Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans are underway to revive the Cooperative Bank, this is according to the State Minister for Cooperatives Fred Gume Ngoobi. Speaking at the launch of national celebrations to mark the International Cooperative Week at Lake Victoria Primary School- Entebbe, Ngoobi said a Cabinet paper …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mufti of Uganda, His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubaje, has asked the government to provide support to their alternative Islamic parish development model. Muslims have long complained that various government initiatives aimed at reducing poverty discriminate against them. Programs such as Emyooga and …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started investigations into allegations of fraud that were reported by Muslims traveling to Mecca and Medina. During the past weeks, several groups of Muslims who were preparing to embark on their sacred journey to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Mufti, Sheik Muhammad Galabuzi has decried the recent killings in different parts of the country. Speaking during the Eid-al Adha prayers in Kibuli, Galabuzi said that the killings have caused uncertainty among the citizens. He asked security agencies to investigate and …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Tororo are hunting for a man who allegedly beat his four-year-old son to death. Moses Mugwe, the Bukedi South Police Spokesperson, has identified the suspect as Patrick Mamkol, a resident of Kipangori B Village in Molo Sub County, and the child …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has promoted Brig Gen Richard Otto to the rank of Major General. Otto was recently appointed the chairperson of the South Sudan supervisory mechanism which monitors the implementation of the peace process on behalf of Uganda as a Guarantor of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Kenyan National Jared Oloo Okumu has asked the High Court in Kampala to quash the two year jail term handed to him on charges of cyber stalking and offensive communication. Okumu was on October 11th 2022 convicted by the Standards, Utilities and Wildlife …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers are set to conduct a medical expo aiming at sharing knowledge between experts and health consumers. This is due to the raising scarcity of medical or health misinformation. Speaking to URN in an interview on Tuesday, Dr. Daniel Tumwine, a Pediatrician who …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Film and TV shows in Uganda have for the past two years marked tremendous improvement and growth in quality of the films and overall how best filmmakers can reap from this trade. Sets have never been busier in Uganda. It all points to the …
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Mbale, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) under the recently launched Phase 3 of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme on June 22nd, launched the Hybrid rice variety (WDR-73) developed by Shanghai Research Institute in collaboration with National Agriculture Research on organisation (NARO). …
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