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15 Jun '26
Students at Bukedea Comprehensive School used their prom celebration to express appreciation for former Speaker Anita Among, cheering and asking Bukedea County MP David Okwere to invite her back as they prepared for their final examinations.BUKEDEA — Excitement and celebration marked the
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15 Jun '26
The Mukono High Court orders the exhumation of a prominent Kampala trader’s body for a DNA test to resolve a bitter 40 billion shilling property dispute.MUKONO, Uganda — The Mukono High Court ordered the exhumation of a prominent Kampala businessman’s body for a DNA paternity test to
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15 Jun '26
KAMPALA, Uganda — Male public servants can now legally retire on marriage grounds with full benefits under Uganda’s newly enacted Public Service Pension Fund Act, a major legislative shift that expands the country’s recognized retirement pathways from five to 12.The provision dismant
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15 Jun '26
KAMPALA, Uganda — A man sentenced to death for killing four nursery school children has filed an appeal challenging his conviction and sentence, court records show.Christopher Okello Onyum, 39, was convicted in a fast-tracked trial before High Court Judge Alice Komuhangi Khaukha, who des
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15 Jun '26
Daudi KabandaKampala, Uganda — In a rapid sequence of posts published Monday morning on X, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces and political leader of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), announced a sweeping reorganisation of the group’s leadership, removing Hon. Da
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13 Jun '26
Coffee farmers in Ntungamo District are grappling with a surge in theft cases targeting ripe cherries and dried beans during the peak harvest season, prompting calls for stronger security measures, improved policing and protection of household incomes.NTUNGAMO — Coffee farmers in Ntungam
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13 Jun '26
Wambugu is currently serving an 80-year prison sentence, a punishment that, if fully served, would see him walk out of prison as an elderly man of 81 years. Yet despite the conviction, he insists he is innocent and says his nightmare began over something as simple as refusing to buy alcohol for a
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13 Jun '26
Kenyan court has delivered a stinging blow to Mogo Auto Limited, ruling that the lender charged a customer “exorbitant” and “exploitative” interest on a Ksh400,000 loan — a decision likely to resonate with many Ugandans who have repeatedly complained about the company’s lending practi
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13 Jun '26
Last month’s Cabinet reshuffle was intended to usher in a new team at Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and reset the country’s diplomacy and visibility abroad.Instead, it has left the ministry facing an uncertain transition after questions emerged over the eligibility of two of P
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13 Jun '26
Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth has slashed the budget under the Office of the Speaker from more than Shs24 billion to Shs3.9 billion and redirected the balance to parliamentary committees, saying lawmakers must be adequately funded to prevent them from seeking favours from the government agencies they