Rubaga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paint manufacturer, Kansai Plascon has donated paint worth Shs30million to Uganda Martyrs Hospital, Rubaga to support the hospital in its construction projects. The paint was handed over to Catholic Church leaders and Rubaga Hospital officials on Sept.06 by Kansai Plascon Managing Director, Santosh …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo has in a twist of events apologized to fellow legislators for “causing an impasse” in regard to the 40 million Shillings that he recently attempted to return to return to parliament. National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi had said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has directed the cancellation of the planned ‘Nyege Nyege’ music festival scheduled to take place Itanda falls in Jinja. The three-day festival was scheduled to start on September 15th and run to September 18th, 2022. However, Among says that …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team from crime intelligence directorate has arrested Ugandan socialite Charles Olim popularly known as Sipapa over a sh1.6 billion robbery from a South Sudanese national Jacob Arok. For the last five days, crime intelligence and criminal investigations directorate have been hunting for Sipapa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Ogwang, the state minister of sports, has urged school administrators to engage learners in co-curricular activities so as to prevent them from being idle, participating in illegal activities like strikes. Ogwang made the remarks while closing a workshop on ‘Teacher Change Maker Development …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Military officials from 12 countries on Monday have held a special closed door meeting of the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism -EJVM in Uganda’s south western border town of Kisoro. URN has learn that the confidential discussions stemmed from the fighting between the March 23 Movement …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Kezi Leo, the fast-rising Afropop and Rnb Artist is a Ugandan artist taking the scene by storm. On Friday, he dropped his new love song named “Gwe Nalonda” which was inspired by actual occurrences in his life Gwe Nalonda” is a Luganda phrase that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army and police have denied holding Teddy Nalubowa, a National Unity Platform Unit-NUP supporter, who was reportedly abducted from Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district last month. Nalubowa’s family claims that she left her rented room in Kyebando in Nansana Municipality at around 06:00 pm …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City Council authorities are faced with an uphill task of enforcing a ban on the creation and sale of undersized plots due to the reluctance of land brokers to heed the directive. In July this year, the Masaka City Executive and the Roads Committee …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere university staff at different levels are embroiled in debates on a proposal by the university council to review senior staff terms and enable professors to work until 80 years of age. Specifically, the policy is set to be changed so that professors and …
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