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By Isaac Mufumba This was an election of firsts. It was the first time in Uganda’s history that a sitting vice president lost a parliamentary seat. It was also the first ...

By AFP The face is obscure and grim, but the blonde comb-over and tie leave no doubt that the image carpeting the studio of Israeli painter Iddo Markus is that of Donald Trump."Let's ...

By Job Bwire Almost 10 days after losing presidential election to President Yoweri Museveni, National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi said he is still pondering on the next course ...

By U R N Delegates who turned up for elections of National Woman MP for elderly persons were each bribed with Shs40,000 to vote for National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s candidate ...

By Michael J Ssali “Go and vote responsibly, it is your right to vote, vote responsible leaders, so that we can get good national leadership, I don’t care even if ...

By AFP US President Joe Biden on Friday said "well over 600,000" Americans could die of the coronavirus as he stepped up federal aid in the world's worst-hit country, while ...

By AFP The tiny clinking vials supervised by silent PPE-wearing technicians belie the excitement inside the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, a major player in the ...

By Philip Wafula JINJA- After two days of uncertainty, National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate in the Jinja City Mayoral race, Mr Peter Okocha Kasolo, has been declared winner, beating nine ...

By AFP Fifteen Kenyan police officers have been charged with tear gassing and beating a family in their home while enforcing a Covid-19 curfew, a government-run police monitor said on ...

By Allan chekwech The emergence of news that Church of Uganda has suspended retired Archbishop Stanley Ntagali from pastoral duties over adultery allegations kicked up debate on social and mainstream ...