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Critically Ill Maj.Gen Biraaro Admitted At Kampala Hospital In Intensive Care Unit

Former UPDF top ranking officer and 2016 presidential candidate Maj. Gen Benon Biraaro was over the weekend rushed to Kampala Hospital, Kololo in a critical condition. A family member has confirmed. According to close friends, the former UPDF bush war Gen is

February 10, 2020

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UPDF Deploys 2500 Soldiers,20000 Litres Of Pesticides To Fight Locusts In Karamoja

Government has dispatched more that 20000 litres of pesticides to Amudat district in Karamoja sub-region to aid the aerial spraying of locusts that entered Uganda through the northwest Pokot area on Sunday. The chemicals were loaded and airlifted this morning from Kololo

February 10, 2020

Africa·News

Africa Is still A Hot Bed Of Terrorism,Conflict-AU Chairman Ramaphosa

The newly elected Chairperson of the African Union, Cyril Ramaphosa also President of South Africa has noted with concern that Africa still remains a hotbed of terrorism and conflict saying it is a cancer that needs to be eradicated. In his address

February 10, 2020

Crime·News

Police Arrest Four Chinese For Assaulting Worker

Four Chinese have been arrested following a circulating video of one of them caning a Kenyan staffer in Nairobi Kenya. Detectives from Kilimani raided Chez Wou Restaurant in the suburb Kileleshwa on Sunday and arrested the four. Eight Kenyans who work at

February 10, 2020

East Africa·News

Why E.African Court Dismissed Lawyer Mabirizi Application Blocking M7 From Standing In 2021 Elections

The East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha in Tanzania has dismissed an application lodged by lawyer Male Mabirizi Hassan Kiwanuka seeking an interim order halting the 2021 elections. Mabirizi ran to the East African court challenging the 2018 Constitutional Amendment

February 9, 2020

Crime·News

Distressed Lt.Col Juma Seiko Shoots Three People In Kaleerwe Scuffle

Police in Kawempe on Sunday February 9, 2020 arrested and detained Lt. Col. Juma Seiko after shooting and injuring three people along Mambure road in Kampala. According to Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, the incident happened at around 1:15

February 9, 2020

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Doom Looms As LDC Student Sues Minister Baryomunsi, Wants Shs 215M Compensation

A student at Law Development Centre (LDC) has run to court seeking Shs 215 million from the state minister for Housing Dr Chris Baryomunsi over alleged defamation. Godfrey Akampulira aka Akampa in his notice, claims that between August and November 2019, Baryomunsi

February 9, 2020

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Grief As Ugandan Farmers Are Hit By Worst Locust Swarms

Ugandan Government, farmers and pastoralists are in panic mode after Swarms of deadly desert locusts Sunday entered the country through Amudat District, Karamoja region. According to reports, government officials are in a crisis meeting to prepare how to prevent the locusts that

February 9, 2020

Health·News

We Need Corporates’ Support In Building More Ghetto Green Toilets – Rajiv

The Managing Director of Ruparelia group who is also one of the trustees of the foundation, Mr Rajiv Ruparelia, has promised to continue giving a helping hand to the ghetto community and urged corporate companies to come on board with a supporting

February 8, 2020

Africa·News

M7 Rushes To Addis Ababa To Attend“Silencing The Guns”Summit

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flown to Ethiopia to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council officially opened at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year

February 8, 2020