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14 Mar '26
Police in Mubende District have arrested a suspect in connection with the kidnapping and killing of a four-year-old boy whose body was later recovered from a pit latrine days after he went missing.The deceased has been identified as Daniel Kazungu, the son of Baingana Eric, a resident of N
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14 Mar '26
KISORO, Uganda — A 26-year-old suspected motorcycle thief has been shot dead in Kisoro District after he allegedly attempted to flee from security officers.The deceased has been identified as Hassan Mwijuke, a resident of Gapfurizo Village in Nyarubuye Sub-county. Mwijuke was reportedly
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14 Mar '26
Iganga, Uganda: Police in Busoga East have launched a manhunt for a man accused of hacking to death and secretly burying his biological mother in Bulamagi Sub-county, Iganga District, in what investigators believe was a dispute over land ownership.The suspect, identified as Anthony Kalulu,
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10 Mar '26
The Uganda Prisons Service has announced a reward of Shs10 million for information that will lead to the arrest of fugitive prison warder Anguyo Moses, the main suspect in a deadly shooting at Kiboga Government Prison.Authorities say the suspect allegedly opened fire inside the prison on F
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10 Mar '26
A security guard in Fort Portal allegedly shot himself dead while on duty last evening.The guard has been identified as Robert Tumusiime, a security guard attached to Pinnacle Security Limited, who had reported for his evening shift at the Bank of Africa Fort Portal Branch.The guard
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10 Mar '26
Six people have died, and scores of others sustained serious injuries after a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck in Kiryandongo District. The accident involved a Mega Bus Vo Ltd bus and a Sino truck, and occurred at around 2 a.m. on Tuesday at California Village along the highw
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09 Mar '26
Kampala, Uganda: Civil society organisations have raised alarm over Uganda’s growing public debt and widening gaps in health sector funding, warning that the latest Auditor General’s report exposes serious weaknesses in the management of public resources.The report examined 182 ministr
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09 Mar '26
In the latest episode of the very popular Bad Natives Podcast, comprising of Andrew Mwenda, Robert Kabushenga and Onyango-Obbo, the Independent Magazine CEO asserted that it was too early for anyone to write off DP President Norbert Mao in the Speakership race.He went as far as claiming th
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08 Mar '26
Dr Okwera at Kitgum Central Police Station after arrest, URA PhotoPeter Luzinda | KITGUM, Uganda — Police in Kitgum District are investigating a medical practitioner accused of conducting surgical operations in an unlicensed facility at his residence.The doctor, identified as Paul
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06 Mar '26
Justice Kania ruled that it was unlikely that Henry Katanga, a right handed person intending to commit suicide, would shoot himself on the left side of his head,” and that the alternative trajectory proposed by Molly's defence would require awkward positioningMolly Katanga listening to t