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Kadaga warns parliament will fight back
Parliament is under attack from the judiciary, executive and the media but won't go down without a fight, speaker Rebecca Kadaga has said. Kadaga wondered why court, the president and media are...
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Coronavirus 'not man-made,' US intelligence concludes
US intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory, saying they have concluded that the new coronavirus was "not manmade or genetically modified" but say they are still examining a notion put...
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Uganda coronavirus cases rise to 83
Uganda's COVID-19 cases have risen to 83 after two Kenyan truck drivers tested positive for coronavirus disease on Thursday. The two males, aged 27 and 55 arrived in Uganda via Malaba and Busia border...
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19 homosexuals arrested from Kyengera denied bail
High court this week rejected bail for 19 members of the LGBT community who were arrested for gathering in public in violation of the coronavirus lockdown. Police arrested the men last month at a...
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5 Mbarara officials arrested by State House awarded Shs 10m each
The High court in Kampala has awarded Shs 10 million to each of the five Mbarara district officials arrested by the State House Anti-corruption Unit for being detained without charge beyond 48 hours....
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MPs, lawyers paying millions to hackers to conceal nudes - police
Hackers are conning elite Ugandans of their hard earned cash with threats of exposing their nude pictures onto the public domain, according to police. The police cyber unit at the Criminal...
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Mulago hospital explains Covid-19 treatment success
The high-risk COVID-19 ward at Uganda’s Mulago national referral hospital has been filled to capacity over the past month. But the hospital says recoveries have kept pace with the rate of confirmed...
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Lesotho PM loses bid to get immunity from prosecution in ex-wife's killing
The head of Lesotho's ruling party turned down Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's demands for immunity from prosecution in connection with the shooting death of his former wife in the southern African...
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Guinea-Bissau PM, three in Cabinet test positive for COVID-19
Guinea-Bissau's Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, as have three members of his cabinet, the health ministry said Wednesday. Nabiam, Interior minister...
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Masindi man tests positive for coronavirus
Uganda COVID-19 cases increased to 85 after two samples tested positive on Friday, May 1, 2020. One case is a Ugandan male from Masindi in western Uganda who was confirmed from random (rapid assessment...
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Brazil runs out of coffins, burial space
In Brazil's bustling Amazon city of Manaus, so many people have died within days in the coronavirus pandemic that coffins had to be stacked on top of each other in long, hastily dug trenches in a city...
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China 'locks out' WHO from COVID-19 investigation
China is reportedly currently conducting its own investigations into the cause of coronavirus but has blocked the World Health Organisation (WHO) from joining the probes. WHO representative in Beijing...
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Ugandan returnee who sneaked in from Tanzania tests positive for COVID-19
Lifting of Uganda's coronavirus lockdown on May 5 might have suffered a setback after a further 3 new cases were confirmed on Saturday. Uganda's confirmed cases have now risen to 88 with 52 recoveries...
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Shs 22bn scam rocks Rural Electrification Agency
A controversial $33.6m (about Shs 131bn) deal has cast a dark shadow on the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) after revelation of procurement discrepancies indicating the body could have lost $5.7m...
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Hundreds rush for Archbishop's herbal COVID 'cure' in Cameroon
Cameroonians have been flooding into the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, where Archbishop Samuel Kleda claims he has found an herbal cure for COVID-19. The popularity of the archbishop's alleged...
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All 100 police officers in Masindi barracks quarantined
The police leadership has resolved to quarantine all the police officers residing in Masindi police barracks after one of their colleagues tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday....
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Another Kenyan trucker tests positive for COVID-19 in Uganda
Uganda has registered one new coronavirus case of a 39-year-old Kenyan cargo trucker who entered Uganda via the Malaba border. Total confirmed cases have now risen to 89 with 52 recoveries and 0...
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Goats, jackfruit testing positive for COVID-19 in Tanzania - Magufuli
President John Pombe Magufuli has cast doubt on the high numbers of coronavirus cases reported in Tanzania. Magufuli says the officials must be inflating the numbers so as to target donor funds....
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Suspected killer of UPDF Major arrested in Nakasongola barracks
Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has arrested one of their own, Lance Corporal Max Omutojo on accusations of shooting dead a senior ranking officer and injuring another in Nakasongola military...
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Ugandan scientists want lockdown extended
Ugandan scientists have expressed concern that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country will go out of hand if the lockdown is lifted today. President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to...
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