Today’s RESULT: Tunisia 2 Uganda 0 Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevich has named his final 23 for the African Cup of Nations, dropping home based players, goalkeeper Benjamin Ochan (KCCA), midfielder Mutyaba Muzamir (KCCA) and striker Edrisa Lubega (Proline) Micho named Uganda’s team to travel to Gabon after a 2-0 loss …
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14 dead as Ugandan taxi avoids cow Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Fourteen people were killed when a taxi swerved to avoid a cow and crashed into two large vehicles on what is known as Uganda’s deadliest road, police said Wednesday. Eight people died on the spot including a journalist, …
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The High Court in Kampala has ordered Luzira Prison authorities to produce the three Lugogo murder suspects Mathew Kanyamunyu, Cynthia Munwangari and Joseph Kanyamunyu on January 10 for hearing of their bail application. Deputy Registrar Eleanor Khainza issued the production warrant to the Superintendent of Prison in charge of Murchison Bay …
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Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has revealed that there are several individuals and groups trying to organise talks between Uganda’s opposition and President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye has shunned talks previously, saying the terms of the meetings must be mutually agreed. “There has been again flurry of initiatives about dialogue but …
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The Cranes team of 26 that is in Tunisia for an international friendly has been submitted as Uganda’s preliminary squad to the the Nations Cup finals. Three players will be dropped before the team travels to Abu Dhabi for the final friendlies against Slovakia and Ivory Coast. Only three teams Gabon, Algeria …
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President Yoweri Museveni’s new year message President Yoweri Museveni has said the country’s successes in 2016 will lay the foundation for a brighter 2017 and reassured Ugandans in a new year message that the peace secured so far will be maintained. “Uganda has been at peace for the first time in …
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Sydney, Australia | AFP | Australia rang in the new year Sunday with a spectacular fireworks display in Sydney, sending rainbow-coloured showers into the night sky and defying the global terror attacks that cast a pall over 2016. Around 1.5 million people packed Australia’s biggest city to watch as the …
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Kasaija warns UNRA against delayed works as government signs a $151million loan for the construction of Busega-Mpigi highway Uganda has signed a sh545billion ($151 million) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help finance the construction of a four-lane 23.7 kilometer Busega-Mpigi expressway. The AfDB earlier this year approved $245 million …
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Work on remodeling and designing Kololo Independence Ground to give it an international look ahead of March’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships has started. The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) Engineering Brigade has been contracted by the Kampala 2017 Local organizing committee to make the improvements ahead of the March 26, 2017 …
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Makerere University has released new dates for completion of the 2016/17 1st and 2nd semesters and set a date for the 67th graduation ceremony following last week’s decision to re-open the institution. According to a statement from the University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Ddumba-Ssentamu, all members of staff should resume work …
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