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09 Feb '26
Reports claim Barbie Kyagulanyi, wife to NUP leader Bobi Wine, has allegedly fled Uganda to the USA following a break-in at her Magere home amid heightened security tensions.Barbie Kyagulanyi Allegedly Flees Into ExileUnconfirmed reports circulating on social media suggest that Barb
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09 Feb '26
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has announced that he has decided to stop his ongoing political confrontation with Minister Chris Baryomunsi. In a statement that quickly drew public attention, Muhoozi said his decision was guided not by pressure or fear, but by respect for his mother, Mama Janet Museveni
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08 Feb '26
Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) has shut down more than 105 illegal drug outlets and seized 260 boxes of assorted classified medicines valued at approximately UGX 65 million during a week-long enforcement operation in the Teso sub-region.The crackdown was announced during a press
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08 Feb '26
The race for the Speakership in the 12th Parliament moved up a gear this week, with the two leading candidates ripping along at a cracking pace. Following Mr Norbert Mao’s opening gambit, in which the president-general of Uganda’s oldest party—the Democratic Party (DP)—made clear that “
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08 Feb '26
The opposition members of Parliament (MP)’s decision to meet the president has exposed fresh cracks within the opposition, coming just weeks after a disputed January 15, 2026 election whose results many parties and have rejected.The meeting, recently held at State House Entebbe and led b
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08 Feb '26
When President Yoweri Museveni summoned officials from the Ministry of Water and Environment and the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to his Kisozi farm in Gomba recently, the mood was anything but routine. According to sources familiar with the meeting, the President was deeply
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08 Feb '26
Mpigi District was thrown into shock and anger after Buyaaya–Kitojjo village stayed in total darkness for nearly two weeks. What first appeared to be a normal power outage has now exploded into a major political and criminal controversy involving a former Member of Parliament.The Uganda
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08 Feb '26
Manchester United secured their fourth consecutive win under Michael Carrick, beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at Old Trafford.The main takeaway from the match was the ease with which Manchester United controlled the game. In this respect, Lisandro Martinez’s on-ball qualities played a sign
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07 Feb '26
Health experts caution, however, that these figures may only reflect a fraction of the true burden. Many abortions are illegally procured in unregulated settings where deaths and complications go undocumented.A pregnant lady (courtesy photo)Unsafe abortion is no longer predominantly
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07 Feb '26
The impounded taxi is linked to highway robberies on the Northern Bypass, Bulenga, Kyengera, and Nsangi areas.Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence (DCI) has impounded a taxi that has repeatedly been linked to a series of highway robberies. The vehicle, r