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‘My boy’s last words after Rakai school fire’
Seventeen-year-old Brian Sendyowa, a senior three student, became the 10th victim of the deadly fire which burnt students alive in a dormitory at St Benard’s SS Manya, Kifamba sub-county, Rakai...
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Justice Kasule’s journey from Idi Amin to Museveni
Justice Remmy Kyononeka Kasule, an outgoing Constitutional court/Court of Appeal judge, has seen it all from surviving Idi Amin’s rogue soldiers to serving in LRA-infested northern Uganda. Last month,...
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Awori to Bobi: Use the gun
Former minister of ICT Aggrey Awori has said Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert ‘Bobi Wine’ Kyagulanyi stands no chance against President Museveni. The one-time senior member of the opposition...
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DNA testing starts on Rakai fire dead
Police has asked parents of 11 senior four students suspended from St Bernard’s SS, Mannya to cooperate with it as DNA testing to identify the nine dead started yesterday. In a statement released...
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Ruling party MPs speak about opposition alliance
A red beret has become part of their dress code, and, they will chant slogans of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi’s People Power movement as opposed to ruling party slogans at rallies organised by...
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Police collects Shs 2.5bn from hiring, licensing firearms
Uganda Police collected at least Shs 2.5 billion from licensing and hiring firearms last year. According to the quarterly budget performance report for the financial year 2017/18 and 2018/19 of the...
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Rakai school fire: police fire truck arrived 2hrs late
The police fire brigade arrived at St Bernard’s SS Manya in Kifamba sub-county, Rakai district at least two hours later after a fire outbreak that has so far claimed lives of 10 students. The Sunday...
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African leaders meet for 'last push' on AU reforms
African leaders are set to gather this weekend for a special summit aimed at pushing through long-debated reforms to their pan-continental body. The changes seek to streamline and empower the African...
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UN bribery: FBI was tapping Sam Kutesa emails, phone calls
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) tapped phone calls and emails of Uganda Foreign minister Sam Kutesa and his wife Edith Kutesa after they were suspected of being involved in bribery acts at...
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Lawyer wants Suzan Magara murder suspect off charge sheet
The lawyer of key suspect in the murder case of Susan Magara, Patrick Agaba Kasaija wants his client scrapped off the charge sheet.Kasaija is currently held in South Africa awaiting extradition to...
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MTAC student murdered, room set ablaze
A post-graduate student of the Management, Training and Advisory Centre (MTAC) in Nakawa has been found dead. The deceased has been identified as Immaculate Kebirungi.Kebirungi was found dead in her...
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Gov't yet to gazette new mobile money tax
Government is yet to gazette the Excise Duty (Amendment) Act, 2018 to enforce the 0.5 per cent tax on mobile money withdrawals, according to the state minister of Finance in charge of Planning, David...
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Ssemujju home besieged, addresses rally from atop fence
With police and blocking all exit points from his house, Kira Municipality MP, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda developed some quick thinking by climbing up his fence so as to address the area residents....
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Auditor general BOU's Teefe bank inventory report
The auditor general has rejected an 'inventory report' compiled by Bank of Uganda (BOU) on the closed Teefe Trust bank. BOU had submitted to parliament's Committee on Commissions, Statutory...
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Army takes over security in Lira town
The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has taken over security of Lira town in northern Uganda after police got overwhelmed by rowdy youth involved in xenophobic attacks against Asian traders....
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Uganda qualifies for AFCON 2019
Uganda Cranes have qualified for the 32nd edition of the African Cup of Nations slated to take place next year in Cameroon. The Cranes qualified after beating Cape Verde 1-0 at Namboole stadium in a...
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Gen Tumwine behind my sacking from NBS TV - Matembe
Miria Matembe, the indefatigable women rights activist has said Security minister, Gen Elly Tumwine influenced her sacking from the popular NBS Frontline talk show that airs every Thursday from 10pm to...
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False snake alarm sparks panic at Museveni rally
President Yoweri Museveni's rally in the newly-created Kassanda district on Friday was momentarily interrupted by chaos and panic following a false alarm by a group of women. Museveni had visited the...
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HIV patients sue gov’t over Septrin stockout
The Centre for Health Human Rights and Development (Cehurd) has dragged government and the National Medical Stores (NMS) to the High court for allegedly failing to provide Septrin drugs to people...
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Flash floods kill two in Jinja
Two dead bodies have been retrieved from a trench in Masese I village, Jinja Municipality after being reportedly swept away by flash floods on Saturday. Following Saturday night's heavy downpour,...
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