Uganda's tax body, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Thursday impounded a truck with contraband goods believed to cause cancer. According to a message posted on the authority's social media page, the operation took place at the border crossing of Mpondwe in Kasese district, western Uganda along the border with
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Kenya’s interior minister warns that arrests may be in store in relation to opposition leader Raila Odinga’s self-inauguration ceremony Tuesday as “the people's president.” Meanwhile, authorities say local media stations prevented from broadcasting Tuesday’s event live will remain off the air pending the results of an investigation. Interior Minister Fred
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday joined millions of Ugandans in mourning the death of the country's best vocalist, Moses Sekibogo aka Mowzey Radio. Radio who was 33, breathed his last on Thursday morning at Case Clinic in the capital, Kampala. He had been admitted with head injuries following a
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Youthful Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) newly elected President Moses Muhangi has started on a journey to rebuild the gold medal sport of Uganda. Muhangi, who was elected during an assembly at Lugogo overseen by AIBA, the world boxing governing body, has started with emphasis on re-branding activities. On Tuesday, he
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Wealthy Londoners are leaving the city as new taxes make it expensive to inherit and invest, and as Brexit prompts rich Europeans living in the U.K. capital to return home. This puts the British financial hub in the same category as Lagos and Istanbul, which are also seeing net outflows
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There’s increasing uncertainty about the drilling and production of Uganda’s oil, with some locals in the oil-rich Bunyoro suspicious of the ongoing activities. On Wednesday, Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Ogwal, raising a matter of national importance regarding the revenue accruing from petroleum resources on the floor of Parliament, revealed that
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The embattled Buyende District Police Commander, Muhammad Kirumira has announced his decision to retire from the Uganda Police Force. In a message posted on his Facebook page this morning, Kirumira says he has decided to resign from the force after realizing that his image will never change before his bosses.
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Traffic will soar above the muddy swamp between Uganda’s capital and its international airport when a new Chinese-built highway opens in a few months time, but the road itself is mired in controversy. The government has partly funded the 51-km (30-mile) $580 million expressway with a loan, part of $11
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A stun grenade has been thrown and shots have been fired into the residential compound of prominent Kenyan opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka, police say. No one was was injured in the attack on Wednesday night, and the motive was still unclear. Mr Musyoka is the deputy leader of the National
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Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, the Archbishop of Kampala on Tuesday evening cleansed the parliamentary catholic chapel a month after security forces were deployed inside the house of prayer. Dr. Lwanga was the main celebrant at the mass at the Catholic Chapel which was attended by several Members of Parliament including
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