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Will Buganda kingdom’s new legal body stop land grabbers?
One of the most pertinent issues in Uganda revolves around land, especially in Buganda region where many peasants are still struggling to register their land or kibanja due to lack of access to legal...
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Schools reopening: Only 15 students to be allowed per classroom
The ministry of Education and Sports has drawn strategies to ensure effective implementation of specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the phased reopening of the educational institutions....
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Besigye gives up on presidential elections, moves to 'Plan B'
Four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has declared that he will not contest for the presidency in the forthcoming 2021 general election. Besigye announced the decision at the Forum for...
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Gender-based violence has gone online in Africa - report
If you are reading The Observer here, you are online. The Covid-19 pandemic has forced us into our homes and onto our phones; people around the world are quickly getting with the program and moving...
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Security chiefs meet over Gen Tumukunde
Top army and police spy chiefs on Wednesday held a meeting at the criminal investigation directorate (CID) hours before the expected appearance of former Security minister Lt Gen Henry...
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Turinawe loses in FDC primaries, to contest as independent
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) national political mobilizer, Ingrid Turinawe has vowed to contest as an independent candidate for the Rukungiri Municipality MP seat after losing in the party...
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Mali coup leaders promise elections in ‘reasonable’ time
Soldiers who toppled Mali’s president in a coup Tuesday are pledging to hold new elections within what they say is a “reasonable” time. The coup leaders call themselves the National Committee for the...
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In the online version of August 19, 2020, the photograph of Mr Roy Godwin Karugaba was mistakenly presented as that of businessman Albert Muganga, alongside the story: Muslims petition Museveni over...
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Court summons Mbale RDC, police over blocked Bobi Wine radio talkshow
Court has summoned Mbale resident district commissioner, Sulaiman Ogajjo Baraza and other key security officials to appear for cross-examination for blocking a radio talk show of Robert Kyagulanyi, the...
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Coronavirus kills 3 more in Kampala, 94 others infected
Uganda has registered its highest COVID-19 daily death toll, 3 and the highest daily coronavirus infections, 94. The total deaths now increased from 16 to 19 while the total number of confirmed...
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Vision journalist finally picked up for COVID-19 treatment, 3 days later
The Vision Group journalist who tested for coronavirus on Monday has finally been taken to Entebbe Grade B hospital after spending three days in self-isolation at his residence.The Bukedde newspaper...
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Kadaga beats Namuganza to retain NRM CEC seat
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has defeated Persis Namuganza, the state minister for Lands to retain her position as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party second...
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Gov't fined Shs 310m over death of two pregnant women 10 years ago
The Constitutional court has fined government over Shs 310 million for negligence that led to the death of Jenniffer Anguko and Sylvia Nalubowa while giving birth 10 years ago. Anguko and Nalubowa...
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Makerere alumni petition IGG over shortlisting of Prof Bazeyo
Two former Makerere University students have petitioned the inspectorate of government to investigate the shortlisting of Prof William Bazeyo for the post of deputy vice-chancellor finance and...
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2 Somali soldiers executed by firing squad for raping 11-year-old boy
Two soldiers in the southwestern Somali town of Baidoa were executed by firing squad Tuesday after the men confessed to raping an 11-year-old boy, authorities said. Liban Hassan Amin, 29, and Farhan...
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4,800 trainees complete police training in Masindi
More than 200 police recruits failed the one-year police training course, which ended yesterday Friday at the Police Training School in Kabalye, Masindi district.Police, in August last year, recruited...
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Kadaga taunts Nankabirwa after CEC victory
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said accused state agencies of harassing and blackmailing National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters to vote against her in the just-concluded central...
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Museveni appoints Sarah Langa new chief registrar
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Sarah Langa Siu as the new Judiciary chief registrar. According to a letter dated August 14, 2020, addressed to the chairperson Judicial Service...
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Kenya police fire tear gas at COVID-19 corruption protesters
Kenyan authorities have arrested protesters who allege equipment to fight COVID-19 is being mismanaged. Police used tear gas to disperse the activists at a park in central Nairobi. Kenyans, led by...
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Mbale pastor succumbs to COVID-19 as police's Kasingye tests positive
The chief political commissar of the Uganda Police Force, AIGP Asan Kasingye has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).Kasingye is among the 97 Ugandans who tested positive from the samples...
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