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Death toll in Iran alcohol poisoning jumps to 84
Iran's Health ministry said Monday a total of 84 people have died and nearly 1,000 been poisoned from consuming bootleg alcohol over the past six weeks, ISNA news agency reported. Despite tough...
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Jeema admitted back to Ipod
The Justice Forum has been readmitted back in the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (Ipod) months after its president Asuman Basalirwa was elected member of parliament for Bugiri municipality...
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Judiciary hits back at Justice Bamugemereire
The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has expressed dismay at the approach used by the Commission of Inquiry into land matters to communicate its findings of judicial excesses in catalyzing land distress...
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Long-horned Ankole cow to be patented
A Kampala-based law firm, KTA Advocates is in the process of patenting the long-horned Ankole cow as a unique livestock specific to Ankole region in particular and Uganda in general. Kenneth...
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I arrested Kipoi without knowing his offences - police officer
The police officer who arrested Tony Nsubuga Kipoi, the jailed former Bubulo West member of parliament didn't know the crime he was wanted for. Kipoi was picked up in 2012 by police officer Bernard...
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KCCA appeals order to pay 100bn to ex-KCC workers
Three months after 1,013 ex-city council employees received the good news of court awarding them Shs100bn in a six-year legal battle, Kampala Capital City Authority’s top executive has appealed against...
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Denied pension, Serubyale endures hunger for 38 years
At 85, James Green Serubyale, struggles with absolute poverty, unanswered requests for pension pay cheques and unfinished plans. Before he slipped into poverty, Serubyale served Buganda government as...
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Student found dead in MUBS mosque
Police is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a third-year Makerere University Business School (MUBS) student inside the university mosque. The deceased has been identified as...
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Lira district denies receiving Shs 600m Akii-Bua stadium funds
Lira district local government has denied receipt of Shs 665 million to construct Akii-Bua stadium. Lira chief administrative officer Mark Tivu said that the district only received about Shs 300...
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Police now okays Bobi Wine's Kyarenga concert
Police, has on the third attempt, cleared Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine's Kyarenga concert. Having been tossed around and frustrated by both the management of the 40,000-seater...
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1300 people at risk as new crack emerges on Mt. Elgon
An estimated 1,312 people in Bududa district are at risk of yet another natural disaster after the emergence of wide pre-landslide cracks appeared on Mt. Elgon, less than a month after mudslides...
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KCCA hands over infrastructure worth Shs 7bn to Makerere
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) executive director Jennifer Musisi has officially handed over infrastructure worth Shs 6.9 billion to Makerere University in a pompous event that was also...
View ArticleThugs behead Mbale man, run off with head
Unidentified thugs have beheaded a man in Mbale and run off with the head. Police identified the deceased as 68-year-old Jackson Mafu Turu, a resident of Masalire village in Bumbobi sub-county in Mbale...
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Police foils People Power meeting in Bugweri
Police foiled a consultative meeting by People Power activists in Idudi trading centre in the eastern Uganda Bugweri district. The activists were scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon and unveil...
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UNRA suspends Masindi ferry services
Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has temporarily suspended the operations Masindi port ferry for routine maintenance. The ferry connects Kiryandongo and Apac districts through Masindi port and...
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Social media tax subscription validity now extended to 24hrs
The validity of subscription of the unpopular over-the-top daily tax on social media commonly known as social media tax has now been extended to last the full 24 hours a day. Since the introduction...
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Head of Mission: Why Danish investors avoid Uganda
Uganda will pocket about Shs 575 billion in five years in direct development assistance from Denmark but the lack of a conducive investment climate keeps Danish investors away. Majbrit Holm Jakobsen is...
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President Museveni opposed to kaveera ban
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said he's against banning of plastic bags locally known as kaveera, because the problem is not the kaveera, but rather its misuse. The debate on banning of...
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Italy launches 'Land for Children' offer to fight declining birthrate
The Italian government has decided it needs to offer incentives to combat the country’s declining birthrate and proposed a new plan it is calling “Land-for-Children.” The Agriculture minister says...
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Homosexuals in Tanzania go into hiding as govt launches crackdown
Gay and transgender people in Tanzania have gone into hiding fearing for their lives after a senior government official called on the public to report suspected homosexuals so that they could be...
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