk being charged with...

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Nurses, Midwives call off strike as govt pledges UGX 44.9bn for lunch allowances

Nurses and midwives under their umbrella body of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) have called off their strike, 5 days...

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40 arrested as military seals off Bobi, Besigye homes

At least 41 people have been arrested by security agencies for allegedly planning to disrupt President Museveni’s inauguration ceremony on Wednesday this...

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National

MP Basalirwa sues Umeme after mother, nephew electrocuted in garden

Bugiri Municipality Member of Parliament (MP), Mr. Asuman Basalirwa, who doubles as Justice Forum (Jeema) Party President, has threatened to file a...

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Bobi Wine’s home sealed off by UPDF ahead of Museveni Swearing-in

Security agencies in a joint force of Uganda Police and Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) have sealed off the former presidential candidate...

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Museveni’s swearing-in programme released

Government has released the official swearing-in programme to be followed on Wednesday at a function where President Museveni will be inaugurated as...

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