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According to a warning from US official Sung Kim, North Korea could at any time conduct a seventh nuclear test. He sent the warning just days after Pyongyang test launched a record eight ballistic missiles on Sunday. Wendy Sherman, the US Deputy Secretary of State said any nuclear tests of sorts will be met with a “swift and forceful response”. ...

Leader of opposition in parliament, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga has said Dr. Kizza Besigye is absolutely right in what he is doing. Besigye has been striking over the high commodity prices in the country. However, he has been jailed for the same cause on several occasions. According to Mpuuga, he is better than people watching the situation without lifting a finger ...

Rubirizi: The Anti-corruption court has convicted Rubirizi district principal human resource officer Doreen Tusiime. This came after she pleaded guilty to embezzling over Shs 19 million of taxpayers’ money. Tusiime had preparations to defend herself during a special court session on Tuesday at Rubirizi Magistrate’s court. However, she drastically decided not to fight after seeing many witnesses ready to testify ...

National Unity Platform spokesperson, Joel Senyonyi, has rubbished the President’s claim that the country has already reached middle-income status. The president said this yesterday as he was addressing the nation. He said by the time they read the budget next week, the country’s economy will be standing at $ 45.7billion by the exchange rate method. USD 131.6 billion by the ...

Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former FDC president said he is not at all shaken because of his arrest. He instead vowed to continue with the protest against the rising prices of commodities. He says that he will start from where he stopped. Kizza Besigye paid shs3 million yesterday to get out of jail on bail. Earlier, the court had decided ...