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  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has confirmed the death of Col. Jack Mucunguzi, one of the original 27 fighters who attacked Kabamba to start the 1980–1986 guerilla war. Mucunguzi passed away on Sunday evening at Nakasero Hospital after losing battle to Liver cancer. Through his official Twitter account, President Museveni said that he was saddened to hear that Jack Mucunguzi, revealing that he was one of the 27 National Resistance Army (NRA) fighters who attacked Kabamba Military Barracks. "He was one of...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 331 🅂🅄🄽🄳🄰🅈 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 JUNE 18, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬  President Museveni fully recovers from Covid19 📌President Museveni has finally won the Covid 19 battle. The President, who has been confined in self isolation at Nakasero State House, first announced that he had tested positive for Covid19 on June 7 while delivering the State of the Nation address. He has now announced that he tested negative, 11 days later. "On the war with Corona, it is now confirmed that I am a veteran graduate of the...

Supreme Court Lady Justice Mary Stella Arach Amoko passed away at the age of 69 at around 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning at Nakasero Hospital, according to a statement by the Judiciary. The cause of death is yet to be disclosed, The Judiciary sends their condolences to the family of the late justice. "Our sincere condolences go out to the family of the late Hon. Justice Stella Arach Amoko, the judiciary, the legal fraternity, the country, and the East African region as...

𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄 329 🄰🄵🅃🄴🅁🄽🄾🄾🄽 🄴🄳🄸🅃🄸🄾🄽 JUNE 16, 2023 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬 🇺🇬 Uganda maintains tough stance on LGBTQ despite US intimidation 📌The Government of Uganda has maintained that it is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all visitors to the country, and that it will continue to work closely with international partners to achieve this goal. This comes in light of United States Government travel advisory ban issued on June 9, urging American citizens to reconsider any plans to travel to Uganda. Ever since the...

The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) on June 15th, 2023, launched a new compensation policy for human deaths, injuries, and property damage caused by wild animals outside Murchison Fall National Park boundaries. According to Bashir Hangi, the communication manager at UWA, the compensation will depend on the evaluation of properties, and up to Shs 20 million will be paid to families in cases where a human death was caused by a wild animal outside the protected area. "The authorities will compensate up...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised Ugandans to put efforts into adding value to all their raw materials before exporting, saying the country’s economic growth will be unstoppable if this is adhered to. In his virtual 2023/24 budget speech to Parliament, which gathered at Kololo Independence Ground on Thursday, June 15, 2023, President Museveni said that the country’s economy has remained raw materials-based, calling for the need to add value to all raw materials such as coffee, cotton, timber, cocoa,...