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32 Rwandan nationals deported from Uganda
Up to 35 people, among them 32 Rwandan and three nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been deported from Uganda.The deportees were arrested in a joint security operation involving the...
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Mayor Lukwago faces arrest over missing suspect
The Buganda Road Magistrate's court has extended a warrant of arrest against Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, and three others over the disappearance of a suspect. Lukwago, Henry Ssempijja, Philemon...
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83 Congolese, Rwandan nationals arrested in Kabale
83 Congolese and Rwandan nationals are in police custody in Kabale for illegal entry into Uganda. The suspects were intercepted around 10 am on Thursday morning aboard a bus registration number, UAV...
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Supreme court faults DPP on Kato Kajubi appeal case
Supreme court justice, Dr Esther Mayambala Kisakye has faulted the directorate of public prosecutions (DPP) for delaying justice in the case in which Masaka businessman Godfrey Kato Kajubi is...
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Gov't resurrects plans to build dam on Murchison Falls
Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi, the minister of state for Tourism has said they are ready for a fight to save Murchison Falls so that a dam is not built on it. Speaking at a corporate Stakeholders meeting...
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Anti-venom treatment remains a challenge
Entebbe Municipality is home to the Uganda Wildlife Educational Center (UWEC), formerly the zoo, and the Uganda Reptile Village/Park, where accidents with the venomous reptiles can happen. However, no...
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I cannot handle Magogo case - IGG
Government last week asked for a whole new investigation but the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Irene Mulyagonja has said she cannot personally superintend the new probe into Fufa President...
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Black Friday: American holiday Africa has adopted
Forget Thanksgiving. In Africa, consumers are forgoing the turkey dinner and family drama. Instead, they are, in huge numbers, celebrating the bonanza that comes the day after: Marketing website Black...
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Supreme court upholds ex-NSSF MD Jamwa's 12-year sentence
The Supreme court has upheld a 12-year jail sentence handed to the former NSSF managing director David Chandi Jamwa for causing the government a financial loss of Shs 3 billion.Jamwa was first handed...
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Four arrested over bank robbery in Soroti
Police in Soroti is holding four people in connection to the robbery in Pride Microfinance bank over the weekend.Among the arrested are two security guards of Saracen Security Company; James Ojara, 20...
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Gunmen kill 14 in Burkina Faso church
Unknown gunmen opened fire on a church in eastern Burkina Faso Sunday, killing at least 14 people. Officials say the attack took place in the town of Hantoukoura, near the border with Niger. Soldiers...
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Sudan moves to dissolve ex-ruling party, repeals public order law
Sudanese transitional authorities approved a law on Thursday to dissolve the former ruling party and repealed a public order law used to regulate women's behavior under ex-President Omar al-Bashir, the...
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Bunyoro vows to block Murchison falls power project
Bunyoro Kitara kingdom has vowed to block the proposed construction of a hydropower dam at Murchison falls. Early this year, the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) published a notice in local...
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Bicycle scandal: Court of Appeal upholds Kashaka's 10-year sentence
The Court of Appeal has upheld a 10-year jail sentence handed to John Muhanguzi Kashaka, the former permanent secretary ministry of Local Government for causing Shs 4.2 billion financial loss to the...
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Police officer remanded for selling bullets to businesswoman
A police constable and a businesswoman in Kitgum district have been remanded to prison over the illegal sale and possession of bullets. SPC Beatrice Akello attached to Kitgum Matidi police post and her...
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Magistrate asks suspect to count his teeth after lying about age
Kitgum Chief Magistrate’s court was a scene of drama on Monday when a suspect lied about his age to escape being tried as an adult. It all started after Ivan Cankara was arraigned before the Kitgum...
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Shs 218m stolen from Soroti Pride Microfinance
Over Shs 218 million was stolen when thugs robbed Pride Microfinance institute in Soroti. The financial institute was broken into by unknown thugs on Saturday night. The thieves reportedly accessed the...
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Four killed as fresh landslides hit Bududa
Four people have been confirmed dead and several others feared dead after fresh landslides hit Bududa district in eastern Uganda yesterday afternoon. The landslides affected the two villages of Namasa...
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Floods cut off West Nile
Floods have cut off West Nile from the rest of Uganda after R.Nile burst its banks on Tuesday. This north-western part of the country is now only accessible via ferries and air after the floods...
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Farmers irrigate, lose crops in rainy season
The skies continue to douse the country with unrelenting rain but that hasn’t stop farmers in the central Wakiso district from irrigating their crops. And now they have lost their entire crop. They are...
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