Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Incumbent Mayors in Busia, Tororo and Kapchorwa Municipalities have lost the bid to retain their seats. In Tororo Municipality, the incumbent John Opio lost to a businessman Kenneth Orono Onyapidi with just a margin of 133 votes. Orono garnered 3,284 votes against Opio’s 3151 …
Read More »Chelsea sacks Lampard
London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Struggling Chelsea have sacked coach Frank Lampard after a spate of poor results. “Chelsea Football Club has today parted company with Head Coach Frank Lampard,” said a statement from the club. FULL STATEMENT This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that …
Read More »Court orders security to vacate Bobi Wine’s home
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has issued an order directing police and the military to vacate National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi’s premises. Kyagulanyi aka Bobi wine and his wife Barbie have been under house arrest since they voted on January 14, 2021. Court ruled that …
Read More »Pope Francis hails journalists, warns of fake news ahead of World Communications Day
World Communications Day, established by Pope Paul VI in 1967, will be celebrated in many countries this year on Sunday, May 16 Vatican City, Italy | CNA | Pope Francis has issued a new warning about misinformation, weeks after he was the subject of a viral “fake news” story. …
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Karimojong enduring attachment to their culture Moroto, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Notwithstanding the social- cultural stereotype often attached to the Karamojong, a north- eastern ethnic group in Uganda, the group is privileged to preserve it’s distinct traditional norm and practices in the contemporary times. A visitor to Moroto and …
Read More »COMMENT: Return rationality to China-U.S. relations
COMMENT | Xinhua writer Lu Jiafei | At a critical juncture when the world is wrestling with a once-in-a-century global health crisis and the accompanying economic fallout, the importance of a stable and sound China-U.S. relationship cannot be overstated. When Joe Biden assumes the U.S. presidency later Wednesday, he will …
Read More »11 miners rescued from east China gold mine after 14 days
Jinan, China | XINHUA | Eleven miners were rescued on Sunday after being trapped underground for two weeks due to a blast in a gold mine in east China’s Shandong Province. Rescuers lifted two workers at around 3:18 p.m., bringing the number of rescued workers to 11. People on the …
Read More »Burundian ruling party elects new leader
Bujumbura, Burundi | XINHUA | An extraordinary congress of Burundi’s ruling party on Sunday elected former Senate President Reverien Ndikuriyo to succeed the incumbent Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye as the new party leader. Ndikuriyo was elected as the Secretary General of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for …
Read More »Two NUP candidates face Monday vote while in jail
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two National Unity Platform (NUP) party candidates contesting to become Division Councilors in Kampala, will not vote in Monday’s local government council elections. They were arrested in Kalangala district in December last year on the campaign trail with former NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi …
Read More »Nyamutoro is national Youth MP, first from West Nile
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Phiona Nyamutoro is the new Female National Youth MP. Nyamutoro of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, polled 296 votes, and was followed by Prima Tukamushabe who got 66 votes. The race attracted 12 candidates who included Amongin Prisca Nangiro, Busomoke Marcelina, Kaija Doreen, …
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