Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iteso Paramount Chief is dead. Emorimor Augustine Osuban Lemukol breathed his last on Saturday evening at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been hospitalized for close to two weeks. Emorimor Lemukol, 88, was admitted to the COVID-19 Unit in Soroti early in …
Read More »One dead after UPDF intercepts Karimojong warriors in Napak
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected jie cattle rustler from Kotido district was on Friday night shot dead by a joint force of UPDF and the Antistock theft unit personnel during a one and half hour fire exchange that spilled over the Karamoja -Teso border. The fire exchange …
Read More »AU Summit seeks African solutions for never ending African problems
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Union (AU) is holding its 35th ordinary summit in Addis Ababa this weekend, amid renewed challenges to the political and economic stability of the continent. Ugandan vice President Jesica Alupo will represent President Yoweri Museveni. The 35th Ordinary Session of the …
Read More »Museveni to fast track Constitutional Review Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has committed to fast tracking the formation of a commission that will review the 1995 constitution. This development comes a year after the former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire recommended a 14-panel commission led by the …
Read More »Africa welcomes China’s help to bolster exports
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Africa welcomes the “generous offer” China is set to provide members of the African Union (AU) to help augment exports in the coming years, a senior official has said. Wamkele Mene, the secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), told Xinhua that …
Read More »Change in flight plans, Fr. Lokodo remains to be returned Sunday
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The remains of the late Fr. Simon Lokodo will now be returned on Sunday morning, and not today as had been planned. Lokodo, a Commissioner at Uganda Human Rights Commission -UHRC, died on January 29 while on official duty in Geneva, Switzerland. His remains …
Read More »Erdogan blasts the West, US on Ukraine crisis
Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Neither the United States nor other Western countries had not contributed to solving the crisis between Russia and Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. “Unfortunately, the West has not contributed to the solution of this issue until now. I can only …
Read More »Fire wipes out Bwaise furniture workshops
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of furniture dealers in Bwaise in Kawempe Division are counting losses following a fire outbreak early this morning. The fire that started around 4.00 am razed more than 150 timber workshops, leaving property worth hundreds of millions destroyed. Affected traders say by the …
Read More »Spain to revoke outdoor facemask mandate
Madrid, Spain | Xinhua | The Spanish government will next week revoke the mandate for wearing facemasks against the infection from COVID-19, Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Friday. A proposal for that will be approved in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the minister told local radio station Cadena …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: The $10billion Uganda oil project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY TotalEnergies, CNOOC sign off US$10bn Uganda oil project: First oil expected in 2025 THE LAST WORD America’s reckless bullying: How Washington’s disregard of Russia’s security concerns risks war over a misguided obsession with …
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