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Katikkiro Mayiga takes Covid-19 jab, urges Ugandans to get vaccinated

Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga on Monday received his first #Covid-19 vaccine jab and urged eligible people to take the jab. Katikkiro was...

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COVID-19

20 die, 486 test positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours

The youngest confirmed positive case is a four-month-old infant while the oldest, a 94-year old individual.

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Breaking

Former EC Boss and Ex-minister Thomas Kiryapawo dead at 78

Deceased: Former minister and electoral commissioner, Dr Thomas Sisye Kiryapawo. PHOTO/ COURTESY

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Crime

Thugs who disguised as NWSC employees to rob Sh100m from Chinese national arrested

Three robbers including a woman who disguises as NWSC employees and strangled a Chinese national in a footage that went viral last...

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Big Story

How Signing the oil pipeline deal is a triple victory for Uganda

President Museveni has described as a triple victory, the signing of the East African Oil Pipeline deal by Uganda, Tanzania and the...

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Big Story

FULL DETAIL: Inside the Uganda, Tanzania signed oil pipeline agreement

In the agreement, Total owns about 70% shares in the pipeline project, CNOOC has 8% and Tanzania has 5%. The rest of...

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Big Story

Why NRM bigwigs want Kadaga, Oulanyah disqualified from Speakership race

Top mobilisers in the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have appealed to the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) to disqualify the Speaker...

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Breaking

Grief as Four children die of suspected poisoning

Mourners seated at Mr Edward Ssemwezi’s home, the grandfather to the deceased children in Kirangira, Rakai District at the weekend. PHOTO/AMBROSE MUSASIZI...

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Just In

Lukwago back to Nairobi Hospital for treatment as health detoriates

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has been re-admitted to Nairobi Hospital days after he collapsed during a requiem mass for the late...

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Education

Good News as Ministry of Education allows more students to resume classes

According to the harmozied schedule of the 2021/2022 academic calendar, Senior one students are set to report to school tomorrow on Monday...

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Shock as Groom disappears on eve of wedding day, Police mount hunt

KAMPALA: Police in Kampala have started investigations into the alleged disappearance of a groom a day to the wedding, leaving the bride...

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Election Watch

Ssegirinya was duly qualified to stand for Kawempe North MP elections, EC says

Ssegirinya who won the elections on the National Unity Platform (NUP), was dragged to court by Sulaiman Kindandala (independent) on allegations of...

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East Africa

President Samia expected in Uganda to sign the oil pipeline deal

Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan will on Sunday meet President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni...

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COVID-19

UPDF medics vaccinate church leaders against COVID-19

A team of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) medical workers led by Lt A.W. Mugonyi in collaboration with the Ministry of Health...

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Big Story

SPEAKERSHIP RACE: Panic in Oulanyah’s camp as Kadaga, Museveni, hold classified meeting

The race for speakership of the coming 11th parliament has yet again taken a new twist after President Museveni and Incumbent Rebecca...

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Big Story

Gen Tumwine: Uganda can do without internet and boda bodas

Tumwine said boda bodas, food delivery and internet services are innovations initiated “just yesterday” and they are becoming a threat to the...

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Big Story

SHOCKING! Top church leader arrested over homosexuality allegations

The suspect is said to have engaged in Homosexuality on several occasions until luck ran out of his hand on Tuesday when...

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Medical Equipment worth Shs7bn burnt in Joint Medical Stores fire

The fire that gutted warehouses in the Industrial Area including the Joint Medical Stores (JMS) outlet has destroyed items worth more than...

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Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip has died at 99

Prince Philip and the Queen had four children, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

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Africa

Covid-19: African Union suspends AstraZeneca from its vaccine plan

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The African Union’s disease control body said on Thursday it had dropped plans to secure AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for...

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Buganda Kingdom mourns Kabaka’s son, Prince Arnold Ssimbwa

Buganda kingdom has mourned the death of Prince Arnold Ssimbwa, one of the survivors of the 2018 MV Templar boat tragedy on...

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Bobi Wine ordered to handover armored car for verification after court ruling

Uganda Revenue Authority has written to the former presidential candidate and National Unity Platform party president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine...