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How Museveni's Quiet Plan to Groom Muhoozi for Presidency is Slowly

How Museveni's Quiet Plan to Groom Muhoozi for Presidency is Slowly

Many people believe President Museveni wants his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to become the next leader of Uganda.This idea comes from how much Muhoozi has been promoted and involved in politics and the military. But now, this plan seems to be causing proble

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Govt Slaps New Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer

Govt Slaps New Taxes on Cigarettes, Beer

The government has announced new tax measures on cigarettes, beer, imports, and agricultural by-product exports in the 2025/26 national budget, in a bid to boost domestic revenue and harmonize with regional tax frameworks.Presenting the budget to Parliament on Thursday, Finance Minister Ma

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Kamuli Mourns Chairperson Mugude

Kamuli Mourns Chairperson Mugude

Kamuli District residents lined the main streets on Friday to receive the body of former district chairperson Charles Mugude, who died earlier this week in a road crash.A brass band led the cortege from the town’s entrance to St Mark Church of Uganda, where Rev Mos

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Adjumani RDC Orders Suspension of Church Activities in Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement Over Jurisdiction Row

Adjumani RDC Orders Suspension of Church Activities in Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement Over Jurisdiction Row

Tensions among refugee worshippers in Nyumanzi Refugee Settlement have prompted Adjumani District authorities to suspend all church activities in the area for two weeks, following disagreements between rival pastors over ecclesiastical allegiance.The directive was issued during a heated co

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Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial

Harvey Weinstein guilty of sexual assault after New York retrial

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault in New York, after a sex crimes conviction in the state was overturned last year.A panel of seven female and five male jurors deliberated for five days in the six-week trial before unanimously voting to convict

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Syria government says women must wear burkinis at public beaches

Syria government says women must wear burkinis at public beaches

Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet - or other "decent" clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were "a

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NUP Elects New Executive Committee Amid Legal Challenge by Founding Members

NUP Elects New Executive Committee Amid Legal Challenge by Founding Members

The National Unity Platform (NUP) has elected a new National Executive Committee (NEC), retaining most of its top leadership, during a closed-door delegates’ conference held at the party headquarters in Kamwokya.The highly restricted event was attended by 127 accredited delegates, even a

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Woman in Tearful Protest After Court Gives Out Her Land to Uncles

Woman in Tearful Protest After Court Gives Out Her Land to Uncles

Business at Iganga High Court was paralyzed for over an hour on June 11, 2025, after Pastor Goreti Kubona broke down in protest following a court decision that dismissed her appeal seeking to reclaim land taken over by her paternal uncles.Kubona had sued her uncles, Henry Tanaziraba and Mu

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Trump Calls for Crackdown as LA Protests Over Immigration Raids Enter Third Day

Trump Calls for Crackdown as LA Protests Over Immigration Raids Enter Third Day

Protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids entered a third day on Sunday, with growing unrest prompting police to declare parts of the city an "unlawful assembly" zone and President Donald Trump calling for a military crackdown.Demonstrations began on Friday after it emerged that Immig

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Trump says troops in LA to uphold 'law and order' as protests flare up for a third day

Trump says troops in LA to uphold 'law and order' as protests flare up for a third day

Demonstrations in Los Angeles have flared since Friday, drawing hundreds of protesters who are demanding an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests in the city.Clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement have led to dozens of arrests and multiple injuries among polic

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