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DEAL! Hassan Basajjabalaba Unopposed for NRM Entrepreneurs League Chairperson as Opponents Pull Out after State House Talks
City tycoon Hassan Basajjabalaba is unopposed for NRM Entrepreneurs League chairperson after opponents pulled out during State House talks....
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PROFILE: Key Things About Maj Gen James Birungi, the Former Spymaster Arrested over Alleged Falsified Intelligence
Former UPDF intelligence chief Maj Gen James Birungi has been arrested and detained at the Makindye Military Barracks over alleged...
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‘Demoted,’ then Arrested to Face Court Martial, Maj Gen James Birungi’s Troubles with Gen Muhoozi Continue
Maj Gen James Birungi’s troubles with Gen Muhoozi Continue, this time with the former chief of military intelligence being arrested...
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State House Confirms Appointment of DPP Jane Frances Abodo as New Principal Judge
State House Uganda has confirmed the appointment of DPP Jane Frances Abodo as new principal judge. State House, through deputy...
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LISTS: See Names of Selected NUP Flagbearers for Busoga and Bukedi Local Governments
Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has released the lists with names of selected flagbearers for Busoga and Bukedi local...
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LISTS: See Names of Confirmed NUP Flagbearers Per District (Buganda Local Governments)
Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has released the lists with names of confirmed flagbearers in 2026 elections, per district,...
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Baltasar Ebang Engonga – (in)famous for Leaked Videos – Handed Eight-Year Jail Term, Fined $220,000
Baltasar Ebang Engonga Avomo aka Bello, a former head of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency and nephew of Equatorial...
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NRM CEC Election Losers Should Go and Rear Pigs – Minister Balaam Barugahara
Junior minister in charge of children and youth affairs Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi has advised NRM CEC election losers to go...
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CLEAN SWEEP! Incumbents – Except Museveni and Kigongo – Defeated in NRM CEC Elections; New Faces Take Over
Save for national chairman Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa and the first national vice chairperson Moses Kigongo, all incumbents were...
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