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Women’s World Marathon Record Holder Ruth Chepng’etich Banned From Athletics

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Ruth Chepngetich who broke the world record by besting 2:09:57 on Sunday, October 13, 2024 World marathon record-holder Ruth Chepng’etich has been banned for three years after admitting to anti-doping rule violations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has confirmed.  In a notice on Thursday, October 23, the AIU revealed the 31-year-old marathoner admitted to using […]

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Police to Recruit 100,000 Temporary Officers for Election Duty

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Police is set to recruit 100,000 Special Police Constables to enhance security during the upcoming general elections. In a statement signed by AIGP Jesse Kamunanwire on behalf of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the recruits will serve on a three-month contract and will each earn a monthly salary of UGX 469,000. “Applications are invited

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UWA staff remanded over Shs 9.3 bn gorilla permit fraud

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KAMPALA ; The Anti-Corruption court has remanded 11 officials of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) over conspiring to defraud the government of more than Shs 9.3 billion through the fraudulent issuance of gorilla and chimpanzee tracking permits. The accused, who appeared before chief magistrate Rachael Nakyazze on Thursday, are part of a wider group of

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Munyagwa’s Common Man’s Party Candidates Nominated as He Decries Police Interference in Campaigns

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Munyagwa’s Common Man’s Party Candidates Miles Rwamitti and Engineer  Dafala.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates. By Naome Namusoke & Ronald Kabuubi | KMA Updates KAMPALA — The second day of the Electoral Commission’s (EC) parliamentary nominations has seen more political hopefuls successfully join the race for Uganda’s 2026 general elections. Among them were several candidates from

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NETSCOUT EXTENDS VISIBILITY INTO KUBERNETES CONTAINERS WITH CONTINUOUS OBSERVABILITY INNOVATION

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Photo/Getty Images Helps Organisations Understand the Why Behind Issues Across Private and Public Cloud Environments WESTFORD, Mass., October 23, 2025 – NETSCOUT® SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider in observability, AIOps, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, today announced an innovation aimed at meeting organisations’ increasing needs for comprehensive observability within complex cloud environments. With the

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Wendi,TotalEnergies Uganda Partner to Ease product Merchant Payments for Motorists.

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Peter Ssenyange, Chief Financial Officer at Pearl Bank Uganda (4th left), Joseph Wechuli, Finance Manager at TotalEnergies (4th right), Doreen Muhangazi, Chief People and Strategy Officer at Pearl Bank (3rd right), and Millicent Gitonga, Retail and Marketing Manager at TotalEnergies (3rd left) at the launch of the Wendi–TotalEnergies partnership. By Solomon Lubambula/KMA Updates As a

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IYOP Demands Urgent Transport Reforms After Fatal Kampala–Gulu Highway Crash

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By Naome Namusoke |KMA Updates KAMPALA– The Inter-Party Youth Platform (IYOP), a coalition of youth leagues from Uganda’s major political parties, has issued a strong statement following the tragic road crash along the Kampala–Gulu Highway that claimed 46 lives in the early hours of Tuesday, October 22, 2025. Speaking from the Alliance for National Transformation

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Makerere Guild President and Bobi Wine’s Nephew, Churchill Ssentamu, Joins Race for Central Youth MP

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    Makerere University Guild President Churchill Ssentamu, nephew to opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), has officially been nominated to contest for the Central Region Youth Member of Parliament seat ahead of the 2026 general elections. Churchill, who currently serves as the 91st Guild President of Makerere University, submitted his nomination as an independent

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Katongole Singh duly Nominated for Rubaga North for MP Seat, Promises to Champion Development

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Katongole Singh talking to journalists.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates. Kampala.Uganda,East Africa By Naome Namusoke & Ronald Kabuubi | KMA Updates KAMPALA— The race for Rubaga East Constituency has officially begun, with Katongole Singh, a familiar face in the city’s political and business circles, now formally nominated to contest as Member of Parliament in the upcoming

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