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25 Mar '26
Former Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi has donated television sets, decoders, and a public address system to St. Mugagga Vocational Secondary School in Masaka, improving communication, learning, and access to educational content for over 1,000 students.Students at St. Mugagga Vocat
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25 Mar '26
Busitema University has been quietly expanding its reach across eastern Uganda, establishing campuses in Namasagali, Pallisa, Mbale, and Arapai, and steadily increasing student enrolment year after year. On paper, the growth story looks impressive.But behind the numbers, a more uncomfortab
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25 Mar '26
Bobi Wine and wife Barbie Itungo in the US during Eid al Fitr celebrations last weekQuiet negotiations between the government and NUP are reportedly underway to facilitate Bobi Wine’s return to Uganda, with security withdrawn from his Magere home and several party leaders recently releas
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24 Mar '26
Police in Kabale District have launched investigations into the sudden death of a Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officer whose body was discovered in his house after days of being missing.The deceased has been identified as Sgt. Tumwesigye Robert, a UPDF officer attached to the 2n
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24 Mar '26
Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Asan Kasingye, has raised concerns over the rapid depletion of a mobile data bundle, prompting responses from both the telecom provider and the public.In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Kasingye stated that a UGX 10,000 “Gaga weekdays
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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
For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses perceived to offer better financial returns. The government is now moving decisively to change that calculation.In a landmark
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24 Mar '26
Kasambya County Member of Parliament David Kabanda has found himself at the heart of a growing political storm after former Rubaga Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner Herbert Anderson Burora publicly defended him and accused some actors within the Patriotic League of Uganda of using “foo
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24 Mar '26
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Heavy traffic caused by road maintenance on the Namungoona–Bwaise section of the Kampala Northern Bypass has created opportunities for thugs to target motorists, leading to the detention of at least 78 suspects at Natete Police Station. The Ministry of Works and Transpor
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24 Mar '26
Kampala, Uganda – Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to John Mary Ssebuwufu, the National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy chairperson and councillor, after 68 days in detention. The court set cash bail at 500,000 Ugandan shillings.Ssebuwufu, 50, was arrested on 14th January t