COMMENT | Samson Tinka | I knew something has changed when my wife received a call from our supplier of baking items on the morning of March 9, 2022 announcing a 15% price increase. Just 12 months ago, the cost of sugar, baking flour and prestige margarine which are the …
Read More »Parish Model: We need more focus on physical infrastructure development
COMMENT | OSCORD MARK OTILE | The launch of Parish Development Model (PDM) has set in motion series of activities aimed at increasing household incomes, improving quality of lives and propelling the proportion of Ugandan households still trapped in the subsistence economy into the money economy. Similar interventions such as …
Read More »INSECURITY: Mbale residents scared of city centre
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mbale have raised a red flag over the increasing incidents of insecurity in the city centre. In the past three months, unknown thugs have been robbing and injuring their victims causing fear. This is common on the streets of Nabowa, Cathedral Avenue, …
Read More »Nearly half of Russia’s reserves frozen
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Near half of Russia’s roughly 640 billion U.S. dollars of gold and foreign currency reserves has been frozen, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Sunday. Siluanov said on a Russian TV program that Russia will pay roubles to its debt holders. He said that the …
Read More »Partey and Lacazette on strike as Arsenal march on
🔴 Arsenal 2 Leicester 0 🔴 Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 🔴 Leeds 2 Norwich 1 🔴 West Ham 2 Villa 1 🔴 Watford 2 Southampton 0 🔴 Everton 0 Wolves 1 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Arsenal delivered a magnificent performance on Sunday to beat Leicester City and register their …
Read More »POLICE: Ugandan domestic worker was murdered
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The examination of body samples removed from the corpse of Milly Namazzi has revealed that all the internal organs were intact. Namazzi left Uganda for a domestic job in Saudi Arabia in 2019. She was expected to return home after the expiry of her …
Read More »Chelsea brush aside off pitch problems to win 1-0
🔴 Chelsea 1 Newcastle 0 🔴 Leeds 2 Norwich 1 🔴 West Ham 2 Villa 1 🔴 Watford 2 Southampton 0 🔴 Everton 0 Wolves 1 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Newcastle United suffered a first Premier League defeat for nearly three months as Kai Havertz snatched a late …
Read More »NFA halts planting of non-indigenous trees in Mabira
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forestry Authority-NFA Executive Director Tom Obong Okello has halted the planting of non-indigenous trees in Mabira and Kisisita forest in Buikwe district. Okello who toured the two forests on Saturday was surprised that people who were approved by NFA to restore the …
Read More »China ‘locks down’ as COVID-19 cases shoot up
Shanghai on Saturday required citizens not to leave the city if not necessary and those who do must hold a certificate for a negative nucleic acid test results taken 48 hours before departure. Beijing, China | Xinhua | China is taking strict and swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections …
Read More »Contractor to pay sh320m for demolishing judge’s house
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered Mohinder Singh Channa, the Director of Coronation Developers Uganda Limited to pay sh320 Million to retired Judge Anup Singh Choudry as compensation for demolishing his house. According to the ruling by Justice Musa Ssekaana, Channa breached the …
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