Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has launched a fundraising drive for the forthcoming royal wedding of the Kyabazinga, Gabula Nadiope, to HRH Jovia Mutesi. Earlier this month, Gabula was introduced to Mutesi’s parents in Mayuge district, leading to a traditional wedding, befitting of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has revealed that the Uganda Peoples Defense Force (UPDF) has killed a notorious Allied Democratic Force (ADF) commander Meddie Nkalubo, in a recent raid on the ADF camps in the Eastern DR Congo. Using his (formerly Twitter) X handle on September 23rd 2023, …
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The USPA-Nile Breweries Sports Personality of the year 2022 is athlete Kiplimo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Long distance ace Jacob Kiplimo was on Saturday night named the USPA-Nile Special Uganda Sports Personality of the Year 2022. Kiplimo was recognised – for his very first Uganda Sports Personality of the …
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Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is not ready to take up the responsibility of sustaining students in boarding schools, the First Lady also Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has revealed. Despite the repeated requests by parents and community leaders for the government to build dormitories …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has picked interest in investigating the allegations against a former International Criminal Court (ICC) official over facilitating and financing the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony. This comes just two days after Brigid Inder, a former Special Gender Advisor to former …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati, announced its sponsorship of the highly anticipated 29th Uganda International Trade Fair under the theme “Driving Manufacturing and Trade Efficiency through Digital Transformation and Innovation”. The event is scheduled to take place from the 3rd to the 10th of October at the UMA …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region are investigating circumstances under which a UPDF Soldier shot dead three people and one injured in Kotido district. The incident happened on Friday morning in Nakapelimoru trading center after a soldier identified as Peter Lokidii attached to 2nd …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Transport along Kabale-Katuna border road was on Saturday morning paralyzed after a fuel tanker was involved in an accident at Nyakasharara village in Kicumbi parish, Kamuganguzi sub county, Kabale district and exploded. The incident happened at around 06:00AM, according to locals. Paul Ojara and Richard …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Crime Intelligence (DCI) in collaboration with police Kampala Central Police Station –CPS have arrested nine suspects in an operation against vehicle parts vandalism.DCI and police embarked on the operation after Ugandans took to social media expressing their dissatisfaction with ‘untouched’ vandals. “Our …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-month-old baby who was allegedly detained by Roswell Women and Children Hospital for failure to pay medical bills has been reunited with the parents. Bridgers Alinda Mugenyi and Saloome Aturinde sued Roswell Women and Children Hospital Limited last month for retaining their newborn baby. …
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