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Parliament Faces Renewed Corruption Allegations Over Budget Process

Parliament Faces Renewed Corruption Allegations Over Budget Process

Critics and analysts allege entrenched bribery networks in budget approvals, while Parliament defends itself against claims of systemic corruption.Political actors and analysts have renewed concerns over what they describe as growing and systemic corruption within Uganda’s Parliament, al

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Museveni Rejects MPs’ Bid for Role in Top Civil Servant Appointments

Museveni Rejects MPs’ Bid for Role in Top Civil Servant Appointments

KYKAWANZI, Uganda – President Yoweri Museveni has rejected a proposal from ruling party lawmakers seeking a formal role in recommending appointees for positions including permanent secretaries, resident district commissioners and chief administrative officers.The proposal, part of draft

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Mbarara High Court Dismisses Rukaari’s Electoral Petition

Mbarara High Court Dismisses Rukaari’s Electoral Petition

The High Court in Mbarara has dismissed an election petition filed by Mbarara City North MP candidate Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari against MP-elect Christopher Bakashaba and the Electoral Commission, after finding that Rukaari failed to properly serve the respondents with court documents.Rukaar

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Driver of Prison Vehicle That Knocked Journalist Arrested

Driver of Prison Vehicle That Knocked Journalist Arrested

The driver of the prison vehicle which was carrying murder suspect Christopher Okello Onyum to the High Court in Ggaba on Wednesday but reportedly lost control and rammed into journalists at the court premises has been arrested, with the car towed to Kabalagala for inspection, police have confirm

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Video: Journalist severely injured by van carrying murder suspect Christopher Okello

Video: Journalist severely injured by van carrying murder suspect Christopher Okello

Videos shared online showed the Prisons van reversing down a steep ramp near the mobile court venue moments before it appeared to lose braking power and speed downhill into journalists who were recording the session. A journalist was seriously injured on Tuesday morning after a Uganda Pris

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Gov’t seeks Shs100b to operationalise Lubowa Hospital as completion set for December 2026

Gov’t seeks Shs100b to operationalise Lubowa Hospital as completion set for December 2026

Lubowa Hospital, which has consumed close to a trillion shillings without completion.The Government has unveiled plans to spend Shs100 billion to operationalise the International Specialised Hospital Lubowa as construction advances toward completion scheduled for December 2026.Healt

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Charity Marathon at Kololo to Support Orphans as Gen Muhoozi Marks 52 Years

Charity Marathon at Kololo to Support Orphans as Gen Muhoozi Marks 52 Years

Security agencies have called on Ugandans to take part in a charity marathon at Kololo Independence Grounds, with proceeds aimed at supporting orphans and vulnerable communities as General Muhoozi Kainerugaba celebrates his 52nd birthday.Security agencies have rallied the public to partici

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Breaking: Christopher Okello denies murder charges

Breaking: Christopher Okello denies murder charges

The presiding judge, Justice Alice Komuhangi Khaukha listed four counts of murder, each relating to the death of one of the four infants allegedly killed at Ggaba.Christopher Okello Onyum, the key suspect in the gruesome murder of toddlers at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Center early

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Heart-wrenching Moment in Court! Ms. Stella Apolot Faints After Testifying on Son’s Death in Toddler Killing Trial

Heart-wrenching Moment in Court! Ms. Stella Apolot Faints After Testifying on Son’s Death in Toddler Killing Trial

Ms. Stella Apolot, one of the parents who lost their child in the tragic Ggaba Kindergarten stabbing, fainted in court after giving an emotional testimony about the death of her son, Gideon Eteku. Apolot was the first state witness to take the stand in the trial of Christopher Onyum, the man accu

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Trial of Ggaba Daycare Killings Suspect kicks off at Scene of Crime

Trial of Ggaba Daycare Killings Suspect kicks off at Scene of Crime

The trial of Christopher Okello Onyum, the prime suspect in the killing of four children at Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre, commenced on Monday during a High Court session held at the scene of the crime in Makindye Division, Kampala.Okello Onyum faces four counts of murder in con

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