Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwe’s vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is seen as favourite to succeed President Robert Mugabe, has been flown to South Africa for emergency medical care, officials said Monday. Mnangagwa, 74, fell ill at a rally where Mugabe spoke on Saturday in the southern town of …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday appealed to the opposition to hold legal demonstrations, not street protests, and allow Kenyans to get back to normal life after last week’s disputed vote. “To our friends who have yet to accept the outcome, we continue to appeal …
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Fate of 1.2 million newborns threatened as prices rise in private clinics Kampala, Uganda |FLAVIA NASSAKA| It is now official. Uganda is experiencing a shortage of polio and TB vaccines. And Dr. Bernard Opar, the Commissioner Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI) at the Ministry of Health who is …
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The company plans to introduce new products in the region Kampala, Uganda |JULIUS BUSINGE| Japan’s paint manufacturer, Kansai Plascon, has entered into the East African market through the acquisition of Sadolin Paints. Wim Bramer, the managing director of Kansai Plascon East Africa told The Independent in an interview that the …
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VIDEO: Kasirye Ggwanga accused of burning tractor Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Police in Lubowa town along Kampala-Entebbe road have opened investigations into the allegations that a senior UPDF army officer Brigadier Kasirye Ggwanga burnt a tractor he found on a piece of land, which he claims belongs to him. …
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‘Uganda army has not, and will not deploy in Kenya’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has refuted media reports that they are on standby to support security operations in Kenya. “The UPDF wishes to totally denounce these allegations which are totally false, alarmist and misleading,” said Brig. …
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VIDEO: Nakiwala Kiyingi blocked from speaking before president Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Are Ugandans becoming more intolerant, or do some leaders deserve to be treated harshly because of how they work? From the stopping of Simeo Nsubuga, to pouring of water on Kahinda Otafiire, to undressing before Minister Betty …
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VIDEO: Six candidates vie for FDC party presidency Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | All is set for the largest opposition political party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) to start the process of getting new party leadership who will steer it over the next five years. Nominations for presidential contenders kick …
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VIDEO: Wakiso residents live in fear as killers go on rampage Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | A sixth woman has been brutally murdered near Entebbe town in what police says could be a case of ritual sacrifice. Sarah Nakajjo Nakintu, a mother of five, aged 35, was murdered at Katabi …
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Top Somalia jihadist turns himself over to government Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | A one-time deputy leader and spokesman for Somalia’s Shabaab insurgents defected to the country’s government on Sunday, a local official said. Muktar Robow was the subject of a $5 million bounty from the United States for his …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
