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Ugandan engineer develops 'cheaper' smart cane for blind
The National Drugs Authority (NDA) has approved a low-cost ultrasonic walking stick developed by Zablon Mulero, a Ugandan health engineer attached to Moroto regional referral hospital. Mulero, says...
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Shs 24bn Isimba dam money stolen - Kadaga
Over Shs 24 billion meant for the construction of Isimba dam bridge was swindled by officials in the ministry of Energy, speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed. Kadaga told MPs today that...
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Uganda protests Rwanda's "reckless" shootings at border
The government of Uganda has issued a protest note to the Rwandan government over the shootings by Rwandan security personnel that continue to occur along the Uganda-Rwanda border. The protest note was...
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12-year-old pupil killed in fight with 'best friend'
A primary three pupil of Lukolo primary school in Jinja district has died following a fight with his classmate.12-year-old Sowedi Mugulusi reportedly fell on the floor during the fight and bruised his...
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Home made explosive kills fisherman
A homemade explosive has killed a fisherman in Butagaya sub-county in Jinja district. 36-year-old Sadik Gavuma, a fisherman based at Bubugo landing site was killed the home day grenade burst and...
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Malawi clinic sets record of 8,000 successful births without any death of...
The founder of a Malawian maternity clinic for poor women says it has set a record – safely delivering more than 8,000 babies. For her efforts improving access to safe childbirth, Charity Salima has...
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Now Rwanda calls off Kampala meeting as Kagame warns of 'high costs'
The second meeting between Uganda and Rwanda to address the border closure issue has been called off. According to the Uganda government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo, the meeting was called off at the...
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Bobi Wine on how he beats gov't spying
On August 13, 2018, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was in campaign mode. The popular musician-turned-parliamentarian was attending a rally for Kassiano Wadri for the Arua by-election in northen...
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Child dies, two others hospitalised after immunisation
The ministry of Health has come under intense pressure over the sudden death of a child and the hospitalization of his two siblings following the recent national Measles-Rubella and Polio immunisation...
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US Ambassador Malac's tenure comes to an end
The tenure of the United States of America (USA) ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Ruth Malac has come to an end. News of Malac forthcoming departure came to the fore when she visited the speaker of...
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Bodies of 3 people killed in Kisoro landslide recovered
Bodies of the three people killed by landslides in Kisoro district on Wednesday have been recovered from River Rwafi. Bodies of Oliver Nyiramutuzo, 28, Flora Nyamishana, 36 and Richard Ngabirano, 17,...
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Court freezes Mbale municipal council accounts over Shs 146m debt
The High court in Mbale has frozen two bank accounts belonging to Mbale municipal council over unpaid debts amounting to Shs 146 million. The two accounts include one in Housing Finance Bank and the...
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Two Ugandans arrested in Rwanda
Friends and family of two Ugandans recently arrested in Rwanda are worried and concerned about their safety. The fate of Gilbert Beingana, 24, and Amos Tibesiga, 50, both from Butanda sub-county,...
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Kasingye defends M7 on blocking Ugandan student on Twitter
The assistant inspector general of police, Asan Kasingye has defended President Yoweri Museveni’s decision to block one of his followers on Twitter. It follows a suit filed by Hillary Innocent Taylor...
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Marie Stopes ordered to recall 4 million Life Guard condoms
The National Drug Authority (NDA) has ordered Marie Stopes Uganda to recall about 4 million Life Guard condoms from the Ugandan market. Marie Stopes, an NGO that offers reproductive services is also...
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Two police officers arrested for selling bullets at Shs 5,000
Police in Kitgum district has arrested their own officers over illegal sales of ammunition.Special police constables Beatrice Akello attached to Kitgum Matidi police post and James Canrac (Bus Park...
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Drones to deliver blood to gov't hospitals in March 2020
Government has given a nod to a Ugandan-German innovator John Goslin to start supplying blood to public hospitals in Kampala using drones starting March 2020. Goslino’s 'Blood Connect' project secured...
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Rwanda deports 5 Ugandans, declares them prohibited immigrants
Five Ugandans who were being detained in Rwanda have been deported and declared prohibited immigrants. They are Gilbert Beingana, Amos Tibesiga and Nicholas Tumwesigye, all residents of Kabale...
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Museveni calls for accelerated investment in African population
President Yoweri Museveni has called for accelerated investment in human capital development across Africa to improve the quality of the continent’s population. The president told delegates gathered...
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Rwanda snubs another summit with Uganda
Uganda and Rwanda signed a pact to ease tensions but they are ferociously flaring up again three months after President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame put pen to paper. The...
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