All posts tagged "National News"

Kabale’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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Former 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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Taxi 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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Uganda, 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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Masaka 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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Govt 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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MBALE: 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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Museveni 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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Govt 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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National 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...

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Police raids Levels Lounge in Kamwokya, 36 arrested

Police in Kampala on Wednesday night raided Levels Lounge in Kamwokya and arrested 36 revelers for flouting he Covid-19 guidelines. Kampala Metropolitan...

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Parliament to vet new Vice President, Prime Minister on Thursday

Parliament is set to convene on Thursday morning, June 10 to vet the newly appointed Vice-President and Prime Minister ahead of the...

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Robinah Nabbanja: Full Bio, Profile and Career of Uganda’s new Prime Minister

President Museveni on Tuesday evening appointed Hon. Robinah Nabbanja the new Prime Minister of Uganda replacing Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda in the top...

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UPDF truck overturns in Bundibugyo, One dead, 8 injured

BUNDIBUGYO: One person has been reported dead while eight soldiers of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces are nursing serious injuries following a...

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Judiciary Suspends All Court Hearings in new #Covid-19 SOPs announced

The Chief Justice of Uganda Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo has issued fresh Covid-19 guidelines to be followed by all Judicial officers suspending all...

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LWENGO: Over 300 civil servants protest suspicious salary deductions

LWENGO DISTRICT: Over 300 civil servants in Lwengo District are protesting over unexplained monthly salary deductions in what has been termed as...

Traffic officers to be armed or paired with armed police

President Museveni on Sunday said traffic officers would be armed or paired with armed officers in a bid to contain cases of...

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Lt Col. Deo Akiiki sacked as army deputy spokesperson, replaced with Lt Col Kakurungu

EXCLUSIVE: Latest news coming from the army base confirm that the Deputy spokesperson of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, Lt. Col. Deo...

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Lwengo businessman shot dead by unknown gunmen on boda boda

LWENGO DISTRICT: In the wake of alarming homicide crimes in the country, other yet-to-be-identified gunmen riding on a boda boda have shot...

17 shot dead in revenge cattle raids in Karamoja

At least 17 people have been killed in Napak and Nabilatuk districts over the last two weeks in retaliatory cattle raids. According...

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Police say Gen Katumba’s bodyguard survived with no injuries

Police have said Gen Edward Katumba Wamala’s bodyguard, SGT Khalid Koboyoit, survived unhurt after gunmen Tuesday sprayed the former Works and Transport...