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Hon. Robert Okumu aka Arule receiving the DR Forms from the RO Sarah Nabukeera URN Nearly 5,000 registered voters did not turn up for the residual election of the directly elected councillor for Panyimur Town Council in Pakwach District. Out of 6,782 registered voters, only 1,788 ballots were cast. Of […]

A copy of the official Declaration of Results Form issued by the Returning Officer for Yumbe District, confirming Jesca Ayiru as the elected Odravu Sub-County District Female Councillor. URN  The National Resistance Movement has lost the Odravu Sub-County Female Councillor seat after its incumbent candidate was defeated by an independent […]

URN In a coincidence of calendars, Christians and Muslims around the world will commence their respective periods of fasting on the same day this year. For Christians, Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, a date determined by the ecclesiastical calendar and linked to the timing of Easter. In the […]

Officials from UEDCL at the Gulu city office. By Peter Okello Gulu City Uganda electricity distribution company limited (UEDCL) has launched an anti- bush burning campaign due to losses being incurred on poles burning down as a result of bush burning in districts like Adjumani, Amuru and parts of Gulu […]

Pupils of Ediofe boy’s primary school walking to class after break time By Anslem Ojaru Arua City Schools in and around Arua city recorded low enrollment on the first day of the academic year 2026. Most of the schools visited confirmed low turn up of learners with a few that […]

URN The Ministry of Health has launched mandatory testing of newborn babies for sickle cell disease, a move doctors have described as courageous, saying the genetic condition is a major contributor to Uganda’s persistently high child mortality rates. Speaking to URN on Monday, shortly after the nationwide screening was launched, Child Health […]

UNATU leaders meeting the speaker of parliament last year. URN As schools across the country prepare to open for the new academic year, the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has signaled a shift in strategy amid continued disappointment over unfulfilled government promises to enhance salaries for arts teachers. For many […]

URN Uganda Police Force (UPF) will maintain deployment at the residence of former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, citing national security concerns, despite confirming that no charges have been preferred against him. Speaking during a security press briefing at Naguru Police Headquarters, police spokesperson Assistant […]

A polling station with low voter turn out in Maracha district URN Low voter turnout marked Uganda’s ongoing District and City Local Government elections on Thursday, prompting unusual citizen-led and official efforts to mobilize voters ahead of the 4:00 p.m. close of polling. In Arua City and Arua District, the […]

An empty polling station URN Unlike in last week’s presidential and parliamentary elections, where delays were caused by the late arrival of voting materials and malfunctioning Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVKs), today the delays are being caused by voters themselves. Across the country, voting materials arrived at polling stations as […]