Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Absa Bank Uganda on Thursday treated its Muslim customers and partners who are observing the holy month of Ramadan to an iftar dinner held at Kampala Serena Hotel. The annual observance of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. Absa Muslim staff donated …
Read More »Soldier, child dead in army vehicle accident in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A speeding Uganda People Defens e Forces vehicle has knocked dead a child and killed a UPDF soldier in Nyakasanga II ward, Kasese Municipality. The identifies of the child and the soldier were yet to be ascertained as police and residents struggled to save …
Read More »Musasizi defends decision to tax Twitter and Netflix
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance (General Duties) Henry Musasizi, has defended the proposal to impose a 5% tax on the gross income earned by international digital companies in Uganda. Musasizi alongside other officials from the Ministry of Finance appeared before Parliament’s Finance Committee …
Read More »South Sudanese killed, 4 injured in building collapse in Kansanga
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua & URN | At least one person was killed and four others were injured after a building collapsed Sunday evening here in Uganda’s capital, police said. The building is a commercial structure that houses a restaurant near Kampala International University, Luke Owoyesigyire, deputy police spokesperson for …
Read More »Minister Amos Lugoloobi sent to Luzira until April 20
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Minister of State for Finance and Planning Amos Lugoloobi has been denied bail by the Anti Corruption Court. He has been remanded to Luzira Prison until Thursday April 20. Lugoloobi was arrested last week in relation to diversion of iron sheets for people …
Read More »Kapchorwa hospital finally gets oxygen plant
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapchorwa Hospital has finally received a new oxygen plant from the Ministry of Health. Assad Tuti, the senior Administrator of the Hospital says the equipment was delivered on April 14th, 2023, and is now pending installation. Tuti also revealed to Uganda Radio Network that …
Read More »KCCA FC undecided after Byekwaso’s resignation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC is yet to decide on the next move after the team’s head coach Morley Byekwaso resigned from his job on Sunday evening. Byekwaso confirmed his departure to the media after KCCA FC’s 1-0 loss to Bright Stars in the Uganda Cup match …
Read More »Police deliver minister Lugoloobi to anti-corruption court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Minister of State for Finance and Planning Amos Lugoloobi has been brought for trial at court, that as been jammed by his supporters from the constituency. Court is set for 2pm. Lugoloobi was arrested last week in relation to diversion of …
Read More »This bird is revered. Why is its population dwindling?
As its habitat disappears due to human encroachment on Uganda’s wetlands, the gray crowned crane has moved to farmland in search of food. That’s a problem. Lwengo, Uganda | Apophia Agiresaasi – Global Press Journal Uganda | Looking at the gray crowned crane, it’s not difficult to see why it …
Read More »Presidents Kiir and Ruto to head to Sudan as soon as possible
East African leaders call for immediate ceasefire as fighting rages in Sudan Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | East African leaders on Sunday called for an immediate end to the ongoing fighting in Sudan where military clashes have killed at least 56 people and injured nearly 600 others. The Kenyan Presidency …
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