Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Walusimbi is the new Chief Executive officer- CEO of the Uganda Cricket Association- UCA for the next three years. Walusimbi, a former Senior Operations Manager at KCB Uganda Limited, takes over the role from Alan Mugume who has served the Uganda Cricket Association as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The expiry of the Inspector General of Police- IGP Martin Ochola’s contract has sparked debate at Naguru police headquarters on who is likely to replace him. Ochola is serving his second term of three years ever since he replaced Gen Edward Kale Kayihura on March …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka has hit at members of the Uganda Law Society-ULS for overstepping their mandate. This is after the lawyers called for an Extra Ordinary Meeting to discuss the independence of the Judiciary. Kiryowa Kiwanuka wants the lawyers to respect the boundaries and …
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MADRID | Xinhua | Real Madrid’s home game against second-placed Girona today looks as if it could be decisive to the outcome of La Liga, with both sides going into the encounter missing key players. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will have to totally reconstruct a defense affected by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT | On January 30, executives Huawei Technologies executives said, DigiTruck project, launched in October 2023 in the Teso Sub-region, had equipped over 1000 youth, women, Jua-kalis, and local district officers with digital skills, empowering them to engage in e-commerce. The skills have helped the beneficiaries to …
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At a plenary meeting of the DPRK’s ruling Worker’s Party of Korea in December, Kim said that the WPK was abandoning the idea of a peaceful reunification with the South through dialogue TOKYO | TASS | The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) considers its southern neighbor, the Republic of …
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A titanic clash awaits African football as Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire contest the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 2023 final on Sunday. This heavyweight bout sees two bitter rivals collide with continental glory at stake. Abidjan, Ivory Coast | THE INDEPENDENT | February 11th will witness a final for the ages at the …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 523 reformed warriors in Kotido district received iron sheets from the ongoing distribution campaign by the Office of the Prime Minister across Karamoja sub region. Kotido district received a consignment of 17,316 pieces of iron sheets to be given out to 523 beneficiaries …
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When anti-democratic parties are small, a ban doesn’t seem worth it but is impossible when large COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | What should democracies do about parties that use elections and other democratic means to destroy democracy itself? One well-established, but not universally accepted, answer is to ban the party before …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has recorded a surge in the number of industries following key infrastructure improvements at the Namanve Industrial and Business Park in Mukono District. The government has been implementing key infrastructure developments at Namanve through contractor-facilitated financing arrangements. They include tarmacking over 44 kilometres of road networks, bridges, …
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