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Police recover headless body of unidentified woman in Katwe

Police in Katwe have recovered a torso of an unidentified woman. The headless body was found along Kampala-Entebbe highway in the wee hours of Sunday morning. There is suspicion in police circles that...

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Sudan party officials arrested as Bashir inquiry begins

Sudanese authorities have arrested several top members of the former ruling party of ousted President Omar al-Bashir, in a move that could bolster military rulers who are under mounting pressure by...

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Bobi Wine arrested at Busabala

Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanya alias Bobi Wine has today been arrested from his One Love Beach in Busabala. Kyagulanyi, who, in defiance drove from his home in Magere to Busabala to hold a press...

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Missing IHK doctor's body found dumped in septic tank

Dr Catherine Agaba's body has been found dumped in a septic tank in Muyenga. The International Hospital Kampala (IHK) doctor went missing on April 13, 2019, a few days after applying for annual leave...

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5 Algerian billionaires arrested in anti-graft investigation

Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an anti-graft investigation, state TV said on Monday....

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Death toll in Sri Lanka Easter blasts rises to 290

In the deadliest violence in Sri Lanka in a decade, multiple explosions ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday, leaving 290 dead. Five hundred people were wounded in the blasts. The...

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Bobi Wine calls for mass protests against police

Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi has called for mass protests against the actions of police and other state injustices meted out on Ugandans. Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine called on Ugandans to massively...

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Katureebe flies to South Africa for eye surgery

The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has flown to South Africa for cataract surgery.Sources in the judiciary indicate that Katureebe left the country on Monday at around 2:30pm aboard an Emirates flight....

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Bobi Wine now placed under house arrest

Kyandondo East member of parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has been placed under house arrest by the Uganda police force.   Kyagulanyi had planned to walk to the police headquarters...

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13 killed, 40 injured in Buyende hailstorm

13 people have been killed and 40 others injured following a rainstorm in Buyende district. The storm ravaged the villages of Kabugudo, Nabweyo, and Nakabembe in Kidera town council during the heavy...

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Museveni: I buried old Uganda Airlines

President Museveni has confessed to being one of the people who buried the old Uganda Airlines more than 20 years ago. All its assets including five aircraft left behind by former President Idi Amin’s...

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Kadaga will be back in office this week

After about a month and a half of absence, Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is expected back in office this week to resume steering the House. Kadaga quietly returned from treatment in...

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Mabirizi returns to Supreme court in new age limit petition

To Male Mabirizi, the age limit petition case is not closed just yet even after Supreme Court justices ruled last week 4 to 3 to throw out the appeal. Male Mabirizi, one of the appellants in the matter...

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Inside NRM Supreme court victory

Because the seven Supreme court justices arrived late in the courtroom to deliver their individual verdicts in the ‘age limit bill’ appeal, court-goers and lawyers preoccupied themselves with making...

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Army deployment angers Makerere

Today, as one enters the gates of Makerere University, there’s a noticeable presence of heavily armed military police troops. At each of the three main entrances, groups of three-to-five military...

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US envoy cautions on discrimination

To commemorate the Jackie Robinson day, the first black man to play in the US Major League Baseball (MLB), Deborah Malac said societies must always be all-inclusive and refrain from racism and...

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Dr Agaba’s last hours

  In death in such gruesome form, Dr Catherine Agaba has stirred strong sad emotions among relatives, colleagues at work and friends. “As we gather here, Dr Catherine [Agaba] is beyond recognition....

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Another female health worker goes missing

The family of Maria Nabuyunga, a laboratory technician at Nsambya hospital is in great panic over the disappearance of their relative. Nabuyunga’s sister, Jane Nakanwagi, said her sister left her home...

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Security quells Bobi Wine protests in Kamwokya

A combined team of soldiers and police today quelled down a protest against the continued house arrest of the Kyadondo East member of parliament, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The officers...

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Kidnapped Kanungu teens released after Shs 4m ransom payment

Two teenagers who were kidnapped by gunmen from their banana plantation near the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border on Easter Monday have been released. They are 18-year-old Ronald Niwamanya and...

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