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16 May '26
Police in Mubende District have arrested two suspects and launched a manhunt for others after a 19-year-old man was allegedly killed during a violent bar fight involving broken beer bottles.Police in Mubende District have launched investigations into a fatal bar brawl that claimed the life
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16 May '26
The government, through the Ministry of Trade and Cooperatives, has intensified efforts to support teachers in entering a value-added cash economy as an alternative source of income aside from teaching. Despite a salary increase, the government, through the Teachers Savings Union Walimu, is mobil
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16 May '26
Unknown gunmen have shot dead Wilfred Ojok, 24, a shop attendant in Paromo Village, Paduny parish, Awach Town Council, Gulu District.The armed men stormed the shop at around 9 pm on Friday. One of them placed people playing cards on the verandah at gunpoint, while his accomplice entered th
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16 May '26
Three people are nursing gunshot wounds following a confrontation between a private security guard and a man accused of attempting to disarm him at an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at an Equity Bank Uganda branch in Arua on Friday.The injured were identified as Harriet Asara, 22, and Joan
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15 May '26
Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng is increasingly being mentioned in ruling party circles as a possible candidate for Deputy Speaker of Parliament in a major political arrangement aimed at balancing regional interests following the death of former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.Highly placed NRM sou
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15 May '26
Mourners at the home of Ibrahim Turyamureba, a 43-yearoild retired UPDF soldier who was allegedly assaulted by police officers in a raid at a local cinema hall in Kamusegu Parish, Bwikara Sub-county, Kagadi District on May 13, 2026. PHOTO/ BYOMUGABI SEGUJJAResidents of Kamusegu Parish in B
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15 May '26
Uganda is preparing to issue its first sovereign sukuk as part of efforts to finance the construction of a standard gauge railway (SGR) linking Kampala to the Kenyan border town of Malaba, marking the country’s entry into Islamic capital markets, Ecofin Agency reports.The Ministry of Fin
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14 May '26
The Former Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Frank Tumwebaze, has flagged off Uganda’s inaugural export of canned pineapples to China, describing it as a major breakthrough in the country’s agro-industrialisation drive and export market expansion.Tumwebaze said 10
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14 May '26
Richard Byarugaba has joined Equity Group Insurance to lead its new asset management subsidiary as the company expands into wealth management services.Equity Group Insurance Holdings Limited (EGIHL) has appointed veteran financial executive Richard Patrick Byarugaba as Managing Director fo
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14 May '26
The rebellions that confronted President Museveni after 1986 were not confined to Acholi, Teso or the eastern border areas. Along Uganda’s western and north-western frontiers, the NRM government faced insurgencies shaped by exile politics, cross-border sanctuaries, regional wars, and gri