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21 Jun '26
KAMPALA — In a move that has sent shockwaves through Uganda’s power sector, the interim leadership at the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has terminated the contracts of seven senior managers, barely weeks after assuming office.The decision, executed on Monday,
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21 Jun '26
UCC Executive Director Nyombi Thembo announced the return of web services Jan. 18, while keeping a temporary ban on social media and messaging apps.Uganda’s communications regulator has clarified the findings of a report on telecommunications taxation, after social media commentary used
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21 Jun '26
bitter internal war that has been simmering inside the Rotary Club of Kampala Ssese Islands has now burst into the open after five former members dragged the club and several of its top leaders to the High Court, setting the stage for a dramatic legal showdown that threatens to expose deep divisi
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21 Jun '26
On the morning of December 13, 2005, Victoria Awor, then working as an assistant registrar at Makerere University, packed her bags and left her matrimonial home at Plot 415B Nakasero Hill Road in Kampala.She left behind her husband Alex Bwangamoi Okello and their three children. She moved
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21 Jun '26
Authorities have arrested a Nigerian national accused of operating an unlicensed mental health facility in Wakiso District, where investigators reportedly recovered government drugs and found patients being held in poor conditions.WAKISO — A Nigerian national has been arrested by the Sta
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21 Jun '26
Police in Mukono District have arrested a man suspected of being behind a series of motorcycle robberies following an operation conducted in Kasawo Sub-county.The suspect, identified as Julius Kyeyune, also known as Kavuma, was arrested on June 20, 2026, at around 8:00 a.m. during a police
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21 Jun '26
The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has launched emergency repair works following a major water supply interruption in Bukedea District after a cement truck reportedly lost control and crashed into a swamp, damaging a key transmission main.According to a supply interruption
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21 Jun '26
The Rwandan civil society sector is mourning the death of Marie Ange Raïssa Uwamungu, the Executive Director of Impanuro Girls Initiative (IGI), an organization known for championing the rights and welfare of girls and young women.IGI announced her passing on Saturday in a statement share
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21 Jun '26
The State has asked Makindye Chief Magistrates’ Court to reject former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago’s bail application.In its reply to the application, the prosecution raised at least seven grounds it says court should consider before deciding whether to release him.Lukwago,
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21 Jun '26
Counsel Gawaya Tegule, the controversial Daily Monitor newspaper columnist who Gen Museveni vigorously complained against recently as he delivered his state of the nation address claiming he had told many demonizing lies against the Movement, now says time has come for the people of Uganda to una