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Police rescinds order to close Game Bet, Home Bet
After issuing an order to have all Home Bet and Game Bet branches across the country closed over lack of operating licences, police has now swallowed a humble pie and retracted the order. On Thursday,...
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Age limit: court dismisses application to summon Kadaga
The Supreme court has dismissed an application seeking to summon the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga to answer for her role in amending the constitution to lift the presidential age limits. Last...
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Kasekende writes to Cosase over leaked assets
The deputy governor Bank of Uganda, Louis Kasekende has written to the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on Commission of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) about tabled...
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Demographic roadmap urges govt on fertility rates
For Uganda to attain the much desired middle income status by 2040, government must emphasise its intervention efforts in reducing fertility rates among women in the next 20 years, experts have said....
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Army court acquits three Boda Boda 2010 members
Three jailed members of the Boda Boda 2010 Association have regained their freedom after being acquitted by the General Court Martial.Army court chairman, Lt Gen Andrew Gutti acquitted Jonathan...
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33 youth 'confess' to engaging in gay sex in Luweero
At least 33 youths in Luweero district have confessed to engaging in homosexuality according to a study conducted by Luweero district and Makerere University school of public health. The affected youth...
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BOU tasked to account for Shs 470bn injected in Crane bank
MPs on the parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) have tasked Bank of Uganda officials to avail accountability for the Shs 478bn injected into...
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Kitaka appointed acting KCCA executive director
Kampala Capital City Authority director of engineering and technical services, Eng Andrew Kitaka Mubiru has been tentatively appointed as the executive director of KCCA. Kitaka's appointment follows...
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Akena murder: Kanyamunyu brothers plead not guilty
Three people accused of murdering children rights activist, Kenneth Akena have pleaded not guilty. Joseph Kanyamunyu, his brother Mathew Kanyamunyu (main suspect), together with his Burundian...
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19 killed in Kapchorwa bus accident
Nineteen people have been confirmed dead in an accident that occurred today afternoon at Towei hill in Sipi town council, Kapchorwa district. The accident occurred when a government-owned bus,...
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MPs demand ban on foreign petty traders
Foreign investors should be stopped from operating retail businesses, the Lango Parliamentary Group, a loose coalition of lawmakers from Lango sub region, has said. Speaking at a recent public meeting...
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State forcing me to sign amnesty - Kipoi
Former Bubulo West member of parliament Tony Nsubuga Kipoi has accused the state of forcing him to apply for amnesty. In his petition to the Amnesty Commission, Kipoi alleges that he was approached by...
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Kadaga, Nankabirwa clash over Parliamentary Commissioners
Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has rejected a decision by NRM’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) to appoint members of the Parliamentary Commission without members of parliament having a say....
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Basalirwa: Now I know Museveni won’t leave
In a recent interview, Asuman Basalirwa, the Jeema president, explained why he attended last week’s Interparty Organization Dialogue summit conspicuously skipped by the opposition Forum for Democratic...
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How mental illness ravages city slums
Mental illness rarely gets a burst of serious national attention in Uganda. The norm dictates that suspected patients must seek first-line treatment in form of psychological help or see mental-health...
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I feel safer in prison – Stella Nyanzi
Going to see incarcerated don and controversial political/social critic Dr Stella Nyanzi, there had been a fierce debate. Would they allow us past the main gate? One of the lawyers that have worked...
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UK parliament to debate Bobi Wine arrest next month
MPs in the United Kingdom House of Commons are set to debate the infamous Arua fracas in which a number of legislators were arrested and allegedly tortured at the hands of Ugandan security operatives....
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Museveni unimpressed by Miss World Africa's fake hair
President Yoweri Museveni has advised recently crowned Miss World Africa, Quiin Abenakyo to be proud of her African heritage and stop wearing fake hair. 22-year-old Abenakyo who is the current Miss...
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Uganda's first oil production now pushed to 2022
The ever-shifting date for Uganda's first oil is now 2022, and not 2020, according to Energy minister Irene Muloni. Addressing journalists in Kampala, Muloni attributed the shift to the delay by the...
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Corruption: Nakalema raids Wakiso land office
Work at Wakiso district headquarters was grounded to a halt following a raid by the newly constituted State House Anti-corruption Unit. A team of army officers and police officers under the unit...
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