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Hounded and harassed': The former pop star taking on Uganda's long-time president

Hounded and harassed': The former pop star taking on Uganda's long-time president

With his charisma, tenacity and everyman appeal, music star Bobi Wine has shaken up Ugandan politics.Since his career pivot a decade ago, the 43-year-old has become a major thorn in the side of President Yoweri Museveni, an 81-year-old who has been in power for 40 years.Bobi Wine ha

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Suspected Karimojong Bandits Target PDM Beneficiaries in Kitgum

Suspected Karimojong Bandits Target PDM Beneficiaries in Kitgum

Lamwaka revealed that since mid-November, reports have emerged of raiders moving through villages, targeting PDM beneficiaries and demanding the money they received through the government programme.Suspected armed Karimojong raiders have shifted their focus from livestock theft to targetin

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Reality check: Success, hurdles in Ruto’s affordable housing dream

Reality check: Success, hurdles in Ruto’s affordable housing dream

The Affordable Housing Project promised dignity and stability for Kenya’s urban poor, yet gaps in delivery are fast exposing cracks in what was once hailed as a groundbreaking social revolution.In Nairobi’s New Mukuru Housing Estate, residents who once lived in congested shacks now enj

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Hudu Hussein Says NRM Primary Loss as a 'Defilement of Democracy'

Hudu Hussein Says NRM Primary Loss as a 'Defilement of Democracy'

Former Masaka Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Hudu Hussein has broken his silence following a defeat in the NRM party primaries for the Northern Division parliamentary seat in Mbale City, describing the exercise as a “defilement of democracy” and vowing to formally petition the outcome.

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Tension Rises as NUP Supporters Remanded Ahead of Museveni Kampala Tour

Tension Rises as NUP Supporters Remanded Ahead of Museveni Kampala Tour

Fifteen National Unity Platform supporters have been remanded to Luzira Prison until July twenty nine. The group was arrested from various locations in Lubaga Division, including their homes, following accusations of defacing campaign posters of President Yoweri

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Bukedi South RPC Ahimbisibwe Transferred to Aswa West in Police Reshuffle

Bukedi South RPC Ahimbisibwe Transferred to Aswa West in Police Reshuffle

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fred Ahimbisibwe, who has served as the Regional Police Commander (RPC) for Bukedi South for over a year, has been transferred to the Aswa West policing region, with his new duty station in Gulu City.The move comes as part of a broader police reshuffle

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Stella Nyanzi Re-Admitted to Germany After Nairobi Visa Standoff

Stella Nyanzi Re-Admitted to Germany After Nairobi Visa Standoff

Exiled Ugandan academic and political activist Stella Nyanzi has been granted a new visa allowing her re-entry into Germany, following a tense standoff with German immigration authorities in Nairobi.Nyanzi, who has asylum status in Germany, revealed on Tuesday evening that

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To Suggest I'm Trying to Harm and Steal My Husband's Property is Deeply Painful, says Jolly Kateregga

To Suggest I'm Trying to Harm and Steal My Husband's Property is Deeply Painful, says Jolly Kateregga

Ms Jolly Shubaiha Kateregga has strongly denied persistent allegations from her husband, Professor Badru Ddungu Kateregga, who claims she assaulted him and is attempting to take over his property and business.In an emotional statement released on Friday, April 25, Jolly sa

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Nigeria's senate president denies sexually harassing colleague

Nigeria's senate president denies sexually harassing colleague

Senate President Akpabio told Wednesday's session that he had been raised very well by his late mother and had never harassed any woman.One of Nigeria's most senior politicians, Godswill Akpabio, has denied allegations of sexual harassment brought against him by

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Chaotic Scenes in Kawempe as Museveni Deploys More JATT Operatives & UPF to Work on Nalukoola’s Fans

Chaotic Scenes in Kawempe as Museveni Deploys More JATT Operatives & UPF to Work on Nalukoola’s Fans

Tensions ran high in Kawempe North today as security forces heavily deployed to monitor the campaign rally of National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Erias Nalukoola.President Museveni’s government ordered addit

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