VIDEO: Just a week after the Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Minister Amelia Kyambadde put the election of the Uganda Chamber of Commerce on hold, the Chamber board has said they are going ahead with the election process. Chamber President Olive Kigongo says that in doing so, they are exercising the mandate …
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VIDEO: Local leaders in the restive Kasese district have demanded sincerity and truth if the region is to reconcile and heal from the recent attack on the palace of the Mumbere that left dozens of his guards dead. The leaders made the demands in a meeting with the Inter Religious Council …
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VIDEO: The Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs has summoned the IGP Kale Kaihura and the Army commander Gen. Katumba Wamala to answer queries regarding the Kasese attacks that led to the deaths of over 80 people. Parliament wants them to explain the deaths that followed the arrest of the Omusinga Charles …
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Beijing, China | AFP | China should “significantly” increase military spending and build more nuclear weapons as a response to US President-elect Donald Trump, an editorial in the nationalistic Global Times newspaper said Thursday. China should “build more strategic nuclear arms and accelerate the deployment of the DF-41 intercontinental ballistic …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Olympic champions Vivian Cheruiyot and Eliud Kipchoge were named Kenya’s top athletes at an awards ceremony that rounded off a controversial but successful year for sports in the country. Cheruiyot, 33, a former world double 5,000m and 10,000m champion, warded off the challenge of Jemima …
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Paris, France | AFP | Paris officials have announced a crackdown on rats which blight parks and gardens around the City of Light and are thought to easily outnumber humans. The city’s rodents were given an image overhaul in 2007 in the hit animated film “Ratatouille” which depicted them cooking …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Arsenal lynchpins Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will not be allowed to leave the club before their contracts expire in 18 months’ time, manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday. British media reports this week suggested Chilean forward Sanchez and German playmaker Ozil want new …
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Beijing, China | AFP | A Chinese company has scrapped plans to purchase German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron after US President Obama blocked the deal, the company said Thursday. The Chinese government-backed Grand Chip Investment said its offer could no longer be fulfilled after Washington rejected the inclusion of Aixtron’s …
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Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The aviation industry is set to post record net earnings this year and is expected to remain profitable in 2017, despite rising oil prices and global political turbulence, its trade association said Thursday. “Airlines continue to deliver strong results. This year we expect a …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Britain faces an “unprecedented” terror threat that will not subside until the Syrian civil war ends, the head of foreign intelligence service MI6 said Thursday. In a rare speech for an intelligence chief, Alex Younger said British authorities had foiled 12 terrorist plots since …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
