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01 May '26
The Auditor General’s 2024-25 report exposes a pattern of chronic delays on the new Parliament building, as the completion date shifts to late 2027.KAMPALA, Uganda — A trail of six blown deadlines and a staggering 263 billion Ugandan shilling price tag has left the Parliament of Uganda
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01 May '26
Media personality and deejay Sheilah Gashumba has said she was joking when she claimed she was three months pregnant.“The pregnancy thing was straight banter lol calm down!” Gashumba posted on X.Gashumba claimed she was three months pregnant during a TikTok live with socialite a
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01 May '26
Every four days in Uganda, a full bus-load of souls is wiped away. According to the 2025 Annual Traffic Police Report, our roads claim approximately 15 lives every single day. We must realize these are not just numbers to be filed away in a police report; they are invisible human costs that steal
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01 May '26
In a policy message ahead of the celebrations, Col. (Rtd) Dr. John Francis Ongia, UDC’s Senior Liaison Officer, unveiled what he termed the “AKISONI Framework”—a phased strategy designed to align consumer needs with national industrial ambitions.Dr. Ongia said current public and po
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01 May '26
Society does not—and should not—extend the same leniency to individuals who commit murder under the influence of alcohol. A drunk person, after all, also operates under impaired judgment. Alcohol distorts reasoning, lowers inhibition, and clouds decision-making. Yet when a drunken individual
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01 May '26
The Principal Judge, Lady Justice Jane Frances Abodo, on Thursday afternoon hosted students from Trinity College Nabbingo for an interview to be featured in the school’s annual magazine, The Crystal, in a moment that underscored the enduring link between the institution and its distinguished al
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30 Apr '26
The suspect in the murder of four toddlers at Ggaba Kindergarten, Christopher Okello Onyum, in the dock during his trial and a public hearing at Ggaba Community Church, Kampala. PHOTO/ ABUBAKER LUBOWA The High Court in Kampala has sentenced Christopher Okello Onyum to death for the brutal
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30 Apr '26
The results are in for Makerere University’s Mature Age Entry Scheme examinations, held on December 13, 2025. The Academic Registrar released the composite results on April 22, 2026 — and buried inside 28 pages of numbers is a story about ambition, brutal competition, and the kind of odds tha
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30 Apr '26
Gender Minister Betty Amongi says her political battle with Dr Jane Ruth Aceng is rooted in what she describes as longstanding divisions and grievances within Lango politics.The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi Akena, has positioned herself as the main politi
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30 Apr '26
The Makerere University Students’ Guild has issued a formal missing student announcement for Arinda Freedom, a first-year student at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), after his whereabouts became unknown more than a week ago.In a letter dated Wednesday, April 29, 202