Kabaka Mutebi, Museveni Hold Urgent Meeting.

By Aggrey Wagodo- Updated at 2310GMT on Tuesday 3rd August 2021 KAMPALA- Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Buganda King His Majesty Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II on Tuesday held meeting at Nakasero State Lodge. This followed drastic tensions emanating from proposed Mailo Land tenure talks by top officials from Uganda Government angering Mengo, the Kingdom…

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Rwanda, Tanzania sign four bilateral agreements

By Collins Mwai & E K Benj Updated at 1103 GMT on Tuesday 03rd Aug 2021 KIGALI- Rwanda and Tanzania on August 2, signed four bilateral agreements during a two-day state visit by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on the invitation of her counterpart President Paul Kagame. On the first day of the visit, the two leaders…

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Worried: M7 Lifts Lockdown to save Economy but Threatens New Shutdown.

By E K Benj Updated at 1453 GMT on Sunday 01st Aug 2021 KAMPALA- Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Friday lifted lockdown he instituted on 18th June 2021. In his Televised Address he said the lockdown was guided by rapidly increasing daily cases, increasing positivity rate, high admission rates in hospitals for severe and…

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Uganda Cranes Players, Fans excited as Coach Micho Returns

By E K Benj Updated at 0132 GMT on Thursday 29th July 2021 KAMPALA- Fufa on Tuesday announced the appointment of Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojević as Ugandan Cranes head coach. The Serbian returns for his second stint on a 3-year contract and fans have taken social media to react to his re-appointment as Uganda Cranes head…

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Surfing makes long-awaited Olympics debut at Tokyo 2020

Brazil’s Italo Ferreira and the US’s Carissa Moore emerge victorious in the first surfing heats at the Tokyo Games. Updated at 2253 GNT on 25 July 2021 Under blue skies and a blazing sun, surfing has made its Olympic debut on Sunday, more than a century after Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku first pushed for its inclusion…

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Lucy Nakyobe’s Husband Passes on

State House Uganda is mourning the demise of Prof. Anthony Kabanza Mbonye, husband to Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, the outgoing Statehouse comptroller. By our reporter Updated at 1105 GMT on Sunday 25th July 2021 KAMPALA- The former director general Health Services died Sunday morning, according to statement from State House. “We regret to announce the passing…

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Uganda Seals Deal to Manufacture Buses

By E K Benj – Updated at 0848 GMT on Friday 23rd July 2021 STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Kampala Capital City Authority and the METU bus industries have finalized plans for the company to assemble and manufacture buses to ease transport needs in the greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA). “The idea of producing buses and trains…

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Norway suspends deportation of rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan

By Frazer NorwellUpdated at 1226 GMT on 21 July 2021     The UDI and UNE has suspended deportations to Afghanistan. Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) and Immigration Appeal Board (UNE) said on Wednesday it would stop forced returns to Afghanistan due to the deteriorating security situation in the country….

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