COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Kenyan police have exhumed over 100 of bodies from graves that have since been connected to a Christian pastor, who is being investigated on allegations that he directed his congregants to starve themselves to death. Many of the victims are believed to have been members of …
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Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Hosts Workshop to Strengthen Veterinary Public Health Services in Uganda. Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF workshop to support District Local Governments (DLG) in producing quality and safe animal products for human consumption and the …
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ANALYSIS | Nebert Rugadya – URN | Uganda has severally been named among the top three enterprising societies in the world but is also a country where most locally-owned enterprises hardly last beyond their first birthday. Almost a third of adult Ugandans either own or co-own a business according to …
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Qualcomm announces shortlisted teams for the inaugural Make in Africa Mentorship Program Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Qualcomm Technologies, Inc has announced the selection of 10 startups to participate in the inaugural Qualcomm Make in Africa startup mentorship program, as part of the Qualcomm Africa Innovation Platform announced …
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Malaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ninety one Christians belonging to the Christ Disciples’ Church in Teso have been repatriated from Nairobi after they were intercepted by the Kenyan authorities. Early this week, the Police in Nakuru County arrested 55 Ugandan nationals on their way to Nyangatom in Ethiopia. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has set June 14, 2023, as a day for the Bukedea LCV Chairperson by-election, following the death of Moses Olemukan. The commission will also fill three positions of Councilors in Mukongoro, Kotiokot, and Bukedea sub-counties. The positions fell vacant after the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior medical officers have threatened to lay down their tools to push for a pay rise and an acceleration in their promotion process to senior consultant level. The move follows a similar industrial action by Senior House Officers (SHO) and Medical Interns, who are …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Otikokin clan, to which the slain Minister of State for Employment and Industrial Relations Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola belonged, is demanding blood compensation. Engola, who was also a deputy clan elder (Awitong), was shot dead at his home in Kyanja on Tuesday …
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London, UK | AGENCIES | Preparations are in high gear for the Coronation of The King that will take place on Saturday 6th May, 2023. The Coronation Ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Ceremony will see His Majesty King …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono have released on bond Moses Kasiita, a resident of Ntaawo in Mukono Municipality, Mukono District, who had been in police custody for 13 days on accusations of having sexual intercourse with another man. Kasiita was arrested on April 22, 2023, and …
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