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NUP withdraws from Bukimbiri County by-election

NUP withdraws from Bukimbiri County by-election A thread ⬇️ https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-DM

Kampala, Uganda: The National Unity Platform (NUP) party has withdrawn its candidate in the Bukimbiri county by-election, in order to jointly support James Owebeyi, a candidate for the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party. The withdrawn candidate is 19-year-old Joshua Mutabazi who had been nominated on Tuesday to contest alongside Owebeyi, Eddie Kwizera Wagahungu of the National Resistance…

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Winning start for the Arsenal

Winning start for the Arsenal

London, UK: It’s always a special feeling when Premier League football returns in August. The anticipation was ramped up even more by the noise emanating from the Holmesdale, as a giant display honouring the club’s history was hoisted aloft as the players emerged. Arsenal started the faster of the two sides, and Gabriel Jesus was a real threat in the opening exchanges. Their opening goal came…

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Chemutai secures bronze despite fall

Chemutai secures bronze despite fall https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-DG

Birmingham, UK: Uganda’s medal tally at the Commonwealth Games jumped to three, with Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai recovering from a fall to secure bronze in the Steeplechase final Friday. For 2,500 metres it was an impressive two-horse race between Kenya and Uganda for the gold medal, with both gapping the field within the first lap and running very fast splits. But a big fall from Ugandan…

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ABORTION: Senior Four student dead

Brighter Chekwemoi aged 17-years, died on Thursday at Bukwo general hospital where her parents rushed her after she took drugs and started vomiting,  losing a lot of blood. https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-DD

Kapchorwa, Uganda: A Ugandan senior four student has died as she allegedly attempted carry  out abortion. Brighter Chekwemoi aged 17-years, died on Thursday at Bukwo general hospital where her parents rushed her after she took drugs and started vomiting,  losing a lot of blood. Goretti Chemutai a friend of the deceased at school told URN that Chekwemoi  was a jolly girl who had many…

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‘Ugandans being fed to crocodiles in Thailand’

‘Ugandans being fed to crocodiles in Thailand’

Kampala, Uganda: Uganda’s Minister for internal affairs Maj Gen (rtd) Kahinda Otafiire has said he is determined to take drastic measures to ensure that citizens going for external labour in Asia are protected from illegal extraction of their internal organs. Otafiire, who was responding to Uganda Radio Network’s enquiry why of all hospitals in the country he had recently chosen Victoria…

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Bukwo District CAO shot dead in Bombo, car burnt

Bukwo District CAO shot dead in Bombo, car burnt

Police in Kasangati are investigating the circumstances under which the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Bukwo District, Charles Ogwang was shot and his car set ablaze. The incident happened last night at 11:00 am at Kiryowa, Mabanda, Bombo Road near Banu Petrol Station. It is reported that several gunshots were heard at the hour, and police officers from both Matuga and Kasangati police…

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Angola’s former President Dos Santos dies at 79

Angola’s former President Dos Santos dies at 79 A thread ⬇️ (https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-Dq)

Previous Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who governed the oil-and jewel rich state for just about forty years, has kicked the bucket matured 79, the Facebook page of the Angolan administration says. He passed on in Spain where he was being treated for an undisclosed sickness. Mr Dos Santos will be associated with finishing a long-running nationwide conflict in the mid 2000s – he was…

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The Muslims in Egypt Enjoy Eid al-Adha

Muslims in Egypt celebrate Eid al-Adha A thread ⬇️ https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-Dn

Egypt: Muslims in Egypt were observing Eid al-Adha on Saturday with petitions at the Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Cairo’s Mohandseen area. The occasion, known as the gala of penance, remembers what Muslims accept was Prophet Ibrahim’s eagerness to forfeit his child Ismail as a trial of his confidence. Tight columns of people played out the ceremonial supplications, a significant piece of this…

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Ssemuddu meets President Al Burhan as he starts duty as Uganda’s ambassador to Sudan

Uganda’s ambassador to Sudan, Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, has presented his letters of credence to Sudanese Head of State, Gen Al Burhan. (https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-Dk)

Uganda’s ambassador to Sudan, Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, has presented his letters of credence to Sudanese Head of State, Gen Al Burhan.This was on Thursday during a ceremony held at the Republic Palace in Khartoum.The ceremony officially started Ambassador Ssemuddu’s tour of duty as head of Mission in Khartoum.AD-03 Gen. Al – Burhan welcomed and congratulated Ssemuddu on his appointment as…

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Japan Ex-PM Abe Dies subsequent to Being Shot While Making a Speech

A man started shooting at Abe, 67, from behind with a clearly custom made firearm as he talked at a dreary traffic island in the western city of Nara, Japanese media showed prior. https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-D9

Previous Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving pioneer, kicked the bucket on Friday in the wake of being shot while lobbying for a parliamentary political race, an authority from his ideological group said. A man started shooting at Abe, 67, from behind with a clearly custom made firearm as he talked at a dreary traffic island in the western city of Nara, Japanese media showed…

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Pension sector leaders/pioneers, specialists call for staged payouts, higher saving allowances

Dr. Fred Muhumuza, a college wear alerts the area chiefs, including heads of plans, controllers and services, to have as a primary concern that the investment funds are intended for a drawn out reason. (https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-D6)

Kampala, Uganda: Pension area pioneers keep on being partitioned on how best to deal with the investment funds made by Ugandans for their advanced age, 10 years after the retirement benefits industry was formalized with explicit regulations. By January 2022, there were something like 64 plans authorized by the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority-URBRA, 52 of them being institutional…

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Museveni holdforth contracts for Brig Ddamulira, four other police chiefs

Museveni extends contracts for Brig Ddamulira “It is confirmed, the contracts for Byakagaba, Ndungutse, Brig Ddamulira, Maj Gen Kamunanwire and Brig Golooba(Godfrey) have been extended by H.E the president,” https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-CT

A few months ago, several police directors including, Asan Kasingye, the Chief Political Commissar, Abbas Byakagaba, the director of Counter Terrorism, Erasmus Twaruhukwa, the director Legal and Human Rights, Andrew Sorowen, the director for Welfare, John Ndungutse, the police attaché to Uganda’s Embassy in Nairobi, Joseph Mugisa, the director for Fire Prevention and Rescue Services, Edward…

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6 police officers arrested over Bebe Cool, Capt Namara saga

At least six police officers from Ntinda police station have been arrested in regard to the incident involving renowned local music artist, Moses Ssali alias Bebe Cool and one Captain Namara from (UPDF).

At least six police officers from Ntinda police station have been arrested in regard to the incident involving renowned local music artist, Moses Ssali alias Bebe Cool and one Captain Namara from the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). Trouble started at City bar in Ntinda on Saturday evening last week when Namara allegedly scratched Bebe Cool’s car in the parking lot, which led to a verbal…

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CHOGM 2022: Prince Charles says Commonwealth Nations Free to Determine own Destiny

Prince Charles told Commonwealth leaders Friday that the choice to become a republic or abandon the queen as head of state was theirs alone, and expressed "personal sorrow" at Britain's legacy of slavery. https://wp.me/pdJQ1E-CH

Prince Charles told Commonwealth leaders Friday that the choice to become a republic or abandon the queen as head of state was theirs alone, and expressed “personal sorrow” at Britain’s legacy of slavery. The British heir to the throne addressed the opening of a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda. Charles is representing Queen Elizabeth II as the 54-nation club of mostly…

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UDB helped create 41,000 jobs despite inflation

UDB helped create 41,000 jobs despite inflation

Kampala, Uganda | CENA HUB | The Uganda Development Bank, the country’s national development finance company, made a record level of loan approvals in 2021, with total lending of sh635 billion. The approved loans are the highest since 2011, denoting a 10-year-high, while the loan stock grew more than half to close at sh781 billion, according to the financial statements just released. The Bank’s…

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MUSEVENI: Stop smuggling goods to Rwanda

MUSEVENI: Stop smuggling goods to Rwanda

Kabale, Uganda | Cena Hub | President Yoweri Museveni has advised the people of Kabale district to refrain from smuggling goods into Rwanda and instead engage in formal business. In a statement provided by the presidential press unit, Museveni made the comment at the Katuna border as he returned from Kigali, Rwanda’s capital where he had gone to attend the Commonwealth Heads of State and…

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Residents of eastern Congo reject EAC force

Residents of eastern Congo reject EAC force

Some residents in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have rejected the proposal to deploy a regional peacekeeping force. On Monday, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, East African Community (EAC) leaders endorsed the deployment of a regional force to help stabilise eastern DRC, a move that had also earlier been discussed by military chiefs in the regional bloc. Reject regional force But opponents…