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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vaginal or intimate washes have are awash on the Ugandan market. They are common in supermarket shelves, pharmacies, drug shops, beauty parlors and saloons. Some of the products on the market include Klenva liquid, V Wash Plus, Betadine, Naturacentail feminine. They cost between …

Tororo, Uganda | Louis Jadwong | Members of the Luo Council of Elders from Siaya County in western Kenya will visit Uganda on a three-day cultural exchange starting on Tuesday. The Jopadhola Prime Minister (Jago)  Richard Josel Obbo confirmed preparations for the visit are in an advanced stage, saying he will …

World leaders hailed the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an important step in the fight against terrorism but added that the war against ISIS was far from over. | THE INDEPENDENT | al-Baghdadi killed himself along with his three children when he was cornered in a tunnel in …

The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has instructed MPs and staff of Parliament to use the National Carrier – Uganda Airlines while on official duty. Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The directive is carried in her letter dated October 16, 2019, to the Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige. The …

Taxi drivers and operators have vowed not to relocate from Old Taxi Park in the city centre to Usafi Park on Entebbe Road following a directive from Cabinet and KCCA. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is tension at the Old Taxi Park in Kampala following heavy deployment by …

Marking five years of successful operations Uganda, Africell is pleased to launch a new commercial direction for the company in the exciting East African market. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The strategy, called the ‘New Chapter’, builds on Africell’s achievements in Uganda to date: including the delivery of a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has finally fulfilled some of his key pledges to the people in Lango sub region that he made about two years ago while touring the region. Some of the notable pledges that were delivered by Museveni on Friday this week include …

Godfrey ‘Troy’ Wamala was convicted of manslaughter in the murder case of artiste Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio who died on February 1, 2018 after sustaining injuries during a bar brawl. Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Jane Francis Abodo at Entebbe High court noted that prosecution failed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC has asked Gulu University to evict all private businesses operating irregularly in the university precincts. They include among others banks, restaurants, printing and photocopying centers. In his 2017/2018 financial year report, the Auditor General noted that more than 10 private …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mollie Siperia Saasiraabo, the Makerere University student accused of leading a strike over the 15 percent tuition hike will not lose her scholarship, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. Saasiraabo is one of the students sponsored by MasterCard Foundation. Toni Tiemens, the Director Corporate Communications …