Government’s plans to ensure there is a borehole constructed in each village in Uganda should address concerns by activists about the huge burden women and girls face in search of safe drinking water. The reassurance was given by Eng. Joseph Oriono Eyatu, Commissioner for rural water supply and sanitation while …
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Kenya’s parliament threatens sanctions on Machar after renewed South Sudan fighting Malakal, South Sudan | AFP | At least 56 rebels and four government troops were killed in heavy weekend clashes in northeastern South Sudan, in a worrying surge of violence in the world’s youngest nation. Sudan People’s Liberation Army …
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INTERVIEW: Rabbi Gershom Sizomu is the leader of the Jewish community in Uganda the first Jew to win a Parliamentary seat in Uganda’s political history. On February 19, Sizomu who ran on Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket won the Bungokho North parliamentary seat after beating seven candidates, including two …
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Blantyre, Malawi | AFP | Malawian President Peter Mutharika returned home Sunday after an unexplained trip to the United States that lasted several weeks, sparking rumours over his health. Mutharika flew to New York to give a speech at the UN General Assembly on September 25 but there had been …
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Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa moved closer to a fairy-tale CAF Champions League title with a 3-0 home victory over Zamalek of Egypt Saturday in the first leg of the final. Liberian Anthony Laffor and Tebogo Langerman scored in the first half of a …
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THE LAST WORD: Uganda’s stalled transformation: Andrew Mwenda on Why Museveni has not transformed agricultural Uganda into an industrial economy and what can be done. COVER STORY: Americans to build refinery? Technocrats at the Energy Ministry and the Ministry of Finance who are working on the country’s pet project, the …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AFP | Kenya, Senegal and Chad will each nominate a candidate to become the new head of the African Union, which failed to choose a successor to Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma in July. A list of candidates, obtained by AFP but not yet made public, includes Kenya’s foreign …
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Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar, a pariah for the West since his call last month for renewed civil war, headed to South Africa for medical check-ups on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent reported. In what he billed as his first media appearance since he fled …
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The Constitutional Court has been forced to repeat the hearing of an application filed by a concerned citizen Twaha Sanywa challenging government’s decision to spend sh64 billion shillings on car purchases by the members of the 10th Uganda Parliament. This after Justice Richard Buteera informed the parties in this case that …
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The High Court in Kampala has summoned the leader of the Church of Uganda Archbishop Stanley Ntagali to respond to allegations by 11 canons that he has unlawfully taken over the episcopal jurisdiction of West Ankole Diocese. Canons led by Christopher Kisembo accuse Archbishop Ntagali of abusing his authority and the constitution of the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
