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By Editorial, A man who killed six people, including a mother and four children, in the Canadian capital Ottawa has been sentenced to life in prison. Febrio De-Zoysa, a 20-year-old student, was living with the family in March 2024 when he fatally stabbed Darshani Ekanayake, 35, and her four children:…

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By Babulya Jonex, Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, Minister of State for Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, has urged residents across the Rwenzori region to become peace ambassadors as a way of safeguarding the gains achieved under the current government. While addressing the NRM Conference for Busongora CountyatHima town Council headquarterslast week,…

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By Editorial, The Soroti High Court sentenced a 37-year-old, Vincent Odongo, to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering his in-law, Joseph Onangu, due to a dowry dispute. Odongo will serve 24 years and eight months, having served five years and four months on remand at Soroti…

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By Editorial, Police in Yumbe district are investigating a fatal accident that has claimed the life of a Nun along the Koboko-Yumbe road. Reverend Sister Lilly Driciru, 57 years old, a member of the Congregation of Mary Mother of the Church with Mother House in Lira City, met her tragic…

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By Editorial, Israel has received the body of Lt Hadar Goldin, a soldier killed in an ambush by Hamas in 2014 and whose body has been held in Gaza since then. The Israeli military said Lt Goldin, who was 23 when he died, was formally identified and will now be…

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By Kaguta Joel, The Ordinary of the Diocese of Kasese, Rt. Rev. Francis Aquirinus Kibira Kambale, has encouraged married men to share their bank details with their wives to ensure the sustainability of family enterprises. During yesterday’s Uganda Martyrs Day celebrationsorganized by theMbarara Ecclesiastical Province Association (MEPA)and animated by theDiocese…

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By Kaguta Joel & Peter Masereka, Rev. Fr. Edward Kabanda, the Rector of Our Lady Queen of Peace Kiwamirembe Catholic Shrine, has urged Christians to invest in social capital by helping the needy and less privileged. In his homily during morning Mass for pilgrims from the Diocese of Kasese as…

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By Augustine Mumbere, The Senior Presidential Advisor for Mobilization in Uganda, Mr. Mesach Kawamara, has appealed to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) youths in Kasese District to massively mobilize support for NRM candidates ahead of the 2026 general elections. While commissioning theNRM Changed YouthKasese Clusterat Bwirande Hotel in Kasese Town…

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By Editorial, The National Unity Platform presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, criticized the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama, for keeping quiet about several attacks by security at his campaign rallies and trials. Kyagulanyi said this yesterday shortly after his convoy was blocked by the police along the Mbarara- Ibanda Road…

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By Editorial, Tanzania is seeking to arrest senior opposition figures it blames for deadly protests that swept the country during last week’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The main opposition party, CHADEMA, and some human rights activists say security forces killed more than 1,000 people. The government has called those numbers…

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