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Shafiq Kasujja, one of the eight suspects charged with the murder of the former police spokesperson, Andrew Felix Kaweesi, could be tried in absentia. The state intends to file an application seeking to try Kasujja in his absence. 

The Hoima Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Charles Oluba Kumakech, has written to the Electoral Commission to inform them of a vacant position for the Hoima LCV Chairperson

The Minister in charge of Karamoja Affairs Mary Gorreti Kitutu has been granted a 10 Million Shillings cash bail by the Anti-Corruption Court.

Government is mourning the death of Keith Muhakanizi the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister who passed on Thursday at a hospital in Milan, Italy, where he was admitted earlier this week.

The Minister of State for Finance -General Duties), Henry Musasizi, has defended a government proposal to impose a 5 percent tax on the gross income earned by international digital companies in Uganda.

Government is set to pay US$215 million to acquire majority shares of power distributor, Umeme.  

The Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya has been arrested by the Police in Gulu City for allegedly inciting locals to loot charcoal.

Isaac Byaruhanga, a fourth year student at Makerere University, was hospitalized after attempting suicide by consuming poison.

Nine family members, including two children, were killed in an accident on Good Friday involving a Toyota Alphard vehicle and a fuel truck in Lwengo district.

Residents of Arua City have been warned about traffic disruptions ahead of President Yoweri Museveni’s visit to the West Nile region.

Elders in Kotido district are calling on the government to compensate juveniles who were allegedly tortured and starved at a remand home in Gulu district. 

The farmer had been searching for the missing calf for weeks before noticing the unusually large snake lying in their farm, and upon closer inspection, discovered that the python had swallowed the missing calf whole.