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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Landslide victims in Bududa and Sironko district spent Christmas day on empty stomachs. Christmas is a day for merrymaking across the world as Christians remember the birth of Jesus Christ. However, this wasn’t the case for landslide victims spread in camps in Bugimagu, Nalusalala and …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Up to 6,900 cassava farmers in Acholibur Sub-county in Pader district have asked Gen. Salim Saleh, the National Coordinator of the Operation Wealth Creation–OWC program to fulfill the pledges he made to them. While delivering tons of cassava cuttings to the farmers in December 2017, …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Bishop of central Busoga diocese, Rt. Rev. Patrick Wakula has called upon politicians to desist from making empty promises to win elections.  While preaching to Christians at Iganga Cathedral Church on Christmas Day, Wakula says that voters are outraged that several promises made in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Muslims have been urged to peacefully co-exist with people of differing ideologies and opinion. Sheikh Lukman Wakinyankali, the one of the Imams of Kibuli mosque made the call during memorial prayers for the former Chief Qadhi of Uganda, Kassim Mulumba and at the residence of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For Robert Kyazze who is currently receiving treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), returning home to celebrate Christmas with his family wasn’t an option. He just had a dose of chemotherapy for his Kaposi Sarcoma on Tuesday. Even as his next dose is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala streets were Wednesday free of the usual traffic as millions enjoyed the Christmas holiday. However, garbage seems to have replaced the Kampala dwellers in the town, and add to that rain later in the day and early Thursday, left a sorry sight. URN …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 6,900 cassava farmers in Acholibur Sub-county in Pader district have asked Gen. Salim Saleh, the National Coordinator of the Operation Wealth Creation–OWC program to fulfill the pledges he made to them. While delivering tons of cassava cuttings to the farmers in December …

Archbishop Lwanga, Katikiro Mayiga castigate weak Gov’t Institutions Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has asked state officials to revive an increasingly dormant state machinery, which he says is affecting effective governance in the country. According to Mayiga, strengthening the state institutions should …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Unidentified thugs have killed Charles Kayemba, a technician at Petrol City. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, says the thugs trailed Kayemba in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to his home in Nabingo-Kyengela town council in Wakiso district. It is alleged that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  More than 30 million male and 173,000 female condoms are ready for distribution nationwide during Christmas and Boxing Day. Vastha Kibirige, the National Coordinator of the Condom Desk in the Health Ministry disclosed this to URN. Unlike the usual stock out during the festive season, Kibirige …