SP Patrick Onyango Kabalagala police station in Kampala are holding a man for attempting to burn his wife and two of his children in the house after a hinted disagreement with wife. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango has identified the suspect Nkenga Muhammad who set
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Traders off loading maize on truck Produce traders in Busia district are stranded with metric tons of maize worth billions of Shillings following Kenya’s ban on the importation of maize from Uganda, URN reports. Busia produce market is one of the major hubs for produce and maize is one of
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The Electoral Commission (EC) says it's conducting a study to understand why voters don’t turn up to vote. Cyprian Ogwang, the head of Research and Planning Department at EC says this survey will be part of the evaluation of the entire election process they conducted in 2021. He says the survey
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Today Uganda joins the rest of of the world to celebrate the International Women's Day. This year's theme is "Building on Women’s Strength for a Better Future in a COVID-19 World" The Government of Uganda through ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has issued a statement to commemorate this
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Absa Group has announced the passing of Executive Director and Deputy Group Chief Executive Peter Matlare (pictured). He died on 7 March 2021 due to COVID-19-related complications. Peter joined the Absa Group Limited board as an independent Non-Executive Director in 2011. In August 2016, he was appointed Group Deputy Chief Executive
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Wreckage of the vehicle at the scene Two footballers attached to the Kisoro based Highland Gorilla Sports Club have died in a motor accident, which injured five others. The deceased players are Brian Iranatwe alias Don and Edwin Twizere. Iranatwe is also the former Kisoro Municipality National Unity
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Ms. Anne Abeja, the Company Secretary at Housing Finance Bank The theme of International Women's Day 2021 is “Choose To Challenge” The premise of this theme is the simple belief that from challenge comes change and people all over the world can choose to challenge gender bias and inequality in
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Billionaire Patrice Motsepe has led former African champions Mamelodi Sundowns since 2004 Patrice Motsepe's status as the next Confederation of African Football (Caf) president is all but secured after his last eligible rival for the role - Mauritania's Ahmed Yahya - pulled out of the race on Saturday afternoon, the
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Uganda’s maize quality is deteriorating The Grain Council of Uganda has called for the government’s urgent intervention into the maize trade, which it says is currently dominated by informal dealings. Chris Kaijuka, the Chairperson of the Grain Council of Uganda, says that 90 percent of Uganda’s maize going to Kenya is
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S.5 students of Luwero SS gathering to start lessons today Private primary and secondary schools are stealthy sneaking in non authorised learners following the second phase of school re-opening. The Government opted for a staggered reopening of schools to allow for the required physical distancing of the learners and teachers.The
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