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29 Jan '26
Youth delegates are voting for youth MPs across the country. The youth MP elections 2026 are being held at different regional locations. The Pearl Times is following up on the elections.For Eastern Uganda, over 2,000 delegates are voting for their MP at the Islamic University in Uganda (IU
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29 Jan '26
President Yoweri Museveni’s attempts to bring stability and lasting peace back to Uganda are a clear example of his legacy. After the country gained independence in 1962 and struggled to get going for the next two decades, he stepped in and played a key role in putting an end to the bloody wars
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29 Jan '26
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda has commissioned a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling and storage plant in Mbale City as part of its strategy to expand access to clean, safe and reliable cooking energy in Eastern Uganda.The facility was commissioned by Mbale City De
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29 Jan '26
The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has dismissed allegations that the army is hunting for National Unity Platform (NUP) president and former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.The denial was issued by the Acting Spokesperson of the Chief of Defence Forces, Col. Chris
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29 Jan '26
Several senior NRM figures opposed the endorsement of Speaker Anita Among and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa during a closed-door party meeting, but President Museveni overruled the dissent and rallied the party behind the duo’s second-term bid.Influential figures within the ruling Nation
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28 Jan '26
The number of people feared dead following a tragic accident at Karuma Bridge in Nwoya District is expected to rise to seven after a truck plunged into the River Nile on Tuesday morning. The incident involved a Fuso truck, registration number UAY 284Q, which was transporting maize from Lelabaro T
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28 Jan '26
Mwenda says unless radical changes are implemented within the next three months, the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) will be forced to ground the fleet or face global blacklisting by international regulators.Uganda Airlines is teetering on the brink of an international aviation ban
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28 Jan '26
The Tororo Chief Magistrate’s Court has dismissed an application by incumbent National Resistance Movement (NRM) MP Sarah Achieng Opendi seeking a recount of votes in 11 contested polling stations from the January 15, 2026, Tororo District Woman MP election.Chief Magistrate Irene Nanteby
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27 Jan '26
The Hague, Netherlands — A self-styled “European Union Ambassador” of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP), Dr Nico, who operates online under the alias @klup, was arrested on Thursday, January 22, 2026, in The Hague after attempting to stage an unauthorised protest near the premises of
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27 Jan '26
The cracks inside Standard Chartered Bank are no longer whispers — they are now headline news.As the British banking giant retreats from struggling markets, its top executives are heading for the exit and its once-proud retail empire in Uganda has collapsed into a fire sale.In the