Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventeen suspects are in police custody in Mbale city for cultivating and selling marijuana. The suspects were picked up in a security operation conducted in Kiteso, Buyonjo, Wasufu, and Mpumude cells in Mbale City Northern Division, led by the Division Police Commander, John Byamugisha. …
Read More »UN grants Nansen Refugee Award to former German Chancellor Merkel
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday announced that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. The selection committee said it was recognizing Merkel’s “leadership, courage and compassion in ensuring the protection of hundreds of thousands of …
Read More »Japan donates UGX 5.7Bn for immunization campaign
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Japan has donated $1.5 million, approximately 5.7 Billion Shillings to the United Nations Children’s Agency-UNICEF, to support the government improve the tracking of under-immunized and un immunized children at the community level. According to Catherine Ntabadde, the spokesperson of UNICEF, the money …
Read More »Elon Musk proposes to buy Twitter at original price
San Fransisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Tesla CEO Elon Musk has proposed to proceed with a deal to buy Twitter at the original price of 44 billion U.S. dollars, according to a financial filing on Tuesday. The offer came ahead of a trial scheduled at the Delaware Chancery Court on Oct. …
Read More »Death toll rises to 131 in stampede at Indonesian football stadium
Jakarta, Indonesia | Xinhua | The Indonesian police confirmed on Wednesday that a total of 131 people have died in a stampede last weekend after a football match in the country’s province of East Java. Earlier, police said that the number of deaths in the tragedy as of Tuesday was 125, although …
Read More »MUSENERO: Science and technology has fundamental role of wealth creation
National Exhibition Week for Science (NEWS 2022) launched to showcase science and technology innovation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has today launched the 2022 National Exhibition for Science Week, (NEWS 22), Uganda’s annual showcase of science, technology and innovation to document progress made towards technological advancement to steer …
Read More »Game Store announces exit of Ugandan market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Massmart Holdings, the owner of Game store in Uganda has announced an outright exit from Ugandan market, having failed to get a local partner or buyer. In March 2021, Massmart announced that after a review of its operation in East Africa, it was exploring the …
Read More »MP Alion Odria charged with assault of police officer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alion Yorke Odria, the Aringa South County MP in Yumbe district has appeared before the Buganda Road Magistrates Court for causing grievous harm and assaulting a police officer while on lawful duties at Parliament. The legislator appeared before Magistrate Siena Owomugisha, who read for him …
Read More »Putin approves treaties on accession of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed federal laws Wednesday formalizing the accession of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Putin also signed federal constitutional laws on forming new regions within Russia. The relevant documents have been published on the country’s official legal information portal. Russia’s upper house of …
Read More »TWEETS: Museveni apologizes to Kenya
✳ Explains demotion of Muhoozi from UPDF Command ✳ Justifies promotion of son to General in the army Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | “Dear Ugandans, the brotherly people of Kenya, and all East Africans. I greet all of you. I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us …
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