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Billions of Kenya's COVID cash go missing, president orders probe
Organizations have contributed aid worth more than $2 billion to help Kenya’s in its fight against COVID-19. But much of the aid has gone missing, prompting President Uhuru Kenyatta to order an...
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Mystery as second fire breaks out at Makerere
The origin of the fire that gutted down Makerere University’s iconic Main Building remains surrounded in mystery as different versions of where the fire emerge. This was compounded further by a second...
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Makerere to re-open as scheduled despite weekend fire
Makerere University authorities have noted that the resumption of learning for final year students will not be affected by the major fire incident that has seen a section of the institution's main...
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Two security guards arrested over Makerere fire
Two security officers who were on night duty at Makerere University main building when the fire broke out on Sunday have been arrested over alleged negligence of duty. Addressing journalists at Uganda...
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Now Mabirizi sues EAC secretary general
Litigious lawyer Male Mabirizi has sued the East African Community secretary general, Amb. Libérat Mfumukeko over his recent press statement in which he accused him of misusing the Community's emblem...
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Entebbe road fuel station catches fire
Fire has gutted part of Moka Energy Pump fuel station along Kitala-Garuga road.Employees at the station, say the fire broke out around 6 pm on Monday from a Canter truck that was loaded with jerricans...
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Kadaga's convoy accident victim dies
One of the three people knocked by the lead car of speaker Rebecca Kadaga's motorcade in Fort Portal Tourism city last month has died. Karima Mitala breathed his last at his home in Nyabusozi cell in...
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How Moroto Prison break was executed
The escape of prisoners from Moroto Government prison last week isn’t surprising, according to inside sources. They note that there have been unresolved management flaws that didn’t receive attention...
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Prisons offers Shs 500,000 bounty for every Moroto escapee
Uganda Prisons has offered a Shs 500,000 bounty for every escapee of last week's prison break out in Moroto. The Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr Johnson Byabashaija who is in Moroto on an...
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Covid: WHO sets rules for testing herbal remedies
The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed rules for testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be...
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Why Covid hasn’t battered Africa as projected
The coronavirus pandemic has peaked earlier than expected in many African countries, confounding early predictions, experts have told British MPs. Scientists do not yet know why, but one hypothesis is...
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Football clubs to Museveni: We can’t afford Covid tests
Sunday night’s televised presidential address was long-awaited by Uganda’s Premier League clubs. In the address, President Museveni re-opened outdoor sports activities but with no spectators. Yet by...
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Soldier who worked for 32 years without salary sues gov't
A Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) officer attached to the Internal Security Organization (ISO) has sued the government seeking to recover his salary which was never paid for 32 years. Captain...
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Burnt Ivory Tower valued at Shs 15bn
Makerere University vice chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe announced Monday evening during a press conference that police officers and university guards who were on duty on Saturday night when a...
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Govt blocks Covid-19 cash aid for poor
With a US$ 15m Covid relief kitty ready for rollout in Uganda by GiveDirectly, an American based International NGO, the donors had hoped to bring a huge level of relief and joy to many low-wage workers...
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Kapchorwa hospital closed after 50 staff test for COVID-19
Kapchorwa General hospital has halted services across departments after 50 of its staff members tested positive for coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The hospital is now only open for emergency cases...
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5 die of COVID-19 as Uganda runs out of hospital beds
Uganda has recorded its highest number of coronavirus disease deaths in a single day of 5 according to information released by the ministry of Health.At least five people succumbed to COVID-19...
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Rukutana declared winner of controversial Rushenyi NRM primaries
The state minister for Labour, Mwesigwa Rukutana has in a twist of events been declared the winner of the Rushenyi County National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primary election. Rukutana was...
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Ugandan parents advised to enroll children in schools within home areas
Ugandan parents have been advised to enrol their children in schools near their homes to reduce the risk of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infections as schools reopen for candidate classes and...
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Uganda in top 10 countries that suppressed COVID-19 in August
Uganda has been listed among the top 10 countries that have suppressed SARS COV 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19).In its report submitted to the United Nations, the Lancet Medical...
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