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27 Mar '26
A Nigerian woman, Dara, has died just two days after her marriage introduction.Her fiancé, Ayub Mubarak, confirmed she showed no signs of illness before her sudden passing.A tragic incident has left family and friends in shock after a Nigerian woman identified as Dara passed away j
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26 Mar '26
In her gripping testimony as the defence started their case in the Katanga murder trial, Molly said her husband was troubled by millions of shillings tied up in informal deals with Nyegamehe, who was popularly known as Aponye, a close associate who died in a road accident.The late business
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25 Mar '26
visually impaired student at Makerere University is facing a severe disruption to his academic programme after unknown thieves broke into his room and made off with his laptop and upkeep money amounting to approximately Shs300,000 — losses that have placed his continued studies in serious jeopa
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24 Mar '26
Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the high cost of digital transactions could slow the country’s push toward a digital economy.Mobile money has revolutionized
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24 Mar '26
KAMPALA – As every second, minute, hour, day, and month winds down, Uganda edges closer to its promise—the dawn of oil production.From drilling and completing wells to laying thousands of kilometres of pipeline, Uganda’s progress is unmistakable. Supporting infrastructure, central pr
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23 Mar '26
The cross-border heist signifies a new frontier in the evolving nature of financial crime, where digital fraud is increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving and now, transnational. The arrests may mark a breakthrough in the Equity Bank Rwanda probe, but they also expose a deeper reality: in a digita
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23 Mar '26
Former president Joseph Kabila has broken years of media silence, granting a rare interview in which he sharply criticizes the current leadership of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and calls for what he describes as an end to a “dictatorship.”Former president Joseph Kabila has bro
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23 Mar '26
group of Independent MPs is set to formalize cooperation with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in a memorandum of understanding, signaling continued political realignments ahead of the 12th Parliament.The Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, Anita Among, is today expected to w
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21 Mar '26
If confirmed, this would mark Iran’s first operational use of IRBMs and a significant attempt to target areas far beyond Middle East and threaten US interests.Iran reportedly fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint US-UK military base in the middle of the
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20 Mar '26
The presidential race was widely viewed as a two-horse contest between Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), but the semblance of openness was tempered by the heavy policing of the political field.COMMENT | DR JUDE KAGORO | The 2026 general election in Uganda followed a familiar patt