Today’s Top News
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DP’s Moses Kasibante swears in as new MP for Rubaga North.
DP’s Moses Kasibante has been sworn in as the Rubaga North MP after a prolonged Court battle that finally saw NRM’s Singh Katongole thrown out Parliament. Immediately after taking oath, Kasibante vowed to fight for democratic reforms and the return of Buganda’s property from the Central government. The Court of Appeal early this month upheld [...]
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Police re-arrest Turkish Peadophile
Police is considering slapping aggravated defilement and illegal stay charges against Emin Baro, a Turkish National who was on Tuesday fined 6 million shillings for child pornography. The Inspector General of Police Lt. Gen. Kale Kayihura says that the 54 year old Turkish national has been rearrested and will face fresh charges. Baro was arrested [...]
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FDC Leader Dr Col Kizza Besigye and other opposition politicians charged at Buganda Road Court
Four opposition leaders have been charged with four counts of managing an unlawful society leading to the death of a police officer and injuring two others. The four include FDC party president Kiiza Besigye, Kampala woman Member of Parliament Nabilah Naggayi, FDC women’s league chairperson Ingrid Turinawe and Kawempe Mayor Mubarak Munyagwa. The quartet, however, [...]
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First Lady Janet Museveni Appeals on maternal Health
The first lady, Ms Janet Museveni, has called upon health workers to carefully handle mothers during child delivery to reduce cases of maternal and child mortality in the country while at the same time lowering the avoidable causes. Citing carelessness and negligence as some of the causes of maternal death, Ms Janet Museveni said health [...]
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Government and UMEME sued over rampant Load shedding
A Human Rights body has lodged a complaint against the government, power distribution company UMEME and the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), over indiscriminate loading shedding in public hospitals that has led to many avoidable deaths of patients. Center for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) lodged their complaint before the Human Rights Commission in Kampala. [...]
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Italian Firm to generate Electricity from Rivers Aswa and Ayago.
Residents of Gulu, Nwoya and parts of Northern Uganda could soon get relief from the erratic electricity power supply characterized by constant power blackouts. The relief comes from a move by a private firm to undertake studies to construct a hydro power electricity generation plant on Rivers Aswa and Ayago. PAC, an Italian engineering firm [...]


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