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52-year-old real estate dealer suffocated to death by kidnappers with a polythene bag despite family paying Shs7 million of Shs19 million ransom demanded

52-year-old real estate dealer suffocated to death by kidnappers with a polythene bag despite family paying Shs7 million of Shs19 million ransom demanded

Police have arrested two men over the kidnap and murder of Lydia Babirye, a 52-year-old real estate dealer based in Kampala. The arrests were made by the Flying Squad under the Directorate of Crime Intelligence, working with the army.Kampala Metropolitan Police Deputy Spokesperson Luke Owo

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Woman Kidnapped for Ransom Found Dead in Wakiso, Two Suspects Arrested

Woman Kidnapped for Ransom Found Dead in Wakiso, Two Suspects Arrested

Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the kidnapping and murder of 52-year-old Babirye Lydia, whose body was recovered from a house in Wakiso District days after her family was asked to pay a ransom for her release.According to Kampala Metropolitan Police, the victim, a resi

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Speaker budget grows seven times over six years

Speaker budget grows seven times over six years

Parliament Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth (2nd right) leaves Parliament chambers after presiding over plenary session on May 28, 2026. PHOTO/ PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA X HANDLEThe budget of Parliament has within six years doubled to Shs1.2 trillion, despite the number of elected members of the Ho

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Lawyer Remanded Over UGX 193M Bogus Land Transaction

Lawyer Remanded Over UGX 193M Bogus Land Transaction

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a Kampala-based lawyer to Luzira Prison over allegations of obtaining Shs193 million by false pretences in a disputed land transaction. Jimmy Awanga, 49, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa on Wednesday for plea taking and

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Court orders KK Fresh Produce to pay Shs191.8m to supplier

Court orders KK Fresh Produce to pay Shs191.8m to supplier

KK Fresh Produce Exporters, one of the leading local exporters of fresh fruits and chilli to the international market, has been ordered to pay Shs 191.8 million to East African Packing Solutions, following a dispute over an unpaid debt.Justice Stephen Mubiru ruled that KK Fresh Produce had

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Uganda targets two million children for early childhood education by 2030

Uganda targets two million children for early childhood education by 2030

The Minister of Education and Sports, Ms Janet Museveni, has said that at least two million children in Uganda will be access early childhood care and education by 2030.In a statement read by the State Minister for Primary Education, Dr Joyce Kaducu, during the launch of the Early Childhoo

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Call data places Okello at Ggaba crime scene

Call data places Okello at Ggaba crime scene

Fresh evidence in the ongoing High Court mobile trial in Ggaba, Kampala, has placed the prime suspect, Christopher Okello Onyum, at the scene of the brutal daycare killings through analysis of his phone call data records.Detective Inspector of Police Aggrey Mpamiizo told the High Court tha

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KCCA road works lag as Parliament raises alarm over funding gaps, flood risk ‎

KCCA road works lag as Parliament raises alarm over funding gaps, flood risk ‎

The Committee is also concerned that disbursement is performance-linked, meaning that continued slow progress will directly reduce KCCA's access to programme funds and jeopardise the broader metropolitan development objectives‎Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure has raise

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Ggaba daycare suspect ‘not insane’, killed for wealth, DPP tells court

Ggaba daycare suspect ‘not insane’, killed for wealth, DPP tells court

Kampala, Uganda: Christopher Okello Onyum, the prime suspect in the killing of four toddlers at a Ggaba daycare centre, was mentally sound and allegedly carried out the attack in pursuit of wealth through human sacrifice, according to evidence presented by prosecutors.According to the Dire

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How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses

How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses

Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the high cost of digital transactions could slow the country’s push toward a digital economy.Mobile money has revolutionized

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