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S.6 student jailed for calling Gen. Muhoozi 'Gay'

S.6 student jailed for calling Gen. Muhoozi 'Gay'

Edison Ssemugenyi, a student from Lwengo, used his TikTok account @iam_edson to announce the fake death of President Museveni and to claim Muhoozi was involved in a same-sex relationship.A 20-year-old Senior Six student has been slapped with six years i

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EX-POST BANK MD OFF THE HOOK! Judge Blasts “Baseless, Vindictive” Internal Auditor as 8-Year Sh292m Case Collapses

EX-POST BANK MD OFF THE HOOK! Judge Blasts “Baseless, Vindictive” Internal Auditor as 8-Year Sh292m Case Collapses

Former Post Bank Uganda managing director Stephen Mukweli (L) is finally a free manFormer Post Bank Uganda managing director Stephen Mukweli is finally a free man after the Anti-Corruption Court tore apart the state’s entire case and acquitted him of all criminal charges.

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Tulip Siddiq MP given jail sentence in Bangladesh after trial in her absence

Tulip Siddiq MP given jail sentence in Bangladesh after trial in her absence

Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations.She was found guilty of influencing her aunt, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister

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Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days

Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days

Singapore hanged three people for drug offences last week, bringing the total number of executions to 17 this year - the highest since 2003.These come a week before a constitutional challenge against the death penalty for drug offences is due to be heard.Singapore h

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Police speak out on fate of drilling NRM group

Police speak out on fate of drilling NRM group

Rusoke was tasked with explaining why youth groups wearing the ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) signature yellow attire were seen conducting coordinated marching and exercises in viral videos without facing arrestsPolice Spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke has ad

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Eddie Howe 'concerned' after Nick Pope blunder in Newcastle Marseille defeat

Eddie Howe 'concerned' after Nick Pope blunder in Newcastle Marseille defeat

Newcastle United's Champions League qualification hopes suffered a blow after a 2-1 defeat to Marseille, with Nick Pope's error proving costly in the second half.Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope was guilty of a mistake at Marseille (Image: Getty Images)Newcastle manager Edd

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Ham Kiggundu Defends Nakivubo Project

Ham Kiggundu Defends Nakivubo Project

A deaf and dumb father of 12 children who has been held at Luzira prison for over a year on allegations of using his three-year-old child to beg, is appealing for justice and release as he awaits trial in the High Court.Thirty-six-year-old&

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‘I am a monster’: Man hid in estranged wife’s apartment, stabbed her to death and buried her in the desert

‘I am a monster’: Man hid in estranged wife’s apartment, stabbed her to death and buried her in the desert

A California man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his estranged wife while he hid in her apartment and waited for her to come out of her bedroom before he pounced and stabbed her to death.Zarbab Ali, 28, was found guilty Friday of

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HE COULD EAT XMAS IN LUZIRA: Judge Kamasanyu Rejects Blogger Saava’s Bail Application & Sends Him Back To Prison

HE COULD EAT XMAS IN LUZIRA: Judge Kamasanyu Rejects Blogger Saava’s Bail Application & Sends Him Back To Prison

On Monday 17th November, the Makindye-based Standards & Utilities Court Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu delivered her long-awaited ruling on the bail application of detained journalist Dean Lubowa Saava, who has been languishing on remand in Luzira prison for the last two months.As i

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Pork, Puritanism and Populism: Religious hubris as a danger to constitutionally guaranteed freedom

Pork, Puritanism and Populism: Religious hubris as a danger to constitutionally guaranteed freedom

Last week, violent clashes broke out in Yumbe district over, of all things, pork.It is a poorly kept national secret that many Ugandans treat this as a delicacy. Indeed, many lifelong friendships (not to mention marriages) and other abiding ties have been forged, and

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