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Bateebe, Ggoobi appointed to Kenya Pipeline Company board

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Secretary to the Treasury, Dr. Ramathan Ggoobi, and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Pauline Bateebe, have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) PLC. Their appointment strengthens Uganda’s representation in one of East Africa’s …

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BRONZE: Chemutai adds Uganda third Commonwealth medal

Glasgow, Scotland | URN | Peruth Chemutai won bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre steeplechase at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday, taking Uganda’s medal tally to three at the ongoing Games. The Olympic champion clocked 9 minutes, 9.45 seconds to finish third in a highly competitive final. Kenya’s …

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Kenya’s SGR freight volume surpasses 50 million tonnes

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | The cumulative freight volume transported along Kenya’s Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation, has exceeded 50 million tonnes as of July 26, the operator said on Monday. Since commencing operations on May 31, 2017, the …

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Muwanga Kivumbi alive, dumped at Nateete Police Station

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Former Butambala County MP Muwanga Kivumbi Muhammad  is at Nateete Police Station after being held incommunicado for more than two weeks following his arrest by unidentified security operatives. According to sources, Kivumbi was dumped at the police station on Wednesday morning by unknown state operatives. …

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Elections cancelled in three villages over chaos in Busia

Busia, Uganda | URN | The Electoral Commission cancelled the local council one elections in the three villages following reported chaos by voters at the polling stations in Busia district. The elections were cancelled in Solo B village in Western Division, Buwumba village in Dabani sub-county and Buhamuna village in …

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High Court rules social media posts are protected by copyright

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 …

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NMG resume operations

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 …

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