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04 Jan '25
Professor Victoria Nakiboneka Mwaka stands out as Uganda's most educated female Member of Parliament. In 1991, she made history by becoming the first woman in Uganda to become a professor.Prof. Mwaka started her t
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04 Jan '25
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels on Friday moved closer to a key town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), capturing a nearby area, sources told AFP.The March 23 Movement (M23), a militia supported by neighborin
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04 Jan '25
President-elect Donald Trump vented late Friday about a New York jurist who scheduled Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case for 10 days before his January 20 inauguration.Although Juan Merchan, acting justic
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04 Jan '25
A housemaid has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for torturing a four-year-old girl in Kikoko Zone, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District. Precious Tumuhirwe, 35, pleaded guilty to the charges after a phone recording revealed her brutal actions, including beati
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04 Jan '25
Makindye Ssabagabo MP David Sserukenya found himself at the center of a heated debate on 89.6fm Top Radio’s popular Saturday program, Nnegwozadde, after making controversial remarks about Uganda’s political opposition. Sserukenya criticized Mathias Mpuuga fo
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03 Jan '25
National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, commonly known as Bobi Wine, has called for reconciliation and unity among opposition leaders.Bobi Wine’s call comes with a clear intent to build a coaliti
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03 Jan '25
Yesterday, the 2nd of January, 2025, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was the chief guest at the Piny Luo Cultural Festival, in Siaya County Kenya. (Photo: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the Piny Luo Fes
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03 Jan '25
Uganda’s government has introduced the Public Service Pension Fund Bill 2024, aimed at reforming pension management for civil servants. The new Bill shifts from a non-contributory pension scheme to a contributory system.
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03 Jan '25
Reports from the morning hours of yesterday, the 2nd of January, 2025, indicate that a UPDF officer by the name of Lt. Ariho Amon under the Engineering Brigade committed suicide at Nakirebe, located between Wakiso and Mpigi districts.(Photo: The deceased Lt. Ariho Amon.)It is allege
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03 Jan '25
Lieutenant Amon Ariho, the UPDF Engineering Brigade officer who killed himself, left behind a message to Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba before he shot himself dead.Lt Ariho reportedly drove