VIDEO: Dr. Margaret Mungherera, 59, has died after losing her battle against cancer. She was receiving treatment in India when she succumbed to the illness, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday. Margaret Mungherera was a senior consultant psychiatrist and medical administrator in Uganda. She served before as the president of …
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The NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) has given the all clear to 43 of their aspirants to contest in the party’s caucus elections for EALA representation due on Tuesday. CEC, chaired by President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe, vetted the National Resistance Movement (NRM) aspirants and found all of …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | The leader of a Congolese rebel group who had been living under security in Uganda has gone missing, after scores of his fighters escaped their military base, the army said Friday. The leader of M23, a mostly ethnic Tutsi rebel group which fled Democratic Republic …
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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) sits Saturday to vet candidates for the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). The chairman of the party’s electoral commission Dr. Tanga Odoi said CEC shall consider the names of 43 candidates that expressed interest in the six positions allocated to …
Read More »VIDEO: The country’s proposed new national carrier will not be called Uganda Airlines. As the country finalizes plans to revive the national carrier, it now emerges that government will have to get another brand name under which to operate.It has now emerged that the brand name that was owned by the …
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VIDEO: Police suspects that an officer who killed his wife before shooting himself dead at Nsambya barracks in Kampala could have planned his death. This follows the discovery of a handwritten will just days before Thursday’s incident. It is reported that the police constable signed for a gun, returned to …
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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) wants Pesident Yoweri Museveni to become a champion in the fight suppress and eliminate the virus world-wide “We want you Mr. President to speak about the fight against HIV/AIDS. We want you to become a champion in the fight against HIV/AIDS in …
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Residents of Isingiro district have been called upon to embrace modern farming to cushion themselves against drought and famine in the district. The call was made by the president of Rotary Club of Kololo Dr. Rosemary Byanyima during a tour of the The Omukabaare Heifer Project. The project is aimed at mitigating …
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President Museveni, Magufuli to discuss EPA, Burundi Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania’s President Dr. John Magufuli will meet February to agree on East Africa’s way forward on the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The EPA is supposed to be negotiated between the EU and member states of the East African Community (EAC). Kenya …
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Police has confirmed that 14 passengers traveling in a taxi registration number UAZ 350 U from Eastern Uganda to Kampala are dead after an accident involving a truck registration number UAU 650 S in Sagazi-Lugazi. Uganda Police PRO Sezibwa Region Lameck Kigozi told the media that the driver of the lorry …
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