All posts tagged "News"

Nakanyonyi SS Food Poisoning: What we so far as school administration, security speak out

MUKONO, UGANDA: By Thursday evening, the country was still in utter shock after disturbing news reported that nearly 200 students had been...

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Ambassador Walusimbi, Kezaala discuss ways to improve welfare of Ugandans in Qatar

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Qatar is no more just a place where Ugandans work, but consider another home away from home. With the opening...

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Thousands in Mityana await grand launch of “Jajja TovaKuMain” campaign

MITYANA, UGANDA: Thousands of Ugandans will tomorrow (Saturday, July 22) throng the Mayor’s Garden in Kiyinda, Mityana District to join the Office...

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Uganda makes record with second-youngest population in the world

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A new report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has put Uganda’s population growth rate as the second youngest...

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Schools are incurring huge overheads in buses, so why not feed our children milk?

By Ben Ssebuguzi It is disheartening to learn that Ugandan milk company, Brookside has laid off 70% of its workforce because of...

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OP-ED: Is the mighty FDC headed for the graveside?

By Steven Masiga | Mbale The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is one of the most ‘fished political lakes’ in Uganda...

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Breaking

200 students hospitalised after suspected food poisoning at Nakanyonyi SS

MUKONO, UGANDA: More than 200 students at Nakanyonyi Senior Secondary School in Mukono District are in critical after an alleged incident of...

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MASUUMI JUMA: How RDCs and RCCs Performance has improved

It is noticeable that the discipline of Resident District/City Commissioners is well stipulated in this regime of Milly Babirye Babalanda, the Minister...

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Budaka man hangs self after treatment fails to yield results

BUDAKA, UGANDA: Police in Budaka District are investigating circumstances under which a man who had been bedridden for some time committed suicide...

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Court

Two Middle East Consultants bosses convicted of attempting to traffic 50 migrant workers

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The International Crimes Division of the High Court has convicted two employees of Middle East Consultants company for attempting to...

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Business

Absa Bank unveils ‘Mobi Tap’ functionality for small enterprises

KAMPALA, UGANDA: Absa Bank Uganda has unveiled the Absa Mobi Tap functionality, which allows Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises to use their...

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Crime

LC1 Chairperson, Secretary arrested over Lira torture video

LIRA, UGANDA: The Police in Lira District have arrested two suspects who appeared in the video that went viral video on social...

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Kenya

Two killed, hundreds arrested in Kenya protests

Two people were killed on Wednesday following anti-government protests in Kenya, a hospital official said, as the interior ministry announced the arrest...

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UMSC Delegate meets Speaker Among, Muslim Parliamentary Caucus

KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Grand Mufti of Uganda His Eminence, Sheikh. Dr Shaban Ramadhan Mubajje, the National Chairman of Uganda Muslim Supreme Council...

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Big Story

Shocking details emerge on top deals that led troubled KCCA ED Kisaka with city mafias

KAMPALA, UGANDA: As Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) prepares for life after under fire Executive Director (ED) Dorothy Kisaka beginning next week,...

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Museveni receives special message from DR Congo’s Tshisekedi

ENTEBBE, UGANDA: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Wednesday received a special message from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), H.E...

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Packwach halts movement of animals over contagious pleuropneumonia outbreak

PAKWACH, UGANDA: Pakwach District Authorities have Imposed quarantine on five Sub Counties over an outbreak of contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia and Bovine Pleuropneumonia...

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Six houses burnt, property worth millions destroyed in Amolatar land dispute

AMOLATAR, UGANDA: At least six houses were set ablaze, and property worth millions of shillings destroyed in Amolatar District on Wednesday afternoon...

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OPINION: Narcotics dangers should be emphasized to consumers countrywide

By Steven Masiga There is a higher connection between the consumption of narcotics such as miraa and mairungi and crime rise across...

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Kiryandongo disburses shs70m to PWDs and older persons

Kiryandongo District authorities have launched the disbursement of funds worth 70 million shillings to 16 beneficiary groups under the special grant for...

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URA to fine traders sh6m for not issuing e-Receipts

LIRA, UGANDA: The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has vowed to fine disobedient traders a penalty of shs 6 million per month for...

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Crime

JINJA: Notorious robbery suspects arrested with house-breaking tools

JINJA, UGANDA: Police in Jinja City have arrested and detained five suspected criminals with house-breaking tools who have been reportedly terrorizing people...

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