Edinburgh, United Kingdom | AFP | Scotland’s nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday pressed on with calls for a new independence referendum, saying it might be the only way to protect the country’s interests as Brexit approaches. “Proposing a further decision on independence wouldn’t simply be legitimate, it would almost …
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United Nations, United States | AFP | Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a Western-backed UN resolution that would have imposed sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons use, in the first clash at the Security Council since US President Donald Trump took office. The twin vetoes came as peace talks …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump teased a budget plan Monday that includes a nearly 10 percent increase in defense spending and a “large reduction” in foreign aid. Previewing measures aimed at backing up campaign promises with dollars and cents, Trump promised a “public safety and national …
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VIDEO: DP’s Fred Mukasa Mbidde gave the following quote during today’s elections for the EALA representatives, “Politics is like monkeys’ dance, if you do not want the tail of monkeys to touch you, you don’t join their dance.” Share on: WhatsApp
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VIDEO: The man caught on camera on Monday wielding a stick and blocking the Lord Mayor and Councilors from visiting Park Yard market opens up to NBS TV, and says he works for peace. About three men were captured Monday afternoon wielding sticks, and at some point blocking traders from accessing …
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VIDEO: Over 3.5 million Ugandans are sleeping hungry and in need of food according to the Office of the Prime Minister. The most hunger stricken regions in Uganda are Teso, Karamoja, parts of central region, South western and Busoga region. Share on: WhatsApp
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VIDEO: Kampala minister Beti Olive Namisango Kamya has clarified government’s decision to throw out the park yard vendors, days before the expiry of the time given to them. According to Kamya, the planned developer was giving vendors lucrative terms which they did not want to miss. Share on: WhatsApp
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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has for a second time been locked out from a team of nine to represent Uganda in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). NRM’s six candidates Rose Akol (370), Paul Musamali (350), Mary Mugyenyi (341), Mathias Kasamba (359), Denis Namara (329) and George Odong (346) …
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Hearing of a case in which city businessman and former treasurer of NRM Entrepreneurs’ League, Arvind Patel sued the ruling party over a debt of sh5.4billion, has failed to take off today. Patel says he borrowed the money, and gave it to the NRM to cleanup the party register in …
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Betty Namisango Kamya has been dragged to the Commercial Court by a supplier of campaign posters used in the 2011 General Elections, over a sh54.2 million debt. Bakka Abubakari trading as Najab Printers and Stationers claims that on the November 21, 2010 Kamya wrote to him asking him to make posters …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
