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Florists give huge discounts amidst poor valentine sales

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Florists in Kampala have been forced into giving huge involuntary discounts for their products amidst low buyer turnout on Valentine’s Day. Ona  usual Valentine’s Day, crowds flock florists and other gift shops to do shopping for the day. But now there were evidently low numbers of …

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NRM lawyers started preparing for Kyagulanyi’s petition 2 months before election

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In November 2020, as the Electoral Commission nominated presidential candidates for the January 2021 polls, the National Resistance Movement-NRM expected a presidential election petition and started preparations to defend their candidate Yoweri Museveni. So when Robert Kyagulanyi, Museveni’s closest contender ran to court on February …

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Shock in Kalungu as man is murdered and face peeled off

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shock has gripped residents of Kijjomanyi village in Kalungu district after finding a faceless body of their colleague. The deceased identified as Joseph Ssentongo was last seen last night in a local bar at around 9 pm. It is said that the 47 year-old man …

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Archbishop Kaziimba urges Christians to protect church land from grabbers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace Dr Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has commissioned multiple agro business projects under South Ankole Diocese in Ntungamo district. The agrobusiness projects commissioned include a 273-acre coffee plantation, 17 acres of bananas, a fish project, a hatchery, a …

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Twenty arrested over illegal fishing at Kasenyi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Since the suspension of the UPDF operations against illegal fishing methods, many unscrupulous fishermen have taken advantage and resumed the harmful practices that were decimating the young fish in the country’s water bodies. The UPDF marine spokesperson Captain Favorite Rugumayo told URN that many fishermen …

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Karimojong elders ask gov’t to revive animal branding

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Karimojong elders in Napak and Nabilatuk districts have recommended to government to revive the electronic animal branding, a practice which was taking root ten years back. According to the elders, the electronic animals branding had stopped cattle rustling in Karamoja. The elders …

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Museveni targets to get all Ugandans from poverty in 5 years

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has set a new target that will finally end poverty in Uganda during his sixth elected term at the helm of the country. During his Saturday evening address, the president explained that under the new term, his government will emphasize social-economic …

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Every Ugandan will be accounted for – Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has distanced the army and other security forces from the ongoing forced disappearances of people across the country in the lead-up to and after the January polls. The President says that the security forces including the army and police are taught …

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