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The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has today added new charges of aggravated robbery against Labour minister Mwesigwa Rukutana over the violent incident in the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries in Ntungamo in late September. Sources on Tuesday revealed that DPP Justice Jane Abodo had amended the charge sheet in
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Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo has just won the World Half Marathon Championship attaining a new national record of 58:49 in Gdynia, Poland. This record was broken with a staggering 10 seconds to spare. Joshua Cheptegei was the 4th in his half marathon debut in 59:21, also making Uganda proud. About a month
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Prof William Bazeyo the deputy vice chancellor Finance and Administration of Makerere University has resigned from his duties at the University. The reasons for Bazeyo's tendering in of his resignation were not yet known by press time. William Bazeyo, is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, academic, researcher, and academic administrator. Since September
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Mr Norman Aruho the officer in charge of Moroto government prisons, has been suspended together with his deputy Joseph Angwandia over the escape of about 224 inmates with 14 guns from the prison last month. Mr Norman Ahuro has been replaced with Mr. Latif Mayamba, the officer in charge of Soroti
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Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Latif Ssebaggala is set to contest again, as independent, for Kawempe North. Last month, Ssebaggala, who had earlier on expressed interest in running for Kampala Lord Mayor in the forthcoming 2021 general election, and was subsequently handed the National Unity Platform ticket to hold their flag,
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Police in Kampala are investigating a bar shootout in which a UPDF Soldier injured a bar owner only identified as Benson Moses Mugisha. The UPDF soldier, Captain Robert Namara Cool allegedly shot Mugisha at about 11:45pm at 400 bar on Saturday in Bukoto. According to witnesses, Namara and Mugisha had a
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Just when schools have been cleared to reopen especially for finalists, Makerere University Business School (MUBS) lecturers have declared a sit-down strike over their salaries. The sit-down strike was declared on Sunday by Brian Muyomba, the chairperson MUBS Academic Staff Association in a press conference during which they called upon students not to
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Reopening of schools might have brought much harm than good to the government as Parliament has passed a resolution urging government to pay the examination registration fees for all candidates this year due to COVID-19 This was taken up after a motion presented by Bugabula south MP Henry Kibalya who noted
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Daniel Kazibwe alias Ragga Dee has been nominated to contest for the Kampala Mayoral seat, in the forthcoming general elections. Ragga Dee, a National Resistance movement –NRM party candidate is competing for the seat, for the second time, having lost to Erias Lukwago in 2016. He is the second musician to
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Shartis Musherure Kutesa, the daughter to Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kutesa has challenged the Mawogola North constituency election in the NRM primaries citing that there was some kind of foul play. The NRM electoral commission on Wednesday evening declared Godfrey Aine Kaguta also known as Sodo, a brother to President Museveni
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