Kyaggwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new Kyaggwe County head (Ssekiboobo) Elijah Mulembya has instructed the county speaker Jonathan Ntulume to investigate two officials at the county’s education department on allegations of selling school bursaries. The accused officials are; Lilian Tendo and James Charles Kizito who have been in-charge of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan milk crossing over to Kenya will be charged 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) as a measure to protect their local market. This week, Kenyan officials were in Uganda for a verification exercise to see whether the glut of milk entering their country was actually …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump kicked off Christmas vacation on Friday after a series of legislative victories gave him one of his best weeks in office — apart from becoming only the third US president ever impeached. Surprisingly, for a capital paralyzed by Democratic-Republican gridlock and a …
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Port-Bouet, Ivory Coast | AFP | French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Ivory Coast on Friday to celebrate Christmas with French troops, saying Paris would work to give “new force” to the regional fight against Islamist militants. The jihadist insurgency in several poor Sahel nations will be a top item on …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The greater Kabale District National Resistance Movement (NRM) party registrar Maurice Mugenga Kaitaba has been sued for allegedly holding a public office. Bright Muhumuza, a concerned citizen and the Buhara Sub County Secretary for Youth in Kabale District argues that Kaitaba is also a full-time …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least five people have been confirmed dead and three others injured in an accident that occurred along the Masaka-Mbarara highway today evening. The accident occurred at Kyabbogo Village, in Kingo Sub-County when a speeding registration number UAU 523M heading to Kampala from Mbarara rammed …
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Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP In keeping with tradition, President Emmanuel Macron on Friday will celebrate Christmas with French soldiers posted abroad, travelling this year to Ivory Coast as Paris seeks to strengthen regional ties against Islamist militants. Far from protest strikes gripping France, Macron will share a dinner cooked by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is still carrying out investigations on reactions following the recent Measles/Rubella immunization campaign. Dr Immaculate Ampaire, the deputy manager of the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization says that investigations are to determine whether the recipients of the vaccine are likely …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF contingent in Somalia has received a new commander. More than 6,000 UPDF combatants in Somalia are now under the command of Brig Richard Otto who has taken over from Brig Gen Michael Kabango. Brig Otto received instruments of …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christians have been asked to focus on the commemoration of the birth of Jesus and not on food and merrymaking. Bishop Charles Collins Andaku, of Madi West Nile Diocese while presenting the Christmas message on Thursday said that instead of worshiping and serving Jesus Christ …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
