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MPs task govt to explain Rwanda-Uganda stand off
MPs on Tuesday demanded for a response from government and a resolution on the ongoing standoff between Uganda and Rwanda. Rwanda last week closed its borders with Uganda at Katuna and asked travellers...
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C-Section 50 times more deadly in Africa - study
The death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday. One in 200 women dies during or soon after...
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Uganda's lion population drops by 33%
Lions have reduced by 33 per cent in Uganda’s game reserves over the last 10 years. This is according to the findings of a census undertaken in Murchison Falls, Kidepo and Queen Elizabeth national...
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Education ministry to revise nursing admission grades
The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board (UNMEB) has called for a review of entry requirements to nursing and midwifery certificate programmes. The board wants a minimum of credits in all the...
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Munyagwa seeks to block trial in Anti-Corruption court
Kawempe South member of parliament, also Cosase chairperson Mubarak Munyangwa has petitioned the Constitutional court seeking to block his trial in the Anti-Corruption court for fraud.The petition...
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Joyce Banda withdraws from Malawi presidential race
Former Malawian president Joyce Banda, the country's first female leader, has withdrawn from the May presidential election to support the main opposition candidate, Lazarus Chakwera. Ackson Kalaile...
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Malawi floods kill more than 50, displace 200,000
Some 200,000 people in Malawi have been displaced by floods that have affected half of the country’s 28 districts. The government has recorded at least 56 deaths and over 500 injuries, as of Wednesday....
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Uhuru Kenyatta meets Kagame, Museveni
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has separately met Rwanda President Paul Kagame and Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The impromptu bilateral meetings come on the heels of simmering diplomatic...
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Rwanda-Uganda crisis: People's Govt to write to Rwanda
The opposition's loose outfit, People's Government led by former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has announced that they will soon open diplomatic communication with the Rwanda government. The...
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Kagame to Uganda: You can kill me but can't bring me to my knees
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has warned his enemies in the south (Burundi) and those in the north (Uganda) that they may possess the capacity to kill him, but they will never bring him to his knees. In...
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Rwanda destroys bridges leading into Uganda
Rwanda has reportedly destroyed all temporary bridges erected by Rwandans along Uganda's borderlines in Katuna, Gatuna and Mukensiyoona in Katuna town council in an attempt to prevent Rwandan nationals...
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UWA game ranger shot dead
A Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) game ranger, Sgt Philemon Asasira has been shot dead during an operation to crack down against illegal ivory trade. Asasira who was attached to Queen Elizabeth...
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Minister Odongo orders for deportation of 14 Egyptians
The minister of Internal Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo has directed police to deport 14 Egyptian nationals accused of forging working visas. The 14 suspects include; Moamen Mohammad Hamond, Taher Mahamed,...
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NRM MPs endorse 'beloved leader' Museveni sole candidature
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) members of parliament have endorsed the party's central executive committee (CEC) resolution to have President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as their sole candidate in...
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Two dead in Karamoja after eating WFP porridge
Two people in Karamoja have passed on and several others hospitalised after eating World Food Programme's Super Cereal fortified blended porridge. One person passed away in Amudat on Saturday while...
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AMISOM holds memorial service for Christine Alalo
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Saturday held an inter-denominational memorial service in honour of Ugandan police commissioner, Christine Alalo. The service to celebrate life of...
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Uganda Airlines jets 'arrive next month'
The first two Bombardier jets for the revived Uganda Airlines are scheduled to arrive in the country in the first week of April according the acting Uganda Airlines CEO Ephraim Bagenda. Bagenda said on...
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74 year-old Museveni accepts proposal to run for sixth term
President Yoweri Museveni has 'happily agreed' to contest for sixth term in the 2021 elections, saying he and his NRM party still have an uncompleted mission of taking Uganda to a higher level....
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Doctors opposed to Lubowa hospital project
Ugandan doctors have expressed dismay at government’s move to offer support to a private investor to construct a specialised hospital at the expense of neglecting local hospitals. Dr Ekwaro Obuku the...
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UNBS closes Halal water factory over poor hygiene
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has closed down Halal & Twayibah Foods & Beverages factory in Old Kampala over failure to comply with set standards for production of beverages thus...
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