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Rosemary Kisembo named new NIRA Executive Director

Mrs. Rosemary Kisembo has been named the new Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), the Daily Express has...

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Mufti Mubaje Asks Government to Release Political Prisoners

Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the leader of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has called upon government and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni...

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Why Kadaga needs to meet Bobi Wine ASAP ahead of Speakership elections

Having witnessed the inauguration of President Yoweri Museveni two days ago, now all eyes are on the Parliament Speakership race whose election...

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Ex-Buganda Minister Rajni Tailor ordered to pay Shs146m loan or face jail

The Commercial Court in Kampala has ordered Former Buganda Finance Minister and City businessman Mr. Rajni Tailor to pay up his outstanding...

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1200 Motorcycles Impounded, 50 Arrested in Tuesday Night Curfew Operations

Police in Kampala has said a total of 50 people including pedestrians and motorists were arrested and 1200 motorcycles impounded on Tuesday...

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Military Deployed On Major Roads in Kampala after Museveni Inauguration

Military personnel have been deployed at all major road junctions in Kampala City just after Museveni took his oath for a sixth...

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Lycamobile Gets National Operator License

The Uganda Communications Commission has granted a National Telecommunication Operator (NTO) license to Lycamobile, making the company the Third National Operator. Lycamobile,...

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Arnold Segawa joins Flavia as senior news anchors quit NTV to join NBS

Barely a week after seasoned news anchor Flavia Tumusiime reportedly quit NTV Uganda, popular news anchor Anorld Segawa who has been recently...

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David Ebiru Livisingstone Confirmed as new UNBS Executive Director

Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru has been appointed the 4th Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Daily Express reports....

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Flavia Tumusiime Quits NTV, set to join NBS Television

HOT ON THE HEELS: Latest news reaching our info-desk indicate that Naguru based NBS Television is on the verge of poaching celebrated...

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EXC:USIVE: Bitature sweating pants Over $10m Debt acquired from SA Money Lenders

Patrick Baguma Bitature, one of Uganda’s key local investors, needs our fervent prayers. A ten million United States dollar ($10m) debt he...

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Business

Tycoon Hamis Kiggundu Appeals Against Court of Appeal Ruling in Shs120bn case

Kampala Businessman Hamis Kiggundu through his companies Ham Enterprises and Kigs Investments Uganda Limited have filed a Notice of Appeal before Court...

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Former NTV Journalist Dean Lubowa Saava sent to Kitalya prison over blackmail

Popular YouTuber and former journalist with NTV and NBS Television, Dean Lubowa Saava has been remanded to Kitalya prisons over blackmail and...

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Former Jinja RDC Eric Sakwa survives death after Car Bomb

Former Jinja RDC Eric Sakwa has survived death after his car has been set on fire by unknown individuals who were reportedly...

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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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Police, army heavily deployed in Kampala ahead of Museveni inauguration

Police and the army have warned of traffic interruption and heightened security in Kampala ahead of President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration ceremony for...

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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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JUST IN: Speakership Elections postponed to May 24

PARLIAMENT: Exclusive news reaching our desk confirm that elections for both Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 11th Parliament have been postponed...

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Football

FUFA Suspends Referee Jane Mutonyi

FUFA’s Referee Disciplinary panel has suspended female assistant referee Jane Mutonyi for one month over her controversial decisions in football officiating. Mutonyi...