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    Koboko, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Construction of the new St Paul Church of Uganda Nyangilia sanctuary has received a major boost after Uganda Baati offered to commence roofing works on the building in Koboko District. The ceremony to hand over the roofing works to Uganda Baati Ltd …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court has ruled that digital content published on social media is protected by copyright, in a landmark decision that found Monitor Publications Limited and its affiliated broadcaster NTV Uganda liable for infringing an advocate’s intellectual property rights by inaccurately reproducing and attributing his …

Arua, Uganda | URN | A 39-year-old Boda Boda rider in Arua City has defeated NRM flagbearer and incumbent Jane Japyem, now in her sixties, to win the LC 1 seat for Ezoova Cell, Driwala Ward, Ayivu Division, Arua City. In what the security team described as the most hotly …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has cleared the way for Nation Media Group (NMG) to resume operations in Uganda, ending over a month’s long restrictions that had forced the regional media giant to suspend its activities in the country. The announcement was made Tuesday by Tanzania-based Taifa …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The High Court has overturned a lower court ruling that held PostBank Uganda liable for wrongly paying more than UGX15.3 million intended for a Ministry of Internal Affairs employee to another person with a similar name. In a judgment delivered on July 27, 2026, Justice Simon …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Violence broke out in Jinja Kawempe A Cell in Kawempe Division after residents rejected the results announced by Electoral Commission (EC) officials during the LC1 elections, prompting security forces to fire tear gas and live bullets to disperse the crowds. The election process in the …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Inspectorate of Government is set to embark on a comprehensive value-for-money audit of the Busega-Mpigi Expressway as part of a wider multi-agency investigation into suspected corruption and mismanagement that has plagued the flagship infrastructure project. Inspector General of Government Justice Aisha Naluzze Batala said …

Masaka, Uganda | URN | More than 800 candidates are set to assume office unopposed as Local Council I (LC I) chairpersons in the Greater Masaka and Greater Luwero sub-regions ahead of today’s nationwide village elections. The Electoral Commission is conducting LC I chairperson elections in all villages across the …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Retired Major General Emilio Mondo has revealed that the late Gen. Moses Ali became leader of the Uganda National Rescue Front I (UNRF I) after proposing the formation of a rebel force to return thousands of West Nile refugees who had fled into exile following …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Despite thousands of residents participating in the nationwide cleanup exercise, piles of mixed waste remained along major roads and trading centres, raising concerns about public health and KCCA’s capacity to handle the unusually large volumes of garbage generated during the campaign. On Namungona–Kasubi Road and …