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29 Jun '25
Celebrated media practitioner and businessman Johnson Musinguzi Byarabaha has been officially nominated by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission to contest in the party primaries for Sheema County South, ahead of Uganda's 2026 general elections.Musinguzi, widely known
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24 Jun '25
Raphael Magyezi. Courtesy PhotoPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s government has extended the term of office for Local Council I (LC I) and Local Council II (LC II) Chairpersons and their committees for another six months.Local Government Ministe
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14 Jun '25
More than 1,500 UPDF officers have successfully registered for national identification as the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) concluded a weeklong exercise at the 3rd Infantry Division headquarters in Karamoja.The exercise, which focused on renewals and new r
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09 Jun '25
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) across Uganda have issued a strong call to government to urgently invest in national research institutes and universities to develop better detection technologies, preservation techniques, and nutritional improvements.This comes at a time as the country g
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07 Jun '25
Makerere University Hospital has officially launched the Olink Proteomics Platform, the first of its kind in East and Central Africa.The platform was launched on Thursday and attended by leading figures from academia, government, and the global health research community.The platform
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02 Jun '25
Ugandan electricity distributor Umeme Limited has announced its intention to pursue international arbitration to recover a disputed sum of Shs.1.062tn from the Government of Uganda. The move follows unsuccessful negotiations regarding the final buyout amount after the conclusion of Umeme's conces
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28 May '25
Salim Saleh and Muhoozi KainerugabaIf you haven’t watched the viral clip where Gen. Salim Saleh asks the European Union ambassadors to cease fire over the matter of the reputational damage that Museveni’s all-too-powerful son is causing the country, t
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26 May '25
The National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has launched an online pre-registration portal on its website, allowing Ugandans to begin the ID registration or renewal process from any location with internet access.The National
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14 May '25
Agriculture development agency AGRA has reiterated its unwavering commitment to transforming African agriculture, emphasizing the need for enhanced investment in smallholder farmers against a backdrop of increasing global instability and evolving development support.The recent shift in glo
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26 Apr '25
EXCLUSIVE: After hailing 'machine' Mo Salah's new contract extension at Anfield, Dr Gareth Nye has raised the alarm over Virgil van Dijk following suit because of two key differences