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Former MP Aspirant Commits Suicide by hanging

SIRONKO DISTRICT: Shock and grief engulfed residents of Bubalinga village in Sironko district after Former Budadiri West parliamentary candidate, Amani Magombe, committed...

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Africa

Chad President Idriss Déby dies hours after winning sixth term

Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, who has been in power for 30 years has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, the...

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National

FDC approves Semujju for Speakership

The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has officially announced Kira Municipality member of Parliament Ibrahim Semujju Nganda as their flag bearer for the...

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Just In

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale dies at 93

Former US Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who famously told voters to expect a tax increase should he win the...

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Sports

Rajiv Ruparelia leads Ugandan team of eight drivers ahead of the ARC Equator Rally

Senior Rally ace Rajiv Ruparelia has been confirmed in the list of eight Ugandan drivers flagged off by the Federation of Motorsport...

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COVID-19

Gov’t moves to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory

This comes at a time when the country is struggling with vaccine hesitancy, a situation being worsened by increasing cases of adverse...

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Africa

JUST IN: President Fires Labour Minister, Arrests Officials Over COVID-19 Funds

"I have dropped him from my cabinet accordingly. Even though the minister has since returned the money, his usage of the funds...

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Africa

TANZANIA: Magufuli’s widow Janet critically ill, admitted to hospital

DAR-ES-SALAM: Janet Magufuli, widow to the late former president of Tanzania John Pombe Magufuli’s is reportedly ill after she suffered a shock...

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Sports

Kiprotich, Chemonges and Kusuro qualify for Tokyo Olympics

The 2012 London Olympic gold medalist Kiprotich clocked 02:09:04 to finish 5th and within the Olympic Qualifying Time of 2:11:30, in the...

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National

Grief as 92-yr-old woman dies in church

“The church wardens picked her and took her outside the church where she breathed her last” he said.

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Africa

Govt embarks on freeing inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in prisons

Those to be released had been convicted of non-violent crimes. Those convicted of crimes such as murder, treason, human trafficking, and sexual...

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OP-ED

Understanding the Catholic Church and its hierarchy in Uganda

By Sem. Robert Bigabwarugaba It is good to understand the structure of the Catholic Church; this is after ‘Agnes Kabajuni’ a Human...

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IGP Ochola promotes over 3000 officers to end five years of waiting

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Martins Okoth Ochola, has promoted a total of 3097 police officers to different new ranks in...

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Big Story

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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Big Story

‘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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Business

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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Crime

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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Crime

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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Breaking

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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Corporate Affairs

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...