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Traffic Police Warns Ugandan Motorists On Reckless Driving During Easter Festivities

Traffic Police Warns Ugandan Motorists On Reckless Driving During Easter Festivities

The Directorate of Traffic & Road Safety is reminding all Ugandans to stay safe as Easter approaches, a season of celebration, family gatherings, and travel. While this time brings joy and reflection, it is also one of the busiest periods on our roads. With increased traffic comes a higher ri

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Uganda gets $540 million funding for cities, municipalities

Uganda gets $540 million funding for cities, municipalities

World Bank officials led by Qimiao Fan World Bank Division Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, and Uganda met President Museveni and Ministry of Finance officials at Nakasero State Lodge TuesdayKampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has secured over 2.1 trillion Shillings (USD 540 million ) fundi

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Over Shs 900bn Robbed On Gun Point As Robbery Cases Increase shoot Up

Over Shs 900bn Robbed On Gun Point As Robbery Cases Increase shoot Up

Security chiefs and business groups across the Country are living on total fear and panic after police annual crime report indicates that gun robberies have increased and billions of money were lost , Spyreports has learnt.According to the released police report, a total of 786 cash robber

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Parliament Approves Move to Increase Private UPDF Officer’s Salary

Parliament Approves Move to Increase Private UPDF Officer’s Salary

The salary of privates in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces could jump from Shs 650,000 to Shs 816,280 if a resolution reached between the defence ministry and Parliament holds.The proposed salary increment was agreed to by the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs officials and Membe

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Gov’t Imposes New Taxes on Cement, Spirits

Gov’t Imposes New Taxes on Cement, Spirits

Alcohol consumers and the construction industry face fresh price hikes as the government tables the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2026, seeking to impose higher levies on imported spirits and building materials.Minister of State for Finance, Henry Musasizi, presented the bill in Parliament

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EU to Open Kalangala Consulate, Build Airport to Boost Uganda’s Pineapple Exports

EU to Open Kalangala Consulate, Build Airport to Boost Uganda’s Pineapple Exports

The EU Ambassador to Uganda Jan Sadek at Kalangala Islands.The European Union has announced plans to open a Consulate General in Kalangala District and support the construction of an airport, in a move aimed at boosting Uganda’s pineapple exports to European markets.EU Ambassador

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Court Orders MP To Pay Nearly UGX 5 Billion in Loan Default Case

Court Orders MP To Pay Nearly UGX 5 Billion in Loan Default Case

The Commercial Division of the High Court has ordered Jie County MP, Lokii Peter Abrahams, to pay businessman and money lender Amit Jain nearly 5 billion Shillings for failure to repay a loan taken in 2012.Justice Steven Mubiru ruled that Lokii defaulted on a 265 million Shillings loan, wh

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UEDCL records Shs1.71t revenue in first year of power distribution takeover

UEDCL records Shs1.71t revenue in first year of power distribution takeover

Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited has registered a strong operational and financial rebound in its first year of managing the country’s electricity distribution network, posting Shs1.71 trillion in revenue as it stabilised a system inherited from private operators.The perfo

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Rukikaire Installed as Chancellor of Kabale University

Rukikaire Installed as Chancellor of Kabale University

Canon Mathew Rukikaire, the former Minister of Privatisation, has been installed as the new Chancellor of Kabale University. The 88-year-old was installed on Tuesday by Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who represented President Yoweri Museveni. Kabale High Court judge Karoli Lwanga Ssemoge

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Makerere, Kyambogo Students Killed in Separate Road Crashes

Makerere, Kyambogo Students Killed in Separate Road Crashes

Two university students have died in separate road accidents around Kampala, highlighting the growing toll of traffic crashes on young people amid rising fatalities nationwide.Michael Kavuma Tevin, a graduate student at Makerere University’s College of Engineering, Design, Art and Techno

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