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17:25
17:25

Taxi Plunges into River Namatala 3 1

According to eyewitnesses, the driver lost control after dodging a Boda Boda rider who was making a U-turn in the middle of the road.
17:13
17:13

Family of Man Killed in Madi-Okollo Over Land Dispute Living in Fear bow and arrow 4 5

Odrua, resident of Pajulu village, Kati parish in Ulepi sub-county was in July 2020 killed by a group of people from the neighbouring Vurra village. Seven suspects were arrested and are facing murder charges while others are still at large.
16:29
16:29

Katabi Town Council Leaders Demand for Garbage Trucks 4 4

Heaps of garbage are visible in areas of Kawuku and Abaita Ababiri trading centres and Kasenyi landing site for months.
15:50
15:50

Body of Drowned Student in Kwania Recovered, Family Demands Compensation 3 2

Odur’s body was retrieved by residents and police from the dam in Olami A cell, Aduku Town Council in Kwania district on Sunday.
15:41
15:41

Damaged Classrooms Put School's Re-opening in Balance 4 3

In September 2019, a strong wind blew off the roofs of all classrooms blocks in the school, leaving only a small portion of the roof on the block housing the head teacher’s office and two classrooms.
15:23
15:23

Ex-Cranes Players Tip Hippos to Defeat Tunisia in U-20 Afcon Semis Jackson Mayanja 3 1

Uganda Hippos will be facing North African based team Tunisia in semifinals of the ongoing Total U20 African Cup of Nations in Mauritania on 1st May 2021, however Uganda has been failing when it comes to facing North African Countries in the past meeting on both junior and senior levels.
15:07
15:07

ULS, Friends Mourn Lawyer Bob Kasango Pensioners 1 1

The Uganda Law Society President Pheona Wall Nabasa says that it is very unfortunate for the crimes he was accused of and sentenced for and with the way people thought he would be a flight risk and never given bail to nurse his ailment.
14:43
14:43

Nakaseke Man Kills Wife, Commits Suicide After Disagreement Over Money Domestic Violence

Godfrey Kavulu the publicity secretary of Magoma village says that Nalwanja’s body was discovered by residents at around 9:00 am who were passing near a bricklaying site where she was killed last night.
14:25
14:25

Envoys Should Notify Gov’t of Their Movements -Diplomacy Experts DRC Congo 1 6

On Monday, Italy’s ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo Luca Attanasio was killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy near the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Attanasio was killed alongside his Italian bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and a Congolese driver Moustapha Milambo when a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy of two was ambushed in a failed kidnap near Kanyamahoro town.
13:05
13:05

Traffic Commanders Cautioned Against Keeping Vehicle Wreckages at Police Stations 1 1

Charles Ssebambulidde, the traffic police spokesperson and former traffic operations commander, said it is wrong to keep such wreckage at stations.
12:57
12:57

Construction of OPD At Katabi Health Centre III Commences 3 6

Construction follows the closure of the out-patients department at Entebbe Regional Referral to manage coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
12:37
12:37

Court of Appeal Quashes Sentence of Man Convicted of Defiling a Mentally Impaired Girl 1

Apea was arrested in 2012 for allegedly defiling an 11 years old girl. In 2014, Justice Winfred Nabisinde of Lira High Court convicted Apea of aggravated defilement and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
12:08
12:08

Strange Skin Disease Causes Panic Among Amolatar District Residents 3 1

The disease has affected at least 10 households from two villages in Akongomit parish. A total of 18 children, the youngest being 6 months and 3 adults in Alongotidi village have presented with systems similar to scabies while another case has been reported in a neighbouring village of Oturulakodal.
11:46
11:46

Armed Thugs Kill One, Injure Two Others in Bunyangabu 2

Robert Nyakaana a mobile money agent says three men armed with a gun raided his premises and immediately started beating him demanding for money. They shot him in the leg before they made off with 300,000 Shillings and phones worth 3.5 Million Shillings.
11:36
11:36

Arua Vendors Demand Training on Use of Utilities Ahead of Commissioning of UGX 24B Market Arua Market Vendors 4 2

The 24 Billion Shillings market was constructed under African Development Bank funding through the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program-MATIP II.
11:13
11:13

UPDF Recalls 1,000 Retired Soldiers for Deployment in Somalia 2 1 Top story

The Army said the reservists were supposed to be deployed in Somalia in April 2020 but the plans were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Reserve force comprises of soldiers who have been officially retired from Army.
10:54
10:54

FPU Destroys 1,000 illegal Fishing Nets in Mayuge area 2 2

The illegal nets comprised 1,044 beach seines and 88 monofilament nets which they say have been depleting the lake of all its’ fish species.
10:39
10:39

Private Schools in Bunyangabu District Chocking on Debts bunyangabu schools 7 2

Dr Amuza Tusiime the Director Kasunganyanja Parents Nursery and Primary in Kasunganyanja town council says the school has run broke and now unable to clear some of its debts. Tusiime says the introduction of Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs called for high investments in general health facilities and yet they have and still expect few learners.
10:21
10:21

Leaders in Luwero Ask Catholic Church to Take Over Stalled Pineapple Processing Plant 3 5

The land on which the processing plant was to be established has been turned into a grazing zone.
09:52
09:52

Bush Fires Costing Electricity Cooperative Society Millions in Electric Pole Maintenance 1 2 Top story

The PACMECs General Manager Isaac Odong says since the onset of the dry season in October last year the wild bushfires fires have caused unprecedented damage to electricity infrastructure, mainly electric poles and transmission wires.
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