Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda has signed a peace communique with rival Muslim groups led by Sheikh Abdul Obeid Kamulegeya, the former Chief of Uganda at the Uganda Muslim Headquarters at Old Kampala. The 3-page communique outlines seven areas key among, …

  Stockholm, Sweden | XINHUA |  The Swedish band Abba is set to release an album with new songs, it announced on Thursday. The quartet, who parted ways in 1982, recorded the first two songs of the ten-track album titled “Voyage” in 2018. “When we had these two songs, it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Third Deputy Prime Minister, Lukia Nakadama has said that government is coordinating with the gender ministry to ensure that all the eligible beneficiaries who did not receive the Covid-19 relief funds over inaccuracies in their personal data are paid. Nakadama who has embarked …

Cyclists promoting EAC integration stuck at Burundi border Bujumbura, Burundi | THE INDEPENDENT | The woes of the Great African Cyclists Safari team currently traversing the East African Community countries has exposed the region’s uncoordinated policies. For four years now, the Great African Cycling Safari has organised the East African Bicycle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CCTV footage of the arrest by Uganda security of Victoria University Vice Chancellor Dr Lawrence Muganga on Thursday has emerged. It came hours before he was reported released today in a dramatic twist to the story about espionage and Rwanda, Uganda and Canadian citizenship. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. THE LAST WORD To whom it may concern: A frank memo to those demanding that we purchase credibility at the price of mutilating of our beliefs COMMENT The environment and Uganda’s oil activities: It is …

  Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commander of the UPDF land forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has rescued the cash-strapped Uganda national basketball team The Silverbacks that nearly got stranded in Kigali. The basketball federation announced today that Gen Muhoozi had personally given them Sh188million they needed to settle hotel bills. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF spokesperson Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso has confirmed that the Vice Chancellor Victoria University Dr Lawrence Muganga has been arrested by joint Security Forces in connection with espionage and illegal stay in the country. “Investigations into the matter have commenced,” she said minutes after social …

📌 WORLD CUP 22 QUALIFYING RESULT Kenya 🇰🇪 0 Uganda 🇺🇬 0 ✳ Group E Mali 3pts Uganda 1pt Kenya 1pt Rwanda 0pts Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Cranes started their FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign with an away draw to hosts Harambee Stars of Kenya. The East African …

OBITUARY | IAN KATUSIIME | Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech has since his death been described as daring and brave. That is how he earned the ‘Lion of Mogadishu’ moniker during his first tour of duty in Somalia as the contingent commander of Ugandan troops from 2011 to 2012. He died …