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Amb Walusimbi urges Ugandan diaspora to stay focused as govt works on their concerns

Government is committed to solving the concerns of Ugandans abroad, the senior presidential advisor on diaspora affairs Ambassador Abbey Walusimbi has revealed....

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Court

High Court sets date for verdict in Nagirinya murder case

Kampala, (UG): The High Court in Kampala has set October 19, 2023, as the date for delivering its verdict in the 2019...

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Crime

Woman arrested for sedating guards to rob millions from Sacco

Bugweri, (UG): The Territorial Police in Busoga East Region and Bugweri CPS are holding a 21-year-old female arrested on charges related to...

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Crime

Man, 20, hacks 11-year-old sister after defiling her

Gulu, (UG): The Territorial Police in Aswa West Region and Gulu district have arrested a step brother on allegations of aggravated defilement...

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Big Story

Ashburg Katto ‘quits’ NRM to rejoin Bobi Wine’s NUP after 3 years of betrayal

Three years since ‘betraying’ the ‘People Power Movement’, faded NRM vlogger Ashiraf Katto, aka Ashburg Katto has called it quits from the...

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Police warn parents against sending children to school on their own

Kampala, (UG): Police have warned parents, guardians and caretakers against letting their children, especially those under the age of 12, to go...

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Entertainment

Kitale Film Week opens film submissions for 2nd edition 2024

The Kitale Film Week has formally opened its doors for the submission of films ahead of its second edition which is to...

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Big Story

FDC’s Nandala Mafabi declares bid for 2026 Presidency

Kampala, (UG): The Secretary General of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Hon Nathan Nandala Mafabi has declared his intentions to...

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Court

Woman ordered to pay sh15m to boyfriend after misappropriating capital funds

Kampala, (UG): The court in Kampala has ordered one Patience Ngaimita to reimburse a total of shs15,952,335/= to her boyfriend, Isaac Kumakech,...

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News

Police dares Bobi Wine to defy ban on nationwide tours

Kampala, (UG): The Uganda Police Force (UPF) have dared Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the President of the National Unity Platform...

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Entertainment

Singer Evelyn Lagu is dead

Ugandan musician and actress, Evelyn Nakabira alias Evelyn Love or Evelyn Lagu is dead. Lagu, 41, was pronounced dead this morning (Monday,...

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OP-ED

The Enigma of opposition to success in the workplace: A case study of ONC’s Hadijah Namyalo

By Brian Keitira Success in one’s professional life is often accompanied by admiration and recognition. However, it is not uncommon to encounter...

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Crime

Police probe murder of Wakiso school boss at Nansana guesthouse

WAKISO, UG: Police in Wakiso District, central Uganda are investigating circumstances under which one Godwin Kansiime, the director of Victoria Secondary School...

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Big Story

MUST READ: The naked truth about American used clothes

On Sept.10 President Yoweri Museveni revealed that some American cloth manufacturing companies have cancelled orders of textiles from Uganda because of the...

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Crime

Two suspected motorcycle thieves killed by mob in Kayunga

Kayunga, (UG): The Police in Kayunga District are investigating circumstances under which two yet-to-be-identified men were killed by an angry mob suspecting...

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National

UPPC to ‘crack whip’ on Nasser Road firms producing counterfeit documents

Kampala, (UG): Government-owned Printing Agency, UPPC (Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation) has embarked on a strategy to regulate the printing business at...

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Court

Desire Mirembe killer, Mathew Kirabo remanded to Luzira

Mukono, (UG): Mukono High Court Judge, Justice David Matovu has remanded Dr Mathew Kirabo the fugitive murderer convicted of killing his girlfriend,...

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OP-ED

Airtel’s IPO subscription on Securities Exchange is a big endorsement to Uganda

By Ben Ssebuguzi The post-Covid era has been more challenging as global economies are still staggering with after-effects like hyperinflation. However, many...

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News

ZOMBO: Man found hanging dead inside school latrine

Shock and grief immensely engulfed residents of Mvungu cell in Paidha town council after a male adult in his early twenties was...

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Interpol officers tipped on cyber security

Kampala, (UG): Police Officers from the directorate of Interpol and International Relations and Forensic Services(DFS) have been tipped on cyber security in...

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Breaking

Micho sacked as Uganda Cranes Coach

Kampala, (UG): Uganda’s Football governing body, FUFA Thursday announced that Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has been relieved of his duties as head coach...

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Kiryandongo commences construction of Sh13.7b Water And Sanitation facilities

Kiryandongo, (UG): The Kiryandongo District Local Government, together with the Ministry of Water and Environment have handed over sites for the construction...