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History In Making! Karamoja Gets First Cultural Leader

In a significant development, the Elders in the Karamoja sub-region have recently made history by appointing a cultural head. Prior to this...

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Crime

VIDEO: Over 20 UPDF Soldiers Arrested For Extorting Cash From Civilians

More than 20 UPDF soldiers attached to the Fisheries Protection Unit have been arrested and charged with various offences related to violations...

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Crime

Errant LDU Officer Gets 35-year Jail Sentence After Robbing Passengers At Fake Roadblock

Jinja High Court prised over by Justice Winfred Nabisinde has sentenced a Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel attached to Buwenge Sub-county in...

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UPDF Maj Threatens To Use Street Violence If Court Fails to Rule In His Favour

Maj Mark Wanyama, a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) officer, who is accusing Mukono businessman Jackson Twinamasiko of trespassing on his land,...

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Crime

Incensed UPDF Soldier Detained Over Domestic Violence Kills Two, Injures 3 At Police Post

A UPDF soldier arrested over a domestic brawl with his wife shot and killed two people before injuring three others at a...

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Crime

Disgruntled UPDF Soldier Shoots Dead 18 Cows, Injures 25 Others in Nakapiripirit

The joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region are investigating an incident where a UPDF soldier shot dead 18 cows and injured...

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Crime

Kasese: UPDF Soldier Shoots Congolese National Over Illegal Entry

A Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) soldier from the 5th Battalion Rusese, is under investigation following after he shot and injured a...

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Crime

Wife Kills UPDF Sergeant In Domestic Brawl

Police in Luwero district are hunting for a 30-year-old woman, Catherine Asaba who allegedly killed her 47-year-old husband, Sgt Cosma Oriema, a...

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Crime

How Student, Woman Collected Over UGX13 Million In Fake Job Scam

Uganda Police and Other Security Agencies have arrested a 38-year-old woman Harriet Nasuuna, a self proclaimed jobs recruitment agent employed by a...

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National News

Tears As Busoga Kingdom Officials Demolish Over 60 Houses On Disputed Land

More than 500 families in Buwekula cell, Northern Division, Jinja City, are living in fear of eviction after 60 houses were demolished...

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History In Making! Karamoja Gets First Cultural Leader

VIDEO: Over 20 UPDF Soldiers Arrested For Extorting Cash From Civilians

Errant LDU Officer Gets 35-year Jail Sentence After Robbing Passengers At Fake Roadblock

UPDF Maj Threatens To Use Street Violence If Court Fails to Rule In His Favour

Incensed UPDF Soldier Detained Over Domestic Violence Kills Two, Injures 3 At Police Post

Disgruntled UPDF Soldier Shoots Dead 18 Cows, Injures 25 Others in Nakapiripirit

Kasese: UPDF Soldier Shoots Congolese National Over Illegal Entry

Wife Kills UPDF Sergeant In Domestic Brawl

How Student, Woman Collected Over UGX13 Million In Fake Job Scam

Tears As Busoga Kingdom Officials Demolish Over 60 Houses On Disputed Land

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