Investigations
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27Massive outcry over election-related abductions, killings in Uganda as Museveni declines to leave power again
Outcry is continuing across Uganda over the disappearances of hundreds of civilians, many of whom were opposition supporters. Media has been awash...
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574Asians property board officials under probe over UGX1.6bn dispute with city investor
KAMPALA – An investigation has started to look into circumstances under which the Departed Asians Properties Custodian Board and it’s Executive Secretary...
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263SPECIAL REPORT: Early warnings protect lives on Africa’s Lake Victoria
A successful four-year project in East Africa has demonstrated how improved weather, water and climate services save lives and livelihoods and support...
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306Urban poor, refugees worst hit by COVID-19 prevention protocols
KAMPALA – The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis that touches everyone. Countries including Uganda since the start of the year 2020 imposed...
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342City lawyer, 2 senior UPDF soldiers remanded over UGX20b fake gold deal
City lawyer Simon Peter Musangala and two businessmen were on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 remanded to Kitalya prison on charges of money...
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434Why judges dismissed Bobi Wine’s bid to amend election petition
KAMPALA — The Supreme Court has dismissed an application in which the National Unity Platform (NUP) former presidential candidate sought to amend...
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1.1K1DETAILS: Uganda’s fugitive Joseph Kony is reportedly dead after COVID-19 infection
KAMPALA – Some sections of regional media are reporting that Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony who is wanted at the International Criminal Court...
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7.0K1Electoral Commission deletes presidential election results on its website
KAMPALA — The Electoral Commission (EC) has briefly published presidential election results and immediately deleted them over circumstances no one at polls...
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396Chinese construction firm CICO blacklisted over corruption and fraud awarded three contracts in Uganda
KAMPALA — A Chinese construction firm Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) that was recently blacklisted by African Development Bank (AfDB) over corruption and massive...
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3521INVESTIGATIONS: How massive drug abuse is eating up Makerere University girls
Makerere University in the heart of Kampala has been hit by a new generation of students coming from high schools and other...
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272Healthcare workers struggling with COVID-19 related mental-health challenges
KAMPALA – Did you know that healthcare workers on the COVID-19 frontline might be at risk of developing mental health problems? Early evidence...
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103Mystery surrounding President Kagame: What’s going on with Rwanda’s strongman health?
KIGALI — Rwanda’s long serving leader President Paul Kagame missed a number of high-profile appearance last month— and then murky, unverified reports...
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111US rights firm rubbishes claims that Benjamin Rutabana is dead
International Relief and Human Rights Initiative (IRHRI), a United States-based rights firm working to trace French citizen Benjamin Rutabana whereabouts has denounced...
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INVESTIGATION: Fresh details emerge on tycoon Rutabana, Museveni joins in
President Museveni has reportedly picked interest in the disappearance of French national Benjamin Rutabana, who went missing in September last year allegedly...
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195SPECIAL REPORT: The fall and rise of Uganda’s Asian community
On August 5, 1972, the president of Uganda Idi Amin dreamt that God was telling him to expel the thousands of Asians...
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1212King’s College Budo suspends workers’ contracts
King’s College Budo — citing a lack of funds, has suspended both academic and administrative staff until further notice. The school was...
