President Museveni has today afternoon, January 12,2021 made reshuffles to Resident District Commissioners –RDC’s ahead of the 14th January general election. INSTRUMENT OF APPOINTMENT In Exercise of the Powers conferred on the President of Uganda by Articles 99 and 203 of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (as amended), I hereby, appoint the […]
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Opposition leaders including 4-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye and current candidates Patrick Amuriat Oboi (FDC), Mugisha Muntu (ANT), Robert Kyagulanyi (NUP) have this morning held a closed meeting before addressing journalists at Hotel Africana ahead of 14th January General Election. Below are the takeaways from the press conference. ”We would like to urge the […]
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The Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has released the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE, Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education-UACE timetables for the 2020/21 national examinations. Briefing of candidates in P.7 will be on March 26 and they will later sit for their examinations on March 30 and March 31 2021. Briefing […]
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Facebook has explained the banning of pro-President Museveni accounts that were recently blocked ahead of January 14,2021 general election The facebook head of communication for sub-Saharan Africa, Kezia Anim-Addo,tells Agence France-Presse-AFP in an email that the accounts belong to Ugandan government officials were accused of seeking to manipulate public debate. Anim-Addo says they removed a network […]
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A Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF soldier has been sentenced to 101 years in prison after he was convicted of three counts of murder plus other three of attempted murder. Private Bobson Amutuhereize was today, Tuesday, January 05, 2021 handed the sentence by the army court sitting in Ryeru Sub County Rubirizi District western Uganda. The […]
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Kiruhura district woman representative Sheila Mwine’s father Mzee Katsimbura succumbs to stroke. Grief has engulfed Kiruhura district following the death of veteran politician and iconic statesman, Mzee Nathan Katsimbura who is also the father of Kiruhura district woman representative Hon. Sheila Mwine Kabaije. Katsimbura died of stroke at Nakasero hospital yesterday and by press time, […]
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Police in Sheema district are investigating following the death of a 57-year-old man identified as James Ndyabahika who hanged himself after chopping his wife to death over family wrangles and what he thought it was disrespect. Preliminary investigations indicate that James ended his life when angry residents were hunting for him after he killed his […]
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The army has finally released Ugandan boxer Justin “The Destroyer” Juuko,48, following complaints and legal intervention championed by his family, human rights activists and other figures including Dr. Kizza Besigye. His Lawyer Byansi Henry says Juuko’s family was called last evening to pick him from Mbuya after charges that had been preferred against him were […]
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Results of COVID-19 tests done on December 30,2020 confirm 539 new cases bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 35,216. The breakdown of the new cases are: 538 contacts and alerts: Kampala (231), Wakiso (46), Mbarara (39), Masaka (32), Mityana (17), Kabale (15), Iganga (13), Mukono (12),Luwero (12) Budaka (11), Mitooma (10), Jinja (10), Ntungamo (7), […]
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The National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Bobi Wine has revealed that his comrades Nubian Li, Eddie Mutwe and about 18 others (mostly NUP security team) are being held incommunicado in a military barracks in Masaka. In his statement this morning, he indicated that as soon as they reached Masaka police station after […]
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