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19 Apr '26
Police in Katwe have dealt a significant blow to a motorcycle theft syndicate operating in Kampala, arresting 29 male suspects and recovering dozens of stolen motorcycle parts in a major crackdown that unfolded today.The operation, mounted in response to a public outcry over the rising the
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19 Apr '26
Pope Leo XIV said Saturday he regretted remarks he made were interpreted as a response to criticism from President Donald Trump, insisting he had no interest in debating the US leader.An example was a speech about “tyrants” ransacking the world that he delivered in Cameroon on the seco
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19 Apr '26
The just-ended NRM MPs Kyankwanzi retreat was infiltrated by more than 50 undercover political operatives and IOs whose duty it was to help gather intrusive personal information about the targeted new MPs’ suitability for inclusion in Cabinet.The information gathered is meant to guide th
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18 Apr '26
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire of the Court of Appeal and Constitutional Court has urged internal auditors to play a more proactive role in reducing the growing backlog of court cases, warning that unresolved commercial disputes in y in the banking sector are tying up trillio
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18 Apr '26
FILE President Tshisekedi (L) of DRC and Rwanda's Paul Kagame (C) at Washington DCThe United States government has accused Rwanda of violating the Washington Accord, a peace agreement aimed at ending the decades-long conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The acc
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18 Apr '26
Mukono — After years of slipping performance and growing scrutiny, Mukono Municipality is staging a notable comeback—re-entering the top 10 in Uganda’s latest Local Government performance rankings and offering a case study in how administrative recalibration and political alignment can shif
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17 Apr '26
When commenting on the 1980–1988 Iraq–Iran war, Henry Kissinger once remarked that it was “a pity both sides can’t lose”. It was a chilling distillation of a worldview in which distant conflicts are not tragedies to be resolved, but instruments to be managed. Alongside Zbigniew Brzezins
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17 Apr '26
Kampala, Uganda: Celebrated Ugandan journalist Mildred Tuhaise “called it quits” from NBS Television, ending an 11-year stint that cemented her as one of the country’s most influential broadcast voices.While announcing her departure from the Naguru-based TV station, Tuhaise described
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17 Apr '26
The Ministry of Health Uganda has requested UGX100 billion in the 2026/27 financial year to operationalise the long-awaited International Specialised Hospital of Uganda, as construction reaches 70 percent completion.Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng revealed the funding request while present
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17 Apr '26
The Committee is also concerned that disbursement is performance-linked, meaning that continued slow progress will directly reduce KCCA's access to programme funds and jeopardise the broader metropolitan development objectivesParliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure has raise