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University of St Joseph Mbarara Student Killed in Suspected Robbery Attack

University of St Joseph Mbarara Student Killed in Suspected Robbery Attack

MBARARA, Uganda — Police in Mbarara City are investigating the killing of a first-year student of University of St Joseph Mbarara who was allegedly attacked by unknown assailants while returning to his hostel.The deceased has been identified as John Patrick Abenawe, 24, a Bachelor of Edu

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Leaders step in after woman houses two men in one-bedroom home

Leaders step in after woman houses two men in one-bedroom home

Residents of Makota Village in Kagoma Town Council, Jinja District, were left stunned after local leaders stepped into a domestic dispute where a woman had been living with two men in the same house and bed.The case involved 46-year-old Judith Babirye, who spent 10 months living with Steve

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Uganda-South Sudan border impasse: Uganda security arrests Kenyan truck drivers' leader

Uganda-South Sudan border impasse: Uganda security arrests Kenyan truck drivers' leader

Long distance truck drivers on the Kenyan side have imposed a blockade on Ugandan border entry points after Ugandan security forces arrested their leader.Mr Sudi Kauli Mwatela, the chairperson of Long-Distance Drivers Union, and a Kenyan national, was arrested on Sunday at the Uganda-South

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Man demands compensation after being dumped for new boyfriend

Man demands compensation after being dumped for new boyfriend

Ms. Judith Babirye explaining why she resolved to chase away her husband after acquiring new boyfriend.Jinja, Uganda | URN | What started as an unusual domestic arrangement in Kagoma-Makota village, Kagoma Town Council in Jinja District, has ended with village leaders mediating a peaceful

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Security Impounds Two Trucks with Over 200 Bags of Charcoal in Napak, Nabilatuk

Security Impounds Two Trucks with Over 200 Bags of Charcoal in Napak, Nabilatuk

Joint security forces have impounded two trucks transporting more than 200 bags of charcoal in the districts of Napak and Nabilatuk as enforcement of the presidential ban on the commercial charcoal trade from Karamoja intensifies.In the first operation, security personnel at the Iriiri Ani

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Mbale City Fixes Traffic, Street Lights after 5 Years Hiatus

Mbale City Fixes Traffic, Street Lights after 5 Years Hiatus

Mbale city residents are smiling after authorities repaired traffic lights along Pallisa road and security lights along Republic Street and Naboa among others, which had been dysfunctional for about five years.In the 2023/24 financial year, Mbale city allocated 8.5 million shillings from l

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Unsafe city': Fear grows as theft and burglaries hit Arua

Unsafe city': Fear grows as theft and burglaries hit Arua

Arua City has always been a place of movement. By daybreak—around 6am—its streets pulse with the high tempo of trade: vendors calling out prices, boda-bodas weaving through traffic, children darting between homes and schools, and street vendors oscillating in all directions to make ends meet.

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Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme

Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme

Children in Uganda’s eastern district of Budaka arrive at school each day in neat uniforms, exercise books in hand, ready for lessons. But for many, the school day has long been marked by something less visible: hunger.Teachers say signs are familiar, drooping heads by mid-morning, decli

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Garage Operators in Ntungamo Municipality Demand Services After Relocation

Garage Operators in Ntungamo Municipality Demand Services After Relocation

Evicted garage owners, mechanics, and welders in Ntungamo Municipality have appealed to authorities to extend essential services to their new area of operation following their relocation under the recently implemented Trade Order.The concerns were raised during a meeting held today at Red

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Museveni Commissions New UGX1.1 Trillion Cement Plant In Moroto, Warns URA off Taxes

Museveni Commissions New UGX1.1 Trillion Cement Plant In Moroto, Warns URA off Taxes

Uganda’s heavy reliance on imported clinker—costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars annually—has long strained the economy and limited the growth of local industry.Leaders say the country has been losing up to 85 percent of the value of cement production to external marke

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