Bobi Wine: Boda boda rider sues police, AG for torture
A boda boda rider has dragged the attorney general and four police officers to the High court for alleged torture.Kassim Migadde, a boda boda (motorcycle) rider from Nakigalala in Kajjansi in Wakiso...
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'Rise in recorded cancer cases due to increased awareness'
Reports of increased cancer cases at the Uganda Cancer Institute is indicative of increased screening and diagnosis of the disease, minister of state for Health (General Duties) Sarah Acheing Opendi...
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EU grants govt 90bn for Tororo-Gulu railway revival
The European Union (EU) has approved a grant of 21.5 million euros (about Shs 94 billion) for the rehabilitation of the Tororo-Gulu railway line. The project financing agreement was signed between the...
View ArticleFire guts Naalya SS boys' dormitory
Fire has gutted a boys' dormitory at Naalya secondary school, Namugongo campus. The fire is believed to have started at 7:00pm. Many parents converged outside the gate demanding to see their children...
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Bududa mudslide death toll reaches 60
Up to 60 bodies have so far been recovered following the mudslides that hit Bududa district last week on Thursday. The tragedy destroyed villages in the sub-counties of Buwali, Bukalasi, Nalwanga and...
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Former MP Kipoi missing from Luzira prison
Former Bubulo West member of parliament Tonny Nsubuga Kipoi has gone missing from Luzira prison. According to Kipoi's lawyer, Rtd Maj Ronald Iduli, his client was reportedly picked from Luzira...
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Jinja church leader buried four months after his death
Jinja Chief Magistrate's court has issued an order for the burial of Yekosofat Mwavu, the former director of the Universal Apostles Church of Righteousness who breathed his last on June 25, 2018. Born...
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Australia set to deport two Ugandan athletes
Two Ugandan athletes who disappeared during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia are to be deported. John Mosco Onyik, the board chairman of the National Council of Sports (NCS) said...
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Kyarenga concert: Namboole tells Bobi Wine to try again in 2019
Less than three days after they signed an agreement on a new date for the Kyarenga music concert, the management of Namboole stadium has now reportedly informed Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi that...
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Mother-to-child HIV infections drop by 86%
Mother-to-child HIV infections in Uganda have fallen to an all-time low of 4,000 in 2017 up from 25,000 in 2011, First Lady and Education minister Janet Museveni has said. At the launch of the ‘Free to...
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NRM supporters arrested over 'illegal' corruption demo in Lira
Police in Lira has arrested at least seven ruling party, NRM supporters for holding an 'illegal' demonstration against alleged increasing corruption by the municipal officials. The seven suspects;...
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ADF rebels kill 15, abduct kids in Ebola-hit Congo area
Congolese rebels killed 15 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the center of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, Congo’s military said Sunday, as the violence again forced the...
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I remember the faces of my tormentors, Zaake recounts torture ordeal
The Mityana Municipality member of parliament, Francis Butebi Zaake says he can clearly remember and identify security operatives who attacked and tortured him in Arua on August 13 during ahead of the...
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Lawyer Wanyoto runs to High court to block fraud trial
City lawyer, Paul Wanyoto Mugoya has petitioned the High court seeking to block his trial together with eight others in the Anti-Corruption court for alleged fraud and kidnap. Wanyoto is accused...
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Activist Karamagi who grabbed AG Nyombi speech acquitted
Buganda Road court Grade One magistrate, Joan Aciro has acquitted political activist Andrew Karamagi of charges of being a public nuisance citing failure by the state to produce sufficient evidence....
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Kitatta obtained firearms from police - CMI
Jailed patron of vigilante-cum-militia outfit Boda Boda 2010 Abdullah Kitatta obtained fire arms from the Uganda Police Force, the General Court Martial sitting in Makindye heard on Monday. Maj David...
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UCC grants MTN 30-day provisional licence
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has granted a 30-day provisional licence to telecom giant, MTN Uganda. MTN's 20-year licence expired on October 20, 2018. Eng Godfrey Mutabazi, the...
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Uganda’s untold abortion story
One Margaret, 26, is among many Ugandan women who are at risk of suffering severe complications arising from unsafe abortion. Margaret, a resident of Kazo Angola zone in Kampala, recently told The...
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What Nyerere leadership centre promises at Makerere
On October 6, President Museveni launched the Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre at Makerere University. The centre will focus on governance issues in Africa. Prof. Edward Kirumira, the principal of...
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How lack of pharmacists is hurting healthcare
Sometime in 2017, National Medical Stores (NMS) announced it would need at least Shs 500 million to destroy expired drugs in health centres. Around the same time, public health facilities had been hit...
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