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Airtel donates ultra-sound scan to Bukwo hospital
Since its inception in 2011, Bukwo general hospital has not had an ultrasound scan to probe the state of unborn babies during antenatal care. This has posed a big risk to pregnant mothers and their...
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Anite: President’s order sank me
After her dramatic defeat last Friday to Dr Charles Ayume in the Koboko Municipality NRM parliamentary primary election, incumbent MP Evelyn Anite has drawn a long list of real and perceived enemies....
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NRM primaries: Voters bribed with Shs 1,000
The widespread consensus is that the just-concluded NRM parliamentary primary elections were largely not well run. The chaotic primaries gave the general public the rare gift of an insight into the...
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Covid 19: A patient’s experience at Mulago
As I alighted from the ambulance at Mulago national specialized hospital, I was met by a man in a full hazmat suit, with a spray pump in one hand and a nozzle in the other. Slowly backing off, he...
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South Africans bristle over alleged Trump comments on Mandela
South Africans are angry about comments that U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly made in private about South African icon Nelson Mandela, the nation’s first black president and Nobel Peace laureate....
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Floods wreak havoc in Kampala
Traffic and business came to a standstill today Wednesday following a heavy downpour in Kampala.The most affected roads were John Babiiha road where road construction works are on-going and Kyaggwe...
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Demonstrators in Bamako show support for Mali junta
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Mali's capital on Tuesday in support of the junta that has seized power in a coup, as debate rages over the timeframe for the country's return to civilian rule....
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Lira COVID-19 treatment centre fills up, runs out of food
Lira district Covid-19 treatment centre at Lira Regional Referral hospital, northern Uganda, has filled up and run out of food for patients. Currently, the treatment centre has 32 patients admitted...
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Who will win Uganda Law Society presidency?
This weekend on September 12, the Uganda Law Society (ULS) membership will converge at the High court premises to elect a new leadership. The eagerly-anticipated polls were postponed from April due to...
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Laid off Vision journalists start Aicerit newspaper
Former Vision Group journalists who were laid off when Etop newspaper shut down earlier this year have started a weekly Ateso language newspaper called Aicerit.Aicerit, which literally means 'star' in...
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Tumukunde 'itching' to cross-examine CID boss Grace Akullo
In an ironic legal twist of the hunter becoming the hunted, Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde is trying to drag CID director Grace Akullo to the dock. Tumukunde accuses Akullo of using the attorney general's...
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Bobi Wine social media tax case halted, sent to Constitutional court
The case in which National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi and four others are charged with disobedience of lawful orders has been referred to the Constitutional court for interpretation....
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All Nkose residents ordered into self-isolation as Kalangala registers 2nd...
The Kalangala district Covid-19 task force has quarantined at least 1,000 residents at Nkose island after the district recorded its second coronavirus disease case. The new case is of an adult female...
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Kampala floods: Two bodies recovered from Nakivubo Channel
Police have recovered two bodies from the Nakivubo Channel in Kampala following today’s heavy downpour. The two bodies were recovered near Total fuel station, where they were carried by floodwater...
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24-year-old woman arrested over defiling 5 boys in Masindi
Police in Masindi is holding a 24-year-old woman on allegations of defiling at least five boys. Scovia Nyamusana, a resident of Kamurasi cell, Nyangahya division in Masindi district was arrested today...
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Uganda, Total sign crude oil pipeline deal
The Uganda government and the French oil giant, Total E&P have reached a major milestone that paves the way for a final investment decision (FID) on the production of Uganda's oil.This came during...
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3 more succumb to COVID-19 in Kampala, 326 more infected
Uganda has today recorded it's highest daily confirmed coronavirus infections of 326 cases from the 4,106 samples tested on Friday.Results released today by the Health ministry also indicate that...
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Record flooding kills 100 in Sudan
Sudanese authorities have declared a three-month state of emergency after record flooding left over a hundred people dead and tens of thousands homeless. Floodwaters are also threatening to damage...
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Kanyamunyu finally admits to killing Akena, to pay 10 cows to family
Kampala businessman Mathew Kanyamunyu, a prime suspect in the shooting of child rights activist Kenneth Akena Watmon, has this afternoon confessed to the crime and agreed to pay reparation for the...
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UTB launches 8-week campaign attracting local tourists
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has announced an 8-week campaign, ‘Take On The Pearl’ aimed at attracting local tourists to experience the treasures and attractions of their country. As the coronavirus...
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