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Minister JC Muyingo commissioning the school on Wednesday this week A row has emerged between Luwero district and Uganda Muslim Supreme Council over the renaming of the newly commissioned school in Katikamu sub county. On Wednesday this week, the State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo commissioned a 2.3

The government is looking for people who spread false information that the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah is dead. Oulanyah was on 5th February flown to a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America to receive specialized treatment after spending several days in Mulago Nattional Referral Hospital. The

The Entebbe Chief Magistrate's court has fined Carol Birungi, Uganda shillings 30 million for unlawful possession and trafficking of narcotics. Last month, Birungi was found with 91 pellets concealed in her private parts destined for New Delhi-India. The 26-year-old Birungi appeared before the Entebbe Chief Magistrate, Juliet Nakitende on Friday

Destroyed: Some of the seized illicit cigarettes destroyed yesterday Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has this afternoon in partnership with Luweero Industries destroyed illicit cigarettes worth Shs 1. 2 billion. The consignment, loaded in three trucks included illicit, banned and chewing tobacco (393099 cartons) worth US$ 340, 000, an equivalent of

Government has urged Ugandans to stay calm, not to panic as commodity prices rise saying that the situation is only temporary. Speaking at the government media center in Kampala, the Minister for ICT and National Guidance Dr. Chris Baryomunsi said the causes for the increase in commodity prices are largely

The government has launched the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan, a disaster preparedness and management framework, in case of an oil spillage incident in the industry. The plan is aimed at preventing or managing disasters that may arise when a liquid or semi-liquid petroleum hydrocarbon, either crude or final product,

Musa Akwi appearing before court Lira High Court has sentenced a man in his early 30s to 140 years in prison for seven different counts of aggravated robbery.   Musa Okwi, a resident of Oribcan cell, Namasale sub county in Amolatar district was sentenced to 20 years for each count

Uganda-Rwanda border of Katuna Most Ugandan goods are yet to be allowed to be imported into Rwanda, a month after border-reopening, our reporter has learnt.   The Rwandan authorities fully reopened the border this month, a month after partial re-opening.  President Paul Kagame had closed the borders on February 27,