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Kira Road DPC Mathias Turyasingura Succumbs to Covid-19

The District Police Commander (DPC) of Kira Road Police Stattion, Sp. Mathias Turyasingura has succumbed to Covid-19, Police and relatives have confirmed....

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Anita Among Elected Deputy Speaker of Parliament

Bukedea district Woman MP, Ms. Anita Among was overwhelmingly elected Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament after beating her two male contenders;...

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Drama as police officers flee checkpoint over cobra

BUSIA | UGANDA: Police officers manning Sofia Police checkpoint in Busia Town were on Wednesday sent scampering for safety after discovering a...

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Soroti city mayor sets focus on unity, economic empowerment

The new Mayor of Soroti City, Joshua Edogu has said his first assignment is to create a working environment for the technical...

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Drama as Outgoing Entebbe mayor refuses to handover office

The outgoing Entebbe municipality mayor, Mr Vicent Kayanja DePaul has declined to handover his report to Mr Fabrice Rulinda who was on...

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Full List of 130 MPs to be sworn-in on today (Wednesday)

Today marks the third day of the swearing in of the 11th parliament and by the end of Day two of the swearing...

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SPEAKERSHIP RACE: NRM asks MPs interested in speaker position to apply for race

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) yesterday asked its members interested in vying for the speaker and deputy speaker of Parliament to submit...

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KOBOKO: Teacher, 60, collapses dead in staffroom

Charles Lema who’s said to be in his early 60s reportedly collapsed in his chair and died as he was preparing lessons...

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Crime

Pader: Headteacher arrested for stealing iron sheets

PADER DISTRICT | UGANDA: The headteacher of Tumalyec Primary School in Laguti sub-county, Pader district has been arrested over allegations of theft....

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Heartless Father burns one-year-old daughter to death

The Police in Kwania district have launched a manhunt for a 40-year-old man who is accused of burning his one-year-old daughter to...

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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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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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Big Story

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! 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...