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Makerere ordered to pay Shs 200m to sacked ICT director
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Industrial court has ordered Makerere University to pay Shs 208.9 million to Eng Frank Kitumba, the former director directorate for ICT support (DICTS) over...
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Chinese national killed in Mbuya
Jinja road police station has launched an inquiry into the killing of a Chinese national only identified as Fan.Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, said Fan’s death was...
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Ethiopia launches first satellite
Ethiopia has launched its first satellite. The satellite was launched into space on Friday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center space station in China. Ethiopian and Chinese officials and...
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Makerere to award Germany Chancellor Merkel honorary degree
Makerere University is set to award a prestigious honorary Doctor of Laws Degree (LL. D) to Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel. The university council approved senate's recommendation to award Merkel...
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Kenya slaps tax on Ugandan milk
Kenya has slapped a 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on Ugandan milk so as to protect their local market. This week, Kenyan officials were in Uganda for a verification exercise to see whether the...
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Sembabule woman beheads husband over Shs 20,000
Police in Sembabule district is holding a 26-year-old woman for allegedly beheading her husband over Shs 20,000. The suspect, Generous Birungi a resident of Ibaare village in Bulongo sub-county was...
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Museveni reappoints Suruma as Makerere University chancellor
President Yoweri Museveni has re-appointed Prof Ezra Suruma as Makerere University chancellor ahead of the 70th graduation ceremony slated for January 2020. The former Finance and Economics Development...
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Ugandans urged to take caution as DRC Ebola cases increase
Government has cautioned Ugandans to take extra precaution during this festive season as new Ebola cases are registered in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At least 55 new Ebola cases...
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Police shoots dead Rukungiri student during Christmas concert
A 21-year-old student, Benon Tibesigwa of St Jerome secondary school Ndama was shot dead on Christmas Eve by police in Rukungiri district. Tibesigwa, a resident of Kebisoni sub-county met his death in...
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High number of tourists overwhelm Kalangala district
The over 80 islands of Ssesse islands have been overwhelmed by the high number of tourists flocking the island district this festive season. Kalangala has been receiving high numbers of tourists since...
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US recalls ambassador from Zambia over homosexuality
The State Department has withdrawn the US ambassador to Zambia after he strongly criticized the south African country for jailing a gay couple for having sex. State Department spokesperson Morgan...
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Pastor Kayanja's police guard 'shoots' self dead
A police constable assigned to guard the residence of renowned city pastor Robert Kayanja has allegedly committed suicide. Bernard Wakuma, 30, allegedly used his SMG rifle number 6148199823593 to take...
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Kampala chokes on garbage during Christmas
Kampala streets have been free of the usual human and vehicle traffic as several city dwellers left the city for Christmas festivities in their home villages. Garbage seems to have replaced the Kampala...
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IOM relocates 6400 refugees from Uganda in 2018
The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) has resettled more than 6,400 refugees from Uganda in third countries around the globe. The organization released data showing...
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Bududa landslide site declared mass grave
The Bududa district leadership has declared the landslide site in Bushika sub-county a mass grave. Landslides hit Bushika sub-county on December 3 this year and swept away three villages of Namasa,...
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Car bomb kills 5 in Somalia
A police officer says a car bomb has detonated at a security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital, killing at least five people. Capt. Mohamed Hussein says the blast targeted a tax collection center during...
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Uganda debt burden worsens, loans worth Shs 6tn approved in 2019
Parliament approved loans to a tune of Shs 6.15 trillion this year, the annual performance report of the house has revealed. This included a Shs 768 billion ($210 million) loan from the Islamic...
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Court annuls elections in six new municipalities
The Constitutional court has overturned the election of six members of parliament in the newly created municipalities across the country. The affected are Patrick Ocan, the Apac municipality MP, Elioda...
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KCCA seeks Shs 3bn for street lighting
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is negotiating with the French Development Agency (AFD) for Shs 3 billion (€800,000) to implement the Kampala Street Lighting Master Plan project.In his end of...
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Western Uganda cut off as Masaka road caves in at Lwera
Motorists travelling to and fro central Uganda to southwestern side of the country have been stranded for hours after a section of the Masaka-Kampala route caved in at Lwera swampland. The two-lane...
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