All posts tagged "News"

Health ministry secures UGX94Bn additional funding to install oxygen plants

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Ministry of Health has secured an additional of 94 billion Shillings for the procurement and installation of oxygen plants...

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Crime

UPDF Commander shot by cattle rustlers in gunfire exchange

NABILATUK, UGANDA: A UPDF officer at the rank of brigade commander Colonel Ezra Byaruhanga has been shot and wounded by cattle rustlers in...

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Media Council to register all news editors, journalists in Uganda

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Media Council of Uganda has reaffirmed the directive to have all news editors register with the Council with an...

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Entertainment

Next Media lines up Crysto Panda to replace MC Kats at NBSAfter5

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Next Media Services has lineup NTV Uganda’s Crysto Panda as a replacement for MC Kats at NBS TV, according to...

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Mahathi Infra Uganda denies employing dead Chinese national

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Mahathi Infra Uganda Limited, a company that was sued for alleged negligence that resulted into the death of a Chinese...

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Parliament stops UGX3Bn stimulus package to Kampala Serena Hotel

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Trade Committee of Parliament has stopped the payment of a stimulus package of 3 billion Shillings to Serena Hotel...

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Ugandan economy, schools to fully reopen in January 2022

KAMPALA, UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni Thursday announced that schools and the rest of the Ugandan economy will fully reopen in January 2022...

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Breaking

Facebook changes company name to ‘Meta’ in major rebrand

Facebook has changed its name to “Meta” in a shift away from social media and towards developing “the metaverse,” a digital world...

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Crime

Police prefer criminal trespass charges against Pakistan national

KIKUUBE, UGANDA: The police in Kikuube has preferred charges of criminal trespass against a Pakistan national who was arrested inside Hoima Sugar...

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Mbale city councilors demand accountability of Covid-19 funds

MBALE, UGANDA: Division councilors in Mbale city have tasked the city taskforce to account for the Covid-19 funds. The Ministry of Health...

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NRM boss in Kayunga quits party ahead of LC5 by-election

KAYUNGA, UGANDA: The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders in Kayunga have been thrown in great panic after the untimely resignation of...

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IGANGA: Man commits suicide by hanging, locals cite drug abuse

IGANGA, UGANDA: A man in Iganga district has committed suicide by hanging after allegedly becoming addicted to drugs among others, alcohol. He...

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Counter-Terrorism police detonate bomb in Sembabule forest

SEMBABAULE, UGANDA: Counter-Terrorism Police and the Bomb squad personnel on Wednesday rushed to Nakasagazi village, Kasongi parish in Kawanda sub-county, to retrieve a...

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Kapelebyong district stuck with a billion shillings parish model cash

KAPELEBYONG, UGANDA: Kapelebyong District Local Government is unable to commence implementation of the Parish Development Model due to the absence of the...

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MPs, gov’t agencies top list of tax defaulters

The former MPs include Odonga Otto (111 million Shillings), Julie Mukoda Zabwe (15 million Shillings), Sam Engola (32 million Shillings), Fred Angella...

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Crime

Car dealer arrested over defrauding clients

IGANGA, UGANDA: Police in Kiira region on Wednesday arrested Hussein Tizikoma, a resident of Iganga municipality over obtaining money through false pretense...

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Africa

World Bank suspends aid to Sudan after military coup

The World Bank said Wednesday it has suspended aid to Sudan following the military takeover that deposed the prime minister. “I am...

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COVID-19

Health and protection of elderly persons (>60yrs) in light of COVID-19 pandemic crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the health and well-being of millions of people around the world. The...

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Widow of Chinese National Sues Capt. Mukula, Indian Ship Firm over death of husband

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A Chinese woman, Ms. Yong Yie Wang has taken to court Capt. Mike Mukula, the Chairman of Mahathi Infra Uganda...

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Rev. Canon Wilson Nandaah elected next Bishop of Mbale Diocese

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Rev. Canon John Wilson Nandaah has been elected the next Bishop of Mbale Diocese. He will be consecrated and enthroned...

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Forum on COVID-19 calls on government to speed up vaccination

KAMPALA, UGANDA: As the country awaits President Yoweri Museveni’s COVID-19 update this Thursday, a team of experts are calling on the government...

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