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A six-year-old boy in Kisoro has been crashed to death by a police truck as he played with his friends by the roadside. Police identified the boy (deceased) as Ceaser Ahimbisibwe, son of Edward Ssekabanza, a resident of Gahooro village. After the accident, bystanders rushed him to Clare Ssenga Health Center in a critical condition. Shortly after his arrival, he ...

Following the void left behind by the former deceased speaker Hon Jacob Oulanyah as the MP for Omoro County, the NRM party he subscribed to has moved ahead to endorse his son Andrew Ojok Oulanyah as the sole candidate for the upcoming by-election. They named Andrew the official party flagbearer after a meeting with President Museveni. This meeting happened in ...

Members of Parliament have asked the Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth to tell them what is happening with the Lubowa hospital. MPs said the Health Ministry owes Ugandans an explanation on the project which they said has failed. They have therefore tasked the ministry to ensure there is visible progress by the end of the year. Legislators explained that ...

Members of Parliament have recommended that government should create Signet as its own media company. The government should own this, with its own mandate, deliverables, board, and secretariat that is different from Uganda Broadcasting Council. According to the MPs on the Committee of ICT, the government should legally disengage Signet from UBC. The ICT Committee chairperson Moses Magogo presented this ...

Tuesday’s big news concerning Netflix revealed that the streaming giant had lost over 200,000 subscribers according to the disappointing first-quarter earnings report. This is the first time Netflix reported a subscriber loss in the last ten years. Previously, Netflix had estimated that it would gain 2.5 million subscribers in Q1. However, the suspension of its service in Russia cost it ...