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Kadaga orders probe into sh5bn land compensation fund

The money was recently approved by Parliament to compensate landowners, including Dodovico Mwanje, who owns land that housed an Anglican church in...

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‘Don’t accept Museveni’s cash handouts’, Bobi Wine tells NUP MPs

The National Unity Platform(NUP) party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has told newly elected party MPs not to fall prey...

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Taxpayers body rejects new taxes, plans demo

Taxpayers under an umbrella body, National Taxpayers Protection Organisation, have planned a demonstration to express their dissatisfaction with proposed taxes. The body wants...

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King Oyo postpones 29th birthday celebrations

Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru IV on his visit to Fins Medical University(FMU) - Photo / Courtesy

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KABALE: Woman arrested for hacking husband to death

Police in Kabale are holding a 45-year-old woman suspected to have cooperated with her children to kill the husband by hacking him...

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KISORO: Teenager arrested for raping 65-year-old

It is said that the victim was coming from the bar at around 11:15 pm on April 15, in Nyaruyaga village Kisoro...

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Museveni declines to open bars, maintains curfew hours

President Museveni has said it is not yet time to lift or even relax the curfew restrictions imposed to help curb the...

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JUST IN: Muhammad Ssegirinya rushed to hospital in critical condition

Kawempe North MP-elect, Muhammad Ssegirinya has on Friday evening been rushed to hospital in critical condition just a day after being released...

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Dr. Louis Kasekende named new MEFMI Executive Director

The former Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor, Dr Louis A. Kasekende has been appointed Executive Director of Macroeconomic and Financial Management of...

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KCCA lays off over 700 contract workers

The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has sent home over 700 workers who have been serving on a four-month contract in a...

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Details emerge on thieves who broke into the Late Archbishop Lwanga’s home

Shamba boy led robbers in attack on deceased Archbishop Lwanga’s home (Photo by Herbert Sseryazi)

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Katikkiro Mayiga breaks silence on Kabaka’s health, says he is suffering from an allergy

Buganda Kingdom Katikkiro (prime minister) Charles Peter Mayiga on Friday dismissed speculation about Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi’s II’s health and said that...

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Thugs break into Late Archbishop Lwanga’s home, Phones and Sh250k stolen

Police in Nagalama have arrested one suspect while over 15 others are on the run after unknown thugs broke into the Late...

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Sylvia Ntambi dropped as Museveni names Safia Nalule as new EOC Boss

President Museveni has appointed Safia Juuko Nalule as new Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) Chairperson, replacing the controversial Sylvia Muwebwa Nabatanzi Ntambi. Safia...

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Lord Mayor Lukwago Speaks on his health condition, to return from Nairobi soon.

Lukwago who was recently flown to Nairobi Hospital in Kenya for treatment is said to be battling recurring dizziness, persistent abdominal discomfort...

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Health Ministry suspends covid-19 vaccination over blood clot concerns

The second phase of the country's rollout plan, which will target essential workers and the over-60s, is scheduled to begin on May...

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Lord Mayor Lukwago is still alive, Officials dismiss false death reports

KAMPALA – Officials and close friends close to the Kampala Capital City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago have come out to dismiss false...

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Muhammad Ssegirinya granted Sh3m cash bail

Kawempe North Mp-elect, Ssegirinya Muhammad aka ‘Mr. Update’ has finally been granted bail after spending over three weeks in Kitalya prison. Through...

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Business

EACOP Project to Provide 14,000 Direct Jobs

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project and other oil and gas projects that were launched last week, is expected to...

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Museveni re-appoints Eng. Turyahikayo as REA Executive Director

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has re-appointed Eng. Godfrey Turyahikayo as the Executive Director of Rural Electrification Agency. Museveni in a letter dated...