Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 flood victims in Namabasa Sub County in Mbale district have received cash donations from Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS to compliment the food and nonfood relief items. The money is being out to the flood victims through mobile money transfers. On Tuesday, URCS …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district has attributed the low performance in Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE to inadequate teaching staff and accommodation. 390 out of 867 teachers in the district lack accommodation. Soroti also operates on 71:1 [pupil: teacher] ratio against the 43:1 national average [2016 Statistical Abstract of UBOS]. According …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Professors are battling it out for the top leadership of Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS). They are Damalie Nakanjako, a Professor of Medicine and Dean of the School of Medicine, Moses Joloba, a Professor of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology and Dean …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Matugga are holding a man accused of strangling his wife to death. Haruna Lukyamuzi, a resident of Buwambo zone in Wakiso district reportedly strangled his wife, Prossy Namugoya to death on Sunday night. Hussein Kato, the Buwambo Zone Defense Secretary, says the couple …
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Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Henry Ariganyira Musasizi, the Rubanda East County Member of Parliament is the new Rubanda District NRM Chairperson. Musasizi who got 73 votes defeated his closest contender and a business tycoon, Benon Bwebare who garnered 54 votes. Musasizi was declared winner amidst tight security on Tuesday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will be signing several bilateral air service agreements with different countries, a move that would give her access to the air space of more countries. According to a brief on Tuesday of what transpired in cabinet, “the agreements will put Uganda at equal legal …
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany | AFP | German prosecutors have raided 10 business premises as part of a probe into suspected diesel emissions cheating involving Mitsubishi cars, the latest fallout from the so-called “dieselgate” scandal. Frankfurt prosecutors said they had opened a fraud investigation against senior employees at “an international car …
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | Militants killed 36 civilians when they attacked villages in northern Burkina Faso, the government said Tuesday, appealing for local volunteers to bolster its fight against jihadists. A “terrorist group” killed 32 civilians when they attacked and burned the market in Nagraogo village before killing four …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Republicans and Democrats clashed over calling witnesses and demanding White House documents on the first full day Tuesday of the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. House impeachment managers led by veteran prosecutor Adam Schiff used the opening debate over trial procedures to lay …
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Yaoundé, Cameroon | AFP | It’s already 1:00 am at the Quebec, a cabaret in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde where the beer is flowing and punters are getting restless. Finally the band starts up and a trio of bikutsi dancers enter the spotlight, hips undulating with unabashed sexuality. “I want to, …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
