Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC) is actively formulating strategies aimed at revitalizing its presence and maintaining competitiveness in the printing and publishing sectors. According to Professor Sudi Nangoli, the Managing Director of UPPC, the comprehensive plan involves the development of clear strategies for …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people, one from Congo and the other from Uganda, have earned themselves a six-year jail term after confessing to illegal possession of firearms. Sadiki Gashendure, 29, hailing from Bunagana town, Karambo chiefdom in Rutshuru region, North Kivu area of the Eastern Vote-based Republic of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has tasked the new Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) board of trustees to double the Authority’s revenue collections to Shillings 200 billion. Comprising ten dedicated individuals, this board not only plays a pivotal role in advancing the development of the Authority but also oversees …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Boxing Team, the Bombers, failed to secure a single Olympic slot through the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers tournament held in Dakar, Senegal. All six boxers who represented the country in the Dakar qualifiers were eliminated, including the team captain, Joshua Tukamuhebwa. …
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United Nations, US | Xinhua | UN humanitarians and partners issued a flash appeal worth 71.4 million U.S. dollars on Thursday to meet the urgent needs of Libyans suffering from devastating floods. The funds are for 250,000 people targeted out of the 884,000 people estimated to be in need over the …
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Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu expressed the aim of deepening his economic diplomacy when he travels Sunday to the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), an official said Friday. Ajuri Ngelale, spokesman for the Nigerian president, told reporters in the national capital of Abuja that meeting with …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Section of Christians in Luwero Diocese has launched weekly prayers seeking divine intervention in the suspended enthronement of Reverend Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula as their Bishop Kasana had been elected bishop to replace the Rev. Eridard Nsubuga who abdicated on July 9 upon clocking …
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Why Uganda can’t live without clothes of `dead people’ COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | On Sept.10 President Yoweri Museveni revealed that some American cloth manufacturing companies have cancelled orders of textiles from Uganda because of the Anti-Homosexual Act (AHA) he signed into law in late May. “The homosexuals in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s financial industry is still a step away from being internationally blacklisted over safety concerns, more than three years after the alarm was sounded by the Financial Action Task Force, FATF. FATF, an intergovernmental organization that monitors the global financial industries for financial crime, examined …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Anti Corruption Court to dismiss an application in which the former Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards David Livingstone Ebiru is seeking to halt his trial on bribery charges until investigations are completed. The prosecution alleges that …
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