A medical examination conducted on the 18-year-old girl accusing a senior police Intelligence Officer, Gilbert Arinaitwe of rape has confirmed that she was indeed sexually abused. The rape victim appeared on Monday before the Criminal Investigations Directorate at Kibuli together with her mother and recorded a statement implicating Arinaitwe. A
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The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) will host over 100 stakeholders from all over Africa and beyond on August 24 and 25th , 2017 at Speke Resort Munyonyo to discuss cancer under the theme: “From Prevention to end of life care”. Speaking to journalists in Kampala today, Dr. Jackson Orem, the
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Uganda has imported over 54 million litres of fuel in the last 10 days, Business Focus exclusively reports. This was revealed by Dicksons Kateshumbwa, the Commissioner Customs Department at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) while responding to media reports that hundreds of fuel trucks were stuck at Busia border as a
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The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) is rolling out a nationwide campaign to stop impersonation and other forms of examination malpractices in schools. The campaign involves the use of a mobile phone application which invigilators will use to verify each candidates index number and level of examination. Upon entering the
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Bank of Uganda (BoU) has denied reports that it is hiding Shs10bn in a secret account in Germany. In a press statement issued Monday morning, BoU Communications Director, Christine Alupo, describes the reports as misrepresentation "of the information that was provided in the testimony by the Bank of Uganda (BoU)
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The Ugandan government has said public servants without National Identification Numbers (NINs) will not receive their wages beginning August, 2017. In a letter dated August7, 2017 addressed to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Service, Keith Muhakanizi, the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Treasury at Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
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Bitcoin's value has jumped to a record high, following a month of turmoil. The virtual currency reached $3,451.86 (£2,651) per coin in Monday trade, according to the Coindesk Bitcoin Price Index. It had never crossed the $3,000 mark until the weekend. The market value of all bitcoins in existence has
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Kenyans started casting their votes Tuesday in an exercise characterized by long queues. The Daily Nation reports that voting started at 6am in most polling stations where voters started trooping in as early as 3am. At Kimala Primary School polling station in Taveta constituency, Taita Taveta County, voting started at
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At least 2,000 residents on Buvuma Island, the largest island on the chain, have received 430 water filters from SPOUTS of Water, a social enterprise that produces the Purifaaya Ceramic Water filters. Buvuma Island has one of the highest incidents of water-borne diseases like Bilharzia and typhoid because of poor
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North Korean state media has slammed the latest round of sanctions approved by the United Nations, calling them a "flagrant violation of our sovereignty", CNN reports. It vowed retaliation against Washington. The UN Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions Saturday in response to Pyongyang's long-range ballistic missile tests on July
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