Kampala,, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the silence of the sunny Friday morning, the body of the former Kampala Mayor Alhajji Nasser Ntege Sebaggala entered the gates of City Hall, a place he knew as his office for several years. A black A-Plus limousine led by an ambulance and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ambassadors in Uganda have said Uganda has failed to make improvements when it comes to elections processes despite continued recommendations from observers and the Judiciary. The Ambassadors under their organisation, the Partners Development Group (PDG) comprising representatives from the European Union (EU), the United …
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FORT PORTAL, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential aspirant Joseph Kabuleta has said that forming an alliance and fielding a single candidate against President Yoweri Museveni is the worst strategy for the opposition. While addressing a press conference at Nyaika Hotel in Fort Portal Tourism City on Friday, Kabuleta argued …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police [IGP] Martin Okoth Ochola has directed the Criminal Investigation Department [CID] to investigate Kassanda South MP Simeo Nsubuga for threatening to kill someone over politics. This follows audio which has been circulating on various media platforms, Nsubuga who recently lost …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament, Moses Kasibante of Lubaga North and Emmanuel Ssempala Kigozi Ssajjalyabeene of Makindye Ssaabagabo have been denied the flag of the National Unity Platform. In a residual list released this afternoon by the Executive Board of the party that was put in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA council has resolved to rename Dastur Street after former Mayor Al-Haj Nasser Ntege Sebaggala. The resolution was made during a special session called to pay tribute to the fallen politician, at City Hall, Kampala. Sebaggala passed on last …
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FortPortal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tooro Kingdom has refuted allegations that the King’s palace could be lost to people who lent money to King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Two days ago, social media was awash with stories claiming that King Oyo had acquired loans from money …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has thrown out one of the candidates who was seeking nomination to contest for the District Chairmans seat in Busia due to lack of academic documents. The aspirant Wilson Wandera had not attached the required academic qualifications on the nomination forms. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started upgrading Kira Health Centre III to a Health Centre IV. Once the upgrade is completed, the facility will become the biggest health facility in the area. For more than two years, district leaders have been demanding for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary results of an investigation launched by the health ministry show that majority of health workers that have been infected with COVID were exposed to the disease from within communities. Up to 530 health workers have been infected with COVID-19, six of them succumbing …
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