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Somali arrested in Moroto for repackaging Ugandan sugar as Kenyan sugar
July 30, 2021 by URN
Police in Moroto district stormed a storage facility at Kosiroi, Moroto along the Uganda-Kenya border and impounded over 250 repackaged bags of sugar. Police also arrested the proprietor of the facility...
Parliament procures iPads for MPs
Fresh from wiring Shs 200m to legislators, parliament has now procured iPads for its 529 MPs and 26…
American pleads guilty to attempting to sell 50m 'ghost' masks to Australian state for $317m
A Texas man has pleaded guilty of involvement in a scheme to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 respirator…
Fake UPDF officer arrested with smuggled pens worth Shs 300m
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) field services team has arrested a man identified as Davis Bakashabaruhanga who was allegedly…
State prosecutors demand Covid-19 allowances, PPEs
State attorneys under their umbrella body, the Uganda Association of Prosecutors (UAP), are demanding for Covid-19 allowances and…
Museveni blames MPs for Uganda's low COVID-19 vaccination rates
President Yoweri Museveni has blamed the 10th parliament for delaying the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, even as the…
Tanzania president launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan got vaccinated against the coronavirus Wednesday to kick off the country's first vaccination…
China donates to Uganda 300,000 doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
China has donated 300,000 doses of the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccines to Uganda. The vaccines are expected to arrive…
Coach 'Micho' return sparks Twitter war between Kabushenga and Magogo
The reappointment of the former Uganda Cranes tactician Milutin Sredojević 'Micho' has sparked a fierce Twitter war between…
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