Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has received improved classified anti riots Control Vehicles (RCVs) for Public Order Management and Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) to address the emerging security challenges. The tactical armoured vehicles are to be used in volatile areas like like Karamoja and combat …
Read More »Airtel Uganda extends partnership with Buganda Kingdom
Partnership focuses on transforming activities in culture, sports, health, education, digital and financial inclusion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has extended its partnership with Buganda Kingdom for another three years. The contract renewal was announced Thursday at Bulange in Mengo. Since 2014, Buganda Kingdom in collaboration with Airtel …
Read More »Arsenal knocked out
London, UK | ARSENAL.COM | Arsenal bowed out of the Europa League after losing a first-ever penalty shoot out at Emirates Stadium. Gabriel Martinelli saw his spot kick saved in the shoot out, allowing Nuno Santos to convert the winner, after a 1-1 draw on the night, and a 3-3 …
Read More »Court of appeal halts Sh7billion UAP Insurance payment to National Housing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UAP Insurance Company Limited is breathing a a sigh of relief after the Court of Appeal sitting in Kampala quashed an order by the High Court to pay National Housing and Construction Company Limited 6.788 Billion Shillings over a breach of contract. UAP insurance …
Read More »BOU: Atingi-Ego signed Uganda currency banknotes genuine
BOU clarifies that currency notes bearing Dep Governor’s signature are genuine Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has clarified on the Deputy Governor’s signature on currency notes, allaying fears that the notes could be fake. Since last month, pictures of currency notes bearing the signature of Dr …
Read More »Japanese, S.Korean leaders meet in Tokyo amid raging opposition
Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with visiting South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol here on Thursday, amid waves of opposition and criticism over ignoring history. At the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, Kishida met with Yoon, who is on a two-day visit to Japan. It marked …
Read More »Luwero mob beat suspected cannibal into coma
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An irate mob has assaulted a suspected cannibal in Kawumu village in Makulubita Sub-County in Luwero District, beating him into coma. Trouble for the deceased unidentified man, started after a pupil claimed they had seen him running naked at the burial grounds of Esther Nakibirango, who was …
Read More »Infantino secures 2nd term as FIFA boss at congress in Kigali
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gianni Infantino will serve a second term as FIFA President after being re-elected unopposed to lead global football’s governing body for another four years, during the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda. Speaking immediately after the re-election to serve from 2023 to 2027, President Infantino said: …
Read More »MUSEVENI: On sex, Uganda will not deviate from the normal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his position against homosexuality, saying that the act is a deviation from normal. Museveni made the statement while addressing Parliament on Thursday in a sitting held at Kololo Independence grounds. In a brief statement about the issue that continues …
Read More »Mayuge man dies trying to save phone from pit latrine
Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East on Thursday confirmed the death of 31-year-old, Idi Muyimba, a resident of Nsango village, in Bukatuube sub county, in Mayuge district, who suffocated in a pit latrine. Residents say that Muyimba’s phone slipped through the latrine pit and he resolved to manually …
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