COMMENT | PROF OWEYEGHA-AFUNADUULA | During the 1960s and early 1970s, the terms “modern,” “modernity,” and “modernization” were commonly used but faded in the late 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s in Uganda. However, they resurfaced in the late 1990s when President, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni made modernization a focal point …
Read More »Terror Alert: Kikuubo traders decry decline in sales as security tightened
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Kikuubo are expressing concern over a decline in sales due to intensified security checkups by the police in response to the UK terror alert. Security chiefs have implemented rigorous operations in downtown Kampala, particularly in the Kikuubo business area, to prevent any …
Read More »Yasin Nasser crowned EMC champion
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yasin Nasser emerged as the 2023 Eastern Motor Club-EMC rally champion on Sunday evening after two days of competitive racing in Jinja and Mayuge districts. Nasser secured victory over his closest rivals, Ronald Ssebuguzi and Peter Kalule, who finished in the second and third …
Read More »Human Rights Watch steps up pressure against Uganda oil pipeline
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) insists that the oil and gas projects are being developed under close supervision of the authority and the companies are abiding by their internal, national, and international standards and policies. Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | US-based NGO, Human Rights Watch has urged the …
Read More »Tension as Luwero Bishop’s pastoral staff smuggled through back door
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Due to security concerns, the Pastoral Staff, the symbol of power for the retiring Anglican bishop of Luwero Diocese, Rt. Rev. Eridard Kironde Nsubuga, was secretly transported through the back door of St. Mark’s Cathedral. On Sunday morning, under strict access controls and heavy …
Read More »Tumusiime hits ace as Case Medcare wins Kamuntu Memorial Golf tourney
Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Peter Tumusiime spiced up the Henry Kamuntu Memorial Golf tournament on Saturday at the Uganda Golf Club by hitting an ace on Hole 11. “It’s a remarkable feat that I have achieved on this course the first time I have done it,” Tumusiime stated. …
Read More »Nseko Buseko makes great comeback
Nseko Buseko’s 4th Season Sells Out UMA Multipurpose Hall Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The fourth Season of Madrat & Chico’s Nseko Buseko comedy show saw the UMA Multipurpose Hall get filled last Friday as the duo held their first show since 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic with the …
Read More »Positive thinking can be good for our brain and body
COMMENT | MICHAEL JJINGO | Are you promoting positive thinking? “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.” Roy T. Bennett. Many people go for the negative that lands them in stress and some depression. Some people believe that positive thinking is steeped …
Read More »Coffee production stagnates at 500,000 bags in Acholi region
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The coffee yield in Acholi sub-region has stagnated for the past three years. The government introduced Coffee growing in Acholi in 1999 as an alternative cash crop to cotton, in a bid to fight household poverty. However, when the war by the Lord’s Resistance …
Read More »Lessons for Ugandan actors from Fabian Lojede and Philip Luswata
ANALYSIS THE ARTS | THE INDEPENDENT | Ever wondered why while watching certain movies you get so gripped by or immersed in the story that you forget it is actually acted? Some times you get so bitter at a protagonist or you get so emotionally attached to a character. This …
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