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King Oyo left an heir – Museveni
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that the late…
Kibuuka, Ndagire, Wawuyo Jr win big at Uganda Film Festival Awards
KAMPALA — Veteran actor, playwright, director and producer Andrew Benon Kibuuka was…
King Oyo: Tooro prepares final farewell
FORT PORTAL — Tooro Kingdom has begun preparations to repatriate and bury…
Security
Boda rider shot dead on second national cleaning day
KAMPALA — Uganda’s second National Cleaning Day was marred by the fatal shooting of a 38-year-old boda boda rider in Ndejje Kanaaba, Kampala, after police deployed to enforce movement restrictions during the three-hour exercise. The Uganda Police Force said the shooting occurred at about 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 29, within Katwe Police Division, where officers from Ndejje Police Station had been deployed to provide security during the community cleaning exercise. The deceased was identified through his National Identification Card as Kizito Ronald Jjuuko, 38. Police said preliminary information indicated that Jjuuko attempted to force his way through a secured…
Regional News
Chinese robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100m world record
BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) — A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, beating the men's world record set by Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt. Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its preliminary heat at the second edition of the games on Saturday, according to organisers. The robot's time was 0.19 seconds faster than Bolt's 9.58-second world record, set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin. But the machines' performance lacked the effortless finish associated with elite human sprinters. Tiangong Ultra stumbled dramatically…
