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Uneb cancels Kitagwendwa NRM candidate's academic papers
The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has cancelled the academic papers of the Kitagwenda NRM LC V candidate, Robert Mugabe. The decision stems from a complaint by a concerned resident, Kenneth...
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US court upholds minister Sam Kutesa briber conviction
The United States Court of Appeals has in a December 29, 2020 ruling upheld the March 2019 conviction of Chi Ping Patrick Ho, a citizen of the Hong Kong who was found guilty of bribing Uganda Foreign...
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Perils of being a journalist on violent campaign trail
As campaigning for the forthcoming presidential elections enter a critical phase, several journalists are counting the cost of the campaign trail. If one has not been intimidated or arrested, they have...
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One message: Why survive COVID-19 and die from malaria?
Through integrating services, increased advocacy, and messaging for both COVID-19 and malaria, Uganda has managed to avert the projected doubling of deaths due to malaria in 2020. Malaria is a leading...
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293 arrested in New Year police operations in Kampala
More than 200 people were arrested in Kampala city for allegedly flouting Covid-19 guidelines. The police in Kampala Metropolitan conducted several operations in various areas on Thursday night where...
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Boxer Zebra shot nine times by 12 security officers, CCTV reveals
A day after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni admitted that the former national boxing captain, Isaac Ssenyange alias Mando Zebra, was shot dead by security personnel, it has emerged that he was shot...
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Amuriat arrested in Nakasangola by DPC Namara
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has been arrested in Nakasongola.Amuriat was arrested after he allegedly defied police directives not to campaign in...
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Boxing federation demands answers from govt over arrested boxers
Ugandan boxers under their umbrella body, the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) have called for answers from the government on why their members are being arbitrally arrested by security. The federation...
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Teenage girl commits suicide after being beaten by her father
A teenage girl in Kapelebyong district in northern Uganda has committed suicide by poisoning.The deceased teen has been a pupil at Amotoom primary school and resident in Ocorukoit B village, Amootom...
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Makerere, gov't at 'war' over COVID-19 ventilator
Makerere University vice chancellor Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has expressed concern about the shortage of ventilators in the country. The ventilator normally helps to deal with acute respiratory failure...
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100 dead in attacks on two villages in Niger
About 100 people were killed in Niger, amid the presidential election, in an attack on two villages in the west, one of the worst massacres of civilians in this country and in the Sahel regularly...
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Zimbabwe reintroduces dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain COVID-19 cases
Zimbabwe has reintroduced a 12-hour dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain rising COVID-19 cases and combat citizens’ disregard of lockdown regulations. The World Health Organization is calling on Zimbabweans...
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NUP coordinator Nakayinda collapses during trial in Masaka
Charity Nakayinda, one of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party supporters today collapsed during a trial in Masaka Chief Magistrate's court this afternoon. Nakayinda is among the 126 NUP...
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Abducted boxer Sojaman admitted in hospital, narrates torture ordeal
Boxer Robert Mukasa alias Sojaman is nursing serious injuries at Lincoln clinic in Bwaise after being tortured by his abductors. Unidentified people allegedly kidnapped the boxer from Bugalani Zone,...
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Bobi Wine personal bodyguard Eddie Mutwe remanded till Jan 19
The National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine's head of private security detail, Edward Ssebuwufu alias Eddie Mutwe has been remanded further until January 19....
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DP Kampala Woman MP candidate Sumaya arrested, rejects police bond
The opposition Democratic Party (DP) candidate for Kampala Woman MP, Sumayiyah Muwonge is under detention at Jinja Road police station on allegations of defying Covid-19 standard operating procedures...
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Cranes defeat Micho's Zambia 2-0
Uganda Cranes defeated Zambia 2-0 in their second game of the Pre-CHAN mini-tournament played at Annex 1- OmnsiSports Yaounde, Cameroon on Monday. Vianne Ssekajugo and Steven Mukwala scored in each...
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Report: National IDs are state surveillance tools
A civil society report on the National Identity project has warned that the project launched in 2014 has become a surveillance tool for the state. The report claims that a section of citizens without...
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NUP supporters arrested in Kalangala released after Katumba intervention
The 27 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters who were detained in Kalangala during the campaign trail of their presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine on December 30 have...
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EC ban on campaigns a blessing – Opposition
For every dark cloud, there is a silver lining; so goes a familiar saying that seems to ring true after the recent ban on political campaigns in 20 districts and cities by the Electoral Commission. On...
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