Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The search for the whereabouts of Suzan Magara, 28 years, a cashier at the Bwendero Dairy Farm in Kampala continues a week after she was reported missing. Magara’s car was found abandoned 100m from her residence in Mengo, Kampala on February 7. She is …
Read More »Byanyima heartbroken after Oxfam Haiti sex scandal
Byanyima heart broken, Oxfam deputy head resigns after Haiti sex scandal London, United Kingdom | AFP | The executive director of Oxfam International Winnie Byanyima has spoken out on the emerging sex scandal involving the organisations staff in Haiti and Chad. “My heart is broken. I am appalled. Angry. …
Read More »Police officer SSP Agasirwe denied bail in Army Court
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The General Court Martial has refused to grant bail to SSP Nixon Agasirwe Karuhanga, the former commandant of the police’s special operations unit, who is charged with kidnap of three Rwandan nationals. The seven-member court chaired by Lt.Gen Andrew Gutti today dismissed Agasirwe’s bail …
Read More »Sembuya’s chocolate dreams
Young entrepreneur exploits well-kept secret Kampala, Uganda | ANDREW S. KAGGWA | That Uganda has the largest single owned cocoa farm in Africa is perhaps one of the best kept secrets – and Stephen Sembuya, the co-owner of the cocoa trading and processing firm Pink Foods Industries, was born into it. …
Read More »World focus turns to Uganda’s Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has released details of the programme for this year’s The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) that starts with tours across the country and ends with an awards dinner. Over 50 international trade visitors and hosted buyers are expected …
Read More »Govt to dispose of 1,200 tons of expired, unwanted medicines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has embarked on a drive to dispose of expired and obsolete medicines and other health supplies from 6,619 Health facilities in Uganda, both Government owned and Private Not For Profit (PNFP). Currently, the quantities of expired medicines all over …
Read More »NWSC boss Mugisha gets another term as VP of the African Water Association
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Managing Director Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha has been reappointed as the Vice President on the Board of the African Water Association at their 19th Congress in Bamako Mali. At the same event, the NWSC Director of Business …
Read More »Uganda’s Kiplimo wins Cinque Mulini IAAF Cross Country Permit in Italy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s world junior cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo has won the 86th Cinque Mulini IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in San Vittore Olona, Italy on Sunday. He run the 11km race in 34:00 The Cinque Mulini is an annual cross country running race in San Vittore …
Read More »Human Rights Watch concerned by attacks on Rights Groups
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | – Human Rights Watch has criticized Uganda police for what they describe as failure to bring to book any suspects in the recent break-ins targeting Rights Groups offices in Kampala. In the latest incident, Ugandan rights organization Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) was …
Read More »Museveni advises bishop to read Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandan religious leaders to seek a “disciplined way of interacting” with him and stop provoking him. “I am somebody who knows what I am doing. I do not think there are many people who can lecture me about what …
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