Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakawa Market has started processing Identity Cards for all market vendors as one of the measures to heighten security and reduce crime in the market. The Market chairman Christopher Okuni says that the measure will mainly protect vendors who spend the night in the …
Read More »UK resists calls to ease lockdown as Johnson set to return to work
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Boris Johnson will return to work at the start of the week as pressure increases on the UK government over its handling of the coronavirus crisis which has claimed more than 20,000 lives. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told Sky News that Johnson would be back …
Read More »Appointment of bishop Lambert Bainomugisha excites clergy, christians
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The clergy and Christians of the Archdiocese of Mbarara have welcomed the appointment of Lambert Bainomugisha as the new Archbishop of Mbarara. Bishop Bainomugisha, the auxiliary Bishop of Mbarara replaces the Most Rev Paul Bakyenga who is resigning from the pastoral care of the archdiocese …
Read More »Uganda’s independence flag hoister died a frustrated man – Widow
Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Kanuti Akorimo, the man who hoisted Uganda’s National Flag on October 9, 1962, died a quiet and frustrated. Maj. Akorimo, died at Atutur Hospital in Kumi District on Wednesday morning. Born in Omatenga village in Kumi district on January 6, 1931, Akorimo rose to …
Read More »Gulu leaders appeal for more food aid to rescue starving families
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce has appealed for more food relief to aid hundreds of starving families in the area. Gulu district Chairman Martin Ojara Mapenduzi says that they have been overwhelmed with the demands for food from helpless households, whose livelihood was disrupted by …
Read More »Public universities staff reject new salary enhancement distribution plan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Academic staff associations in public universities have rejected the new salary enhancement distribution plan by the Ministry of Education and Sports. They say that the plan is putting up glaring inequities, unfairness and attempts to divide them basing on their ranks. The Ministry of Education …
Read More »Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies aged 85
Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Per Olov Enquist, one of Sweden’s most acclaimed authors who wrote “The Visit of the Royal Physician,” has died aged 85, his family told Swedish media on Sunday. The patriarch of 20th century Scandinavian literature, Enquist is known for powerful stories that weave his own melancholic …
Read More »Omoro battered granny used as feasibility study on rights of the elderly
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The case of a grandmother who was battered by her grandson in Omoro District is being used for a feasibility study to create an advocacy group for the rights of the elderly persons in Acholi sub-region. The 82-year-old granny, Lucy Anek was whipped from …
Read More »From 9-11 to a pandemic, New Yorkers once again put to the test
New York, United States | AFP | Nearly two decades after Manhattan’s Twin Towers fell in history’s deadliest attack on US soil, the coronavirus pandemic is once again testing the storied mettle of New Yorkers. The September 11, 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center left nearly 3,000 people dead …
Read More »Nile breweries sees dent in tax contribution as lockdown disrupts alcohol sales
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Breweries Limited-Uganda says its contribution to the national tax purse could fall significantly as the coronavirus lockdown disrupts alcohol transportation and sales. Nile Breweries Limited paid 394 billion Shillings in taxes in the 2018/19 financial year, one of the highest pay by a single …
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