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Anti-Corruption court summons Chameleone over tax evasion
The Anti-Corruption court has issued criminal summons to popular music star Joseph Mayanja aka Dr Jose Chameleon to appear and face charges related to his failure to pay import duty tax worth more...
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Museveni, NRM opposed to declaration of state of emergency
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party is opposed to calls demanding that the government declares a state of emergency because which would result in the postponement of the 2021 general...
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Stella Nyanzi arrested over arcade closure demo
Makerere University researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi has been arrested on allegations of holding an illegal demonstration. Nyanzi was arrested from near Nakasero market with two others where they had gone...
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Explosion at Nigeria oil facility kills seven
An explosion at an oil production facility in southern Nigeria has killed seven workers, the country's state-run oil group said Wednesday. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the...
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Police confiscates CCTV footage showing killed Makerere student
Police today blocked St Augustine Chapel from releasing to journalists the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage showing events that led to the death of Makerere University student Emmanuel Tegu....
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Uganda COVID-19 cases hit 1,000
Uganda has hit the 1,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases after 23 more people tested positive for the disease yesterday.The confirmed cases were part of 3,316 samples that were tested yesterday. 12 of...
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Food scam: OPM officials slapped with 24 fresh charges
Four senior officials from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) have been slapped with 24 fresh charges relating to flouting procurement process while purchasing COVID-19 relief items. The officials...
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Nyanzi charged with common nuisance, released on bail
Makerere University researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi has been released on bail after being charged with common nuisance.Nyanzi was arrested at Nakasero market in Kampala city on Wednesday alongside...
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Uganda registers 6 more COVID-19 cases, 30 recoveries
Uganda has registered six more COVID-19 cases, increasing the country's caseload to 1,006.The six cases were part of 2,048 samples that were tested on Thursday. Four of the confirmed cases were...
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Bolivia president self-quarantines after testing positive for COVID-19
Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez says she is self -quarantining and feels fine after testing positive for the coronavirus. Áñez said Thursday she was tested for the virus last week after members...
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World Bank tells govt to scrap 'failed' social media tax
The World Bank has asked the Uganda government to abolish over-the-top tax (OTT). The organisation, a big lender to government argues that the move could boost access to coronavirus prevention messages...
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Five killed in attack on S. African church, hostages freed
Five people were killed in an attack on a church west of Johannesburg in the early hours of Saturday, South African police said, with some of the attackers taking hostages who were later freed. Police...
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Tegu murder extends to Centenary bank as chapel releases CCTV footage
St Augustine chapel, Makerere has released the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) footage partially revealing how the assault that led to the death of Makerere University student, Emmanuel Tegu...
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Uganda's COVID cases rise to 1,025 as 'Mama corona' flouts own guidelines
The number of COVID-19 cases in the country has risen to 1,025 after 12 new cases were recorded from the 2,292 samples tested on Saturday. Seven cases are from cross border truck drivers that were...
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Govt lifts ban on public transport in Arua
Government has lifted the ban on public transport in Arua district in northern Uganda. In a letter dated July 10 and addressed to the resident city commissioner Arua, Nahori Oya, and also the...
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4 killed in protests calling for Mali’s president to resign
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has dissolved the country’s Constitutional court after four people were killed in street protests over the weekend. Additionally, Keita said Sunday he would...
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Court dismisses application seeking to block URA’s e-receipting
The High court in Kampala has dismissed an application seeking to block the selective roll-out of electronic receipts and invoices by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The program, also known as, the...
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City traders vow to reopen arcades tomorrow despite ban
Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) has urged city traders to defy a government directive and reopen arcades tomorrow Tuesday. "All traders operating your business in arcades come and open your...
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South Africa runs low on oxygen as COVID-19 cases spike
The coronavirus storm has arrived in South Africa, but in the overflowing COVID-19 wards the sound is less of a roar than a rasp. Oxygen is already low in hospitals at the new epicentre of the...
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Stella Nyanzi arrested over Tegu death protest
Makerere University researcher and activist Dr Stella Nyanzi has been arrested again for the second time in a space of one week. Nyanzi was arrested today alongside two Makerere University students for...
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