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Gov’t Fully Restores Internet and Social Media Services in Uganda

BREAKING! The Government has fully restored internet and social media services in Uganda after nearly a month-long ban, the Daily Express reports....

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Joshua Cheptegei appointed Uganda’s new tourism ambassador

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Tourism Board have officially unveiled long Long-distance runner and world champion Joshua Cheptegei as Uganda’s new tourism ambassador...

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Crime

KAMPALA: Man Shot Dead at Arua Park After Stabbing Police Officer

ARUA PARK, KAMPALA: A man only identified as “TOWA” has been shot dead on Wednesday morning after he reportedly attacked and stabbed...

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BIG STORY: Chief justice Owiny Dollo was Museveni’s lawyer in Besigye’s 2006 Election petition

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: The supreme court presided over by the Chief justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo on Tuesday evening dismissed a request for an...

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NRM tables bill to gift Museveni 7 year term as president

PARLIAMENT, UGANDA: The ruling National Resistance Movement party is set to table a motion extend the President’s term to 7 years from...

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15 Dead Bodies dumped in Mpigi by unknown persons

MPIGI DISTRICT, UGANDA: Police in Mpigi are investigating circumstances under which dead bodies of 15 persons were dumped in the area by...

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Crime

BUYENDE: Son cuts off father’s head for refusing him to beat stepmother

BUYENDE DISTRICT, UGANDA: A shocked resident of Kinawankembo village in Kidera sub-county in Buyende a 32-year old son cut off the head...

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Africa

Magufuli not to seek for third term as Tanzania President

DAR-ES-SALAM, TANZANIA: The ruling Chama Cha Mapenduzi (CCM) party in Tanzania has dismissed growing calls from its MPs for President John Pombe...

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From Infrastructure To Health, What Next? China Takes Lead In Fighting Cancer In Uganda

By Our Reporter In Uganda, the month of February is used to create awareness against cancer, a non-communicable disease that is causing...

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East Africa

Uganda,Kenya To End Cross Border FGM

By Our Reporter Kenya and Uganda have signed a landmark agreement to end cross border female genital mutilation (FGM) between the two...

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Africa

Former LRA leader/child Soldier Dominic Ongwen Found Guilty By ICC

By Our Repoter The International Criminal Court (ICC) has delivered its verdict on the former Ugandan child soldier who became one of...

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Africa

From Fighting, Floods, Famine & Now COVID; Inside South Sudan’s Crisis Stockpile

By Our Reporter Tucked away behind the bend of a swollen river, an hour and a half by motorboat from the region’s...

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National

Nambooze to push for the Anti-alcohol Bill again

PARLIAMENT: Mukono municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke is to resume plans to push for her Anti-alcohol Bill. The vocal legislator...

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Speaker Kadaga launches Institute of Parliamentary Studies to train MPs

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has launched an institute of Parliamentary studies to orient and train new...

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Myanmar Military Warns Of ‘action’ As protests Row

By Our Repoter Thousands take to streets across Myanmar for third day as activists urge workers to stage a general strike and...

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Internet Services Thrilled As MTN Uganda Launches Home Fibre Access

By Our Reporter MTN Uganda has launched its first fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services for home users, adding to its existing range of business...

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Byabashaija reshuffles top prisons officers in new appointments

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Dr Johnson Byabashaija, the Commissioner-General of Prisons has made new prison appointments, reshuffled and sent some senior prisons officers on...

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Crime

JUST IN! Another Journalist Mike Muhima abducted by police

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Mike Muhima a digital journalist working with Kawowo Sports, an online newspaper who has been missing since Friday last week...

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Police Report Exclude Arson In Makerere University Fire

By Our Reporter Investigations into the fire that gutted Makerere University’s iconic 76-year-old Main building has excluded a possibility of arson. The...