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12 Jun '25
President Museveni has congratulated Omukama Solomon Gafabusa Iguru on his 31st coronation anniversary, extending his best wishes for the monarch’s swift recovery and commending the Bunyoro Kingdom for its role in preserving Uganda’s cultural identity.In a statement issued to mark the
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11 Jun '25
Gunmen dressed in military uniform over the weekend kidnapped and killed a Compassion International official before dumping his body by the roadside near a railway line in Namumira village, Mukono Central Division. The victim, Godfrey Wayengera, 45, lived in Nsu
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09 Jun '25
The Rotary Club of Entebbe has installed Rtd Assistant Inspector General of Police Asan Kasingye as its 39th President, succeeding Rotarian Andrew Ochan.The vibrant ceremony, held at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (Entebbe Zoo), was marked by symbolic Rotary traditions.Preside
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09 Jun '25
Protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids entered a third day on Sunday, with growing unrest prompting police to declare parts of the city an "unlawful assembly" zone and President Donald Trump calling for a military crackdown.Demonstrations began on Friday after it emerged that Immig
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09 Jun '25
KAMPALA — Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has weighed in on the ongoing arrest of Col James Kasule, calling for his immediate release as investigations into the Mubende gold deal incident continue.In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday morning
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09 Jun '25
The Jinja-Mbulamuti-Kamuli-Bukungu road has once again been listed among Uganda’s priority roads for the Financial Year 2025/26, rekindling faint hopes in a region long acquainted with political pledges and policy U-turns.Yet for many residents in Jinja, Kamuli, and Buyende districts, th
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09 Jun '25
Vice President and Katakwi District Woman MP Jessica Alupo has renewed her National Identification Card (ID) under the ongoing nationwide exercise and called on Ugandans to take advantage of the free process to update their identity documents.Alupo completed the ten-minute renewal process
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09 Jun '25
Residents of six villages in Nakisunga Sub-county, Mukono District, are reeling from a wave of night-time attacks by unidentified individuals who cut and stole electricity cables from poles and Light (Yaka) meters, leaving hundreds of homes in the dark and communities on edge.The affected
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07 Jun '25
Uganda has been urged to reduce the high cost of sending money from abroad, with officials and development experts warning that current transfer fees are discouraging remittances and stifling diaspora-led investment.The call was made during the commemoration of the Interna
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07 Jun '25
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has launched a mass sensitization campaign in Tororo District ahead of a nationwide baseline educational services census, which begins in the eastern region on June 8, 2025.The census aims to create a comprehensive inventory of formal educational inst