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Stella Nyanzi arrested for attacking Museveni on Facebook
Makerere University social researcher and political activist Dr Stella Nyanzi has been arrested from Wandegeya police station as she sought police protection for her protest march against Makerere...
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Nkumba students boycott lectures over beauty pageant
Students of Nkumba University boycotted lectures over the failure by the university administration to facilitate the Mr and Miss Nkumba University beauty pageant that was scheduled to have its grand...
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Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine to health workers on DRC border
Uganda will begin administering the experimental Ebola vaccine to approximately 2,000 health care and front-line workers along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo next week Monday,...
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Kayihura to sue New Vision over Kaweesi murder stories
Former inspector general of police (IGP) Gen Kale Kayihura has threatened legal action against government-owned New Vision newspaper and its sister publication, Bukedde for alleged defamation. Through...
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Shs 665m Akii-bua stadium money well spent - ministry
The ministry of Education and Sports has clarified on the money disbursed for the construction of Akii-Bua Olympic stadium that has got social media users on the African continent talking. There were...
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URA registers Shs 48bn mobile money tax shortfall
Taxation body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has, in the first quarter of the 2018/19 financial year, collected Shs 103 billion from mobile money tax. The figure is Shs 48 billion short of the...
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Ugandan emerges second in world birding competition
Ashely Brian, a Ugandan national and secretary Uganda Bird Guides Club emerged second in the Inter-Continental Birding competition held in Singapore last week. The competition, which attracted...
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Tanzanian govt distances itself from homosexuals crackdown
Nearly a week after a local administrator called for a crackdown on gay people living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city, the government is distancing itself from his remarks. Paul Makonda, a...
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Bududa: students appeal for financial help
Students in Bududa district who lost their parents and guardians and got displaced by the mudslides have appealed for financial assistance because their education now hangs in balance. At least 71...
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Piglets dropped at Bank of Uganda premises
Unknown person(s) today dropped piglets at the Bank of Uganda premises. The piglets were reportedly dropped by an unidentified man at the main gate of the Central Bank around 10am. They were draped in...
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Police are holding two people in connection to an explosion inside Kyamugamba Catholic church in Waragaza trading centre in Kikuube district. The suspects are John Byaruhanga and Derrick Atulinda, both...
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One shot dead in Kabarole land wrangle
Police shot dead one person and also injured another in Kabarole district for resisting arrest over a land wrangle. The deceased is Richard Atugonza while the injured is his brother Abdul Tugume, both...
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Police fires all Flying Squad operatives
Police has terminated the services of all Flying Squad operatives across the country. The more than 80 operatives, working as special police constables have had their contracts terminated with...
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80 students, principal kidnapped in Cameroon
Gunmen in Cameroon have kidnapped 80 students and their principal from a Presbyterian school in the country's restive northwestern region. A video of the kidnapped children was released on social media...
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Kitatta denied bail again
The General Court Martial has for the second time in a row, denied bail to Abdallah Kitatta, the patron of the infamous Boda Boda 2010 outfit. Charged with being in illegal possession of warfare...
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Nyanzi fails to raise legal fees, appeals for help
Embattled Makerere Institute for Social Research (MISR) research fellow, Dr Stella Nyanzi is unable to raise her legal fees and is now appealing for financial help from the public. Nyanzi was...
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Use of science and technology enhances URA’s double-pronged tax administration
In Uganda, tax administration encourages voluntary compliance, a key characteristic of which is self-assessment. It is the ideal scenario. However, often it does not happen or it is partial, leading to...
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Govt asked to increase MTAC pay to Shs 1.5bn
Pregnant, breastfeeding mothers and HIV-positive women will not participate in the large-scale clinical trials on a long-lasting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) slated to start this week by...
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Gay sex: Kisubi faces court for sacking student
Six months after a senior one student at St Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK) was dismissed on allegations of homosexuality, his parents have said they dragging the school to court. Through Senkeezi-Ssali...
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Six pupils miss PLE after failing to hire boat to island
The high cost of transport has dashed the hopes of at least six pupils who'd registered to sit for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at St Mark primary school in Bussi island. Bussi island is only...
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