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World’s ‘oldest person’ dies in Uganda at 139, leaves 209 great-grandchildren

World’s ‘oldest person’ dies in Uganda at 139, leaves 209 great-grandchildren

Arua, Uganda: A revered matriarch from Arua District has been laid to rest amid claims of extraordinary longevity, with family and community members celebrating a life they say spanned 139 years and touched generations across West Nile.Mama Luiza Omene Nafura Aya, a respected Traditional B

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Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme

Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme

Children in Uganda’s eastern district of Budaka arrive at school each day in neat uniforms, exercise books in hand, ready for lessons. But for many, the school day has long been marked by something less visible: hunger.Teachers say signs are familiar, drooping heads by mid-morning, decli

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Ugandan civil society denounces ‘foreign agents’ bill

Ugandan civil society denounces ‘foreign agents’ bill

At a press conference, former cabinet minister Miria Matembe condemned the speed at which the controversial legislation is being pushed forward.“I have never seen such a controversial, widely controversial, rejected bill being rushed to be debated within two days… And you bring a bill

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Corpse Flogged After 'Refusing' to be Transported for Burial

Corpse Flogged After 'Refusing' to be Transported for Burial

Attributing repeated vehicle breakdown to supernatural issues, the funeral party placed the coffin down and gave it a whipping | Zainab Musaasizi SsengendoA family transporting a relative’s body to Kisoro for burial descended into distress along the Kampala–Masaka highway after their v

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Fuel tanker driver and his pregnant wife murdered by alleged soldier; police launch manhunt

Fuel tanker driver and his pregnant wife murdered by alleged soldier; police launch manhunt

Fuel tanker driver and pregnant partner found murdered in Tamale apartment as police launch manhunt for suspect who allegedly stole over GH¢100,000 and left their 3-year-old child alive beside the bodies.A fuel tanker driver, identified as Ebenezer Kwabena, and his pregnant wife have been

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Ssekandi Pushes Vocational Dream for Masaka as Oscar Mutebi Quietly Powers the Groundwork for Transformation

Ssekandi Pushes Vocational Dream for Masaka as Oscar Mutebi Quietly Powers the Groundwork for Transformation

Special Envoy on Political Affairs to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, has renewed his push for the establishment of a vocational institute in Rural Masaka District, presenting it as a strategic gateway to unlocking youth employment, industrial growth, and agro-processi

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Deadly Crash on Mbarara–Bushenyi Road Sparks Calls for Urgent Government Action

Deadly Crash on Mbarara–Bushenyi Road Sparks Calls for Urgent Government Action

MBARARA, Uganda – Residents and survivors are demanding urgent government intervention following a Sunday afternoon crash on the Mbarara–Bushenyi Road that left one person dead and several others injured.The crash, involving a heavy truck and a passenger taxi (registration UBE 047S), h

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ENG. JONARD ASIIMWE: Kiira Motors and Uganda’s Scientific and Innovative Renaissance: Engineering a Prosperous Future!

ENG. JONARD ASIIMWE: Kiira Motors and Uganda’s Scientific and Innovative Renaissance: Engineering a Prosperous Future!

In the grand theatre of history, nations are not remembered for the eloquence of their lamentations, but for the audacity of their innovations. Civilizations rise not merely upon the abundance of natural resources beneath their soil, but upon the depth of scientific imagination cultivated within

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Uganda to start manufacturing own satellites

Uganda to start manufacturing own satellites

Uganda has announced plans to begin manufacturing its own satellites, as part of the country’s ambition to enter the global space economy and transition into a knowledge-based economy.This was revealed during the opening of the National Science Week 2026 at Kololo Independence Grounds in

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Police Corporal Arrested For Shooting Woman Near Speaker Anita Among’s Residence

Police Corporal Arrested For Shooting Woman Near Speaker Anita Among’s Residence

The Police have arrested one of the bodyguards to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, for allegedly shooting and injuring a female driver near her residence on MacKinnon Road, Kampala. Security sources say the suspect, Corporal Humphrey Muhanguzi, allegedly shot at a woman in her Toyota Harr

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