Four suspected thieves are in police custody in Kampala after a robbery they carried out on a police officer. The suspects are accused of stealing the officer’s gun and attempting to kill him at Kireka Police barracks. They are awaiting trial while in cells at Jinja Road Police Station. They were identified as Onekalit John, 34, Okalu Sam, 31, Ochaya ...
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The Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Anita Among, has mourned the death of former DP President, Hon. Paul Kawanga Ssemwogerere. He passed on today in the morning at his Busiro county home. The cause of death is yet to be revealed. Ssemwogerere died at the age of 90 years. On behalf of Parliament, the speaker used her social media platforms to ...
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Popular city model, Doreen Kabareebe, has come to the defense of singer Eddy Kenzo, especially against all those that were downplaying his Grammy nomination. Kenzo in his press conference revealed that he’s the first Ugandan to be nominated in the Grammys. However, this didn’t please a section of some people, especially his critics. They came out to point out an ...
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Veteran ruling NRM Cadre, Captain Francis Babu has reacted to the president’s directive regarding the ownership of Usafi stalls. Museveni directed that these stalls should be repossessed by the Kampala Capital City Authority. Babu however says, the implementation and management of government policy is weak. “Management and implementation of government policy is very weak in government institutions. So, I will ...
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Uganda’s elderly have asked government to institute a special census to verify the exact number of elders in the country. Hon. Dominic Gidudu Mafaabi, the state minister for elderly persons says the number of elders according to statistics is 4% of the total population. Therefore, with the population at over 44million people, 4% would imply that the number of elders ...
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