Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Kampala Paul Ssemogerere has urged Christians and clergy not to go to religious shrines seeking and preaching miracles or else they derail the faith of believers. Delivering a sermon at Kiwamirembe Mother Mary Shrine, where he led mass to celebrate the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Directorate of Government Analytical Laboratories (DGAL) has attained accreditation to the international standard for testing and calibration in laboratories. Uganda and Zimbabwe’s Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL) have been receiving support of the IAEA and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Achieving this …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has made new police appointments two days after meeting the new Inspector General of Police Abbas Byakagaba. In the new appointments, Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Fred Enanga, who has been police Spokesperson for nearly seven years has been appointed Deputy director …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has impounded drugs worth 54 million Shillngs. The drugs were impounded during an operation conducted in districts in Northern Uganda and at the Busia and Malaba border points. 180 boxes worth 45 million shillings were impounded from the Northern districts …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Headline inflation for June 2024 of 3.9 percent compared to the 3.6 percent registered in the year ended May 2024. The high inflation has resulted into the increase in prices of tilapia fish, dry soap, and chicken according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) …
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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders are counting losses after a Bus they were traveling in caught fire. The bus belonging to Friends Bus Company Limited registration number UBL 996N caught fire on Saturday opposite Jet Oil Fuel Station in Rubaare town council, Ntungamo district. It was transporting more than …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four motorcycles donated by the Prime Minister to extension workers are rusting away at Luwero district headquarters over lack of number plates. In September 2023 Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja donated five brand-new motorcycles to agricultural extension workers in the Wobulenzi, Kamira, Zirobwe and Busika …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima District health department has vaccinated 43,778 children against Measles. Those vaccinated are aged between 9 months and 5 years. They were vaccinated last week in the second round of the mass measles vaccination. The first round of the mass measles vaccination was conducted …
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Interviews conducted with people in Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda, found widespread links between online violence and the offline world – or an “online-offline continuum of violence Geneva, Swtizerland | THE INDEPENDENT | Women and girls are disproportionately experiencing violence fuelled by the increasing use of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Uganda Holdings limited (SUHL) becomes the latest to launch a Unit Trust in country, with its success poised to leverage on financial group’s large clientele. This comes just after the total assets under management by Collective Investment Schemes hit 2.8 trillion shillings as of …
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