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Observers note problems in Malawi elections
Foreign observers of Malawi's presidential, parliamentary and local elections issued a preliminary assessment Thursday, saying that although the process was peaceful, it lacked a level playing field....
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Parliament approves Shs 900bn for South Sudan compensation
Parliament has approved the payment of Shs 947 billion to 82 Ugandan companies that supplied goods and services in South Sudan. The traders supplied goods and services to the South Sudan government...
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E.Africa closer to banning hydroquinone skin-lightening products
East African countries are set to ban skin-lightening products that contain hydroquinone, a medical agent linked to health problems when used in high concentrations. The East African Legislative...
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Homosexuality remains illegal in Kenya, High court rules
Kenya's High court has upheld the law that criminalises homosexuality. Section 162 of Penal Code criminalises gay sex and punishes sexual acts deemed “unnatural” with up to 14 years in prison. A...
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Gov't loses Shs 600m appeal case against mayor Lukwago
The Court of Appeal has dismissed government’s application seeking to challenge the reinstatement in office of Kampala city Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago.A panel of three Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Stephen...
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Theresa May resigns, but Brexit puzzle remains
Theresa May became the third Conservative leader to fall victim to party divisions over Britain's membership of the European Union, following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron....
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Seven climbers die in a week on Mount Everest
Three more climbers have died on Mount Everest, expedition organizers and officials said Friday, taking the toll from a deadly week on the overcrowded world's highest peak to seven. "Two more Indian...
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Parliament approves Shs 40.5tn budget without debate
Parliament has today Friday in an unprecedented manner, passed the 2019/2020 budget totalling Shs 40.48 trillion without debate on the Budget Committee report. The report was presented on Thursday...
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12-year-old girl 'commits' suicide in Katabi
Police is investigating the death of a primary four pupil of Nkumba junior primary school in Nkumba central, Katabi town council in Wakiso district. Her lifeless body was found hanging on a pole in...
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Uganda protests as Rwanda shoots two dead at Kamwezi border
The Rwanda government and its police have issued a statement justifying the shooting dead of two people, a Ugandan and Rwandan by the Rwandan security officers. On Friday evening, John Batista...
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Drones deliver medical supplies in Ghana
AtNewTafo Hospital, health care workers watch the sky, listening for a distinct buzzing noise they have grown used to in the past month. In seconds, a small drone comes into view and quickly drops a...
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Court injunction delays Malawi presidential results
Malawi’s High court has ordered the Electoral Commission not to announce presidential results until ballots from a third of the voting districts have been recounted, after complaints of vote rigging....
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Four Kenyan pilgrims knocked dead enroute to Namugongo
A commuter taxi has knocked dead four Kenyan pilgrims and critically injured ten others along the Iganga-Tororo highway. The accident occurred around 5:30am on Sunday morning at Waina village in Mayuge...
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Teachers suspend strike after meeting Museveni
Teachers under the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) have agreed to suspend the planned teachers strike for one term as government mobilizes funds for their salary enhancement.UNATU had called for...
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Two Ugandan teachers shot dead in South Sudan
Two Ugandan teachers have been gunned down in South Sudan. The deceased have been identified as Charles Kule Mitsagharu and Willis Binsiima, residents of Kasese and Bushenyi districts respectively.The...
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DPP withdraws embezzlement charges against Bakaleke
The director of public prosecutions (DPP) Mike Chibita has withdrawn charges of embezzlement against the assistant commissioner of police, Siraje Bakaleke and seven others from the Anti-Corruption...
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Fire guts pupil's dormitory at Lwengo school
Fire has gutted property worth millions of shillings at Kisoso primary school in Kingo sub-county in Lwengo district. The fire started in the boy’s dormitory on Monday night as the pupils were away...
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I'm not stupid to reject idle parliament money – Kato Lubwama
Lubaga South member of parliament, Kato Lubwama has said he would be a fool to reject ‘idle’ that parliament keeps throwing at MPs even when they have not asked for it. Reacting to a Sunday Vision...
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Museveni sends Shs 10m to Rwanda murder victim's family
Government has given Shs 10 million as condolence money to the family of Alex Nyesiga Atuheire, who was shot dead at Uganda-Rwanda border of Kamwezi on Friday evening. Nyesiga, a resident of...
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Drama as Uganda hands over body of Rwandan national
Drama ensued at Katuna border in Kabale district on Monday afternoon during the handover of the body of a Rwandan national gunned down in Rukiga district on Friday evening last week. The Rwandan...
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