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Six Igara Tea employees suspended over corruption

BUSHENYI DISTRICT: Six employees of Igara growers Tea factory LTD have been suspended by the board over massive corruption and embezzlement of...

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COVID-19

Covid cases top 200 million worldwide as China vows massive vaccine boost

The number of Covid-19 infections recorded worldwide passed 200 million on Thursday, an AFP count showed, as China pledged to provide two...

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Former Kayunga Woman MP, Victoria Kakooko dies

Former Kayunga District woman Member of Parliament (MP), Mrs. Victoria Kakooko Ssebagereka, has passed on, the DailyExpress has learnt. The former legislator...

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JUST IN: Minister Diana Mutasingwa involved in motor accident, admitted

The State Minister in the Office of the Vice President, Hon Diana Mutasingwa has been involved in a motor accident, the Daily...

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Breaking

END OF AN ERA: Lionel Messi set to leave Barcelona after contract talks fail

Barcelona have announced that Lionel Messi will leave the club after financial problems prevented them from agreeing a new contract with the...

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East Africa

Three children killed by Lions near Tanzania wildlife reserve

TANZANIA: Three young children have been killed by lions near Tanzania’s world-renowned Ngorongoro wildlife reserve as they went to look for lost...

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Big Story

Gov’t spends UGX 2.85Bn on distribution of Covid relief cash to Ugandans

The Minister of Finance has said government spent a total of 2.854 billion Shillings on administrative costs to send COVID-19 relief cash...

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200 detained for illegal possession of firearms in Karamoja

MOROTO DISTRICT: At least 195 warriors have been arrested for illegal possession of firearms across the Karamoja sub-region since the second forceful...

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Business

Equity Named Best Regional Bank in East Africa

NAIROBI, KENYA: Equity has been named the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2021 African Banker Awards. According to a...

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RCC Hussein: Only 327 Residents in Kampala yet to receive Covid-19 Relief Cash

Kampala Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Mr. Hudu Hussein has described the distribution exercise of the Covid-19 Relief cash in the city as...

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Big Story

China pledges two billion vaccine doses to world

BEIJING, CHINA: The People’s Republic of China will “strive to provide” two billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world this year and...

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Big Story

Army Generals Koreta, Kutesa, Mugisha headline list of retiring UPDF officers

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has Thursday released a list of 604 of its Generals, Junior officers, and other men retiring...

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Crime

Three people arrested for kidnapping 4-yr-old boy, ask for shs50m ransom

The Crime Intelligence Directorate of Police has put in custody three people suspected of kidnapping a four-year-old boy and later demanding shs50 million...

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National

12 suspected rebels surrender to UPDF in Zombo

At least 12 members of a suspected rebel outfit group that attacked a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) detach in Zeu Sub-county,...

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VIDEO: Singer Eddy Kenzo survives nasty accident along Masaka road

Ugandan Musician Edriisa Musuuza aka Eddy Kenzo has been involved in a nasty road accident on Thursday morning along Masaka Road, the...

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Business

Kenya’s Kariuki appointed new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda

Ms. R. Mukami Kariuki, a Kenyan National, is the new World Bank Country Manager for Uganda effective August 01, 2021. She succeeds...

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Crime

Three children admited after eating bananas laced with poison, one dead

Police in Mukono Division is investigating circumstances under which three children were poisoned after eating bananas laced with poison. The atrocious incident...

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Tokyo Olympics: Uganda’s Peruth Chemtain wins steeplechase gold

TOKYO OLYMPICS, JAPAN: Ugandan Athlete Peruth Chemutai has won the women’s 3000m steeplechase race to bring home Uganda’s first gold medal in...

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National

Property Worthy Millions Destroyed in Kabale Timber Fire

KABALE DISTRICT | UGANDA: – Kabale-based traders dealing in timber are counting losses after a Wednesday morning fire gutted her timber workshop leaving...