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Dr Zedriga Relocated from Gulu to Luzira Prison Over Security Concerns

Dr Zedriga Relocated from Gulu to Luzira Prison Over Security Concerns

Since Dr Zedriga’s reappearance before the Gulu Chief Magistrate’s Court last week, several women leaders in Northern Uganda have condemned the charges against her, describing them as trumped up, and have called for her unconditional release.The Deputy President of the National Unity P

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Grade III teachers given four-year ultimatum to attain degrees

Grade III teachers given four-year ultimatum to attain degrees

Zombo education officials have urged Grade III teachers to upgrade to bachelor’s degrees as Uganda’s National Teacher Policy transition deadline approaches.Zombo, Uganda: Education authorities in Zombo District have intensified calls for primary school teachers holding Grade III certif

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NUP’s Nalubowa Withdraws Court Application After Judge Kinobe Declines to Recuse Himself

NUP’s Nalubowa Withdraws Court Application After Judge Kinobe Declines to Recuse Himself

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate in the Masaka City Woman MP election, Rose Nalubowa, has withdrawn her High Court application challenging the vote recount after Justice Simon Peter Kinobe declined to recuse himself from the case.Nalubowa had filed the application see

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When climate risk becomes a budget risk

When climate risk becomes a budget risk

Despite legal buffer requirements of 100 metres from rivers and 200 metres from lakes,wetlands are increasingly encroached upon by settlements, farming, sand mining, and industrial activity, largely because oversight and enforcement remain underfunded.Here is why climate change is no longe

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Nsibambi Says Pre-Planned Museveni–Opposition Talks Included NUP

Nsibambi Says Pre-Planned Museveni–Opposition Talks Included NUP

Outgoing Mawokota South Member of Parliament Yusuf Nsibambi has revealed that the recent meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and several opposition figures at State House was not impromptu, but the result of a carefully coordinated process that involved the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda

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Local Government Ministry Unveils Strategic Priorities for 2026–2030, Ugx2.2 Trillion Needed

Local Government Ministry Unveils Strategic Priorities for 2026–2030, Ugx2.2 Trillion Needed

Ministry of Local Government Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya (right) handing over the contract to a team from UB Consulting at the Ministry of Local Government Headquarters in Kampala on Wednesday 30 April 2025.KAMPALA – The Ministry of Local Government has unveiled a new five-year str

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Africans Want Elections but Don't Trust Electoral Management Bodies to Ensure They're Free and Fair

Africans Want Elections but Don't Trust Electoral Management Bodies to Ensure They're Free and Fair

Assessments of election quality have worsened over the past decade.Key findingsOn average across 38 countries, about three-quarters (74%) of Africans support choosing their leaders through regular, open, and honest elections. This is the majority position in every surveyed country,

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Six killed as speeding taxi Rams into bus on Mityana–Mubende highway

Six killed as speeding taxi Rams into bus on Mityana–Mubende highway

Six people, including two children returning to school, were killed in a fatal evening crash in Kassanda District after a commuter taxi rammed into a parked bus on the Mityana–Mubende highway.Wreckage of a commuter taxi that rammed into a parked Link Bus along the Mityana–Mubende highw

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Gen Muhoozi Wants UPDF To Take Over All Infrastructure Projects In Kampala

Gen Muhoozi Wants UPDF To Take Over All Infrastructure Projects In Kampala

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has once again sparked national debate with a bold statement about the future of infrastructure development in Kampala. He revealed that in the next High Command meeting, he plans to push for the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to take over all major infrastructure

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Six killed as speeding taxi Rams into bus on Mityana–Mubende highway

Six killed as speeding taxi Rams into bus on Mityana–Mubende highway

Six people, including two children returning to school, were killed in a fatal evening crash in Kassanda District after a commuter taxi rammed into a parked bus on the Mityana–Mubende highway.Wreckage of a commuter taxi that rammed into a parked Link Bus along the Mityana–Mubende highw

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