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The Independent

Heated debate over free house for Mutebile family

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament is divided over a proposal to buy a house or have the family of Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the late governor of Bank of Uganda (BoU), retain their residence in Kololo. The Bukooli Central MP, Solomon Silwany tabled the proposal on the floor of …

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Pharaohs fly to the quarterfinals past Ivory Coast

  ✳ Egypt 0 (5) Ivory Coast 0 (4) ✳ Eq Guinea 0 (6) Mali 0 (5) Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Egypt have qualified to the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 following a 5-4 penalties shootouts victory over Cote d’Ivoire. The record …

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GCC Services wins camp contract for major Uganda Oil Project

Agility unit will provide upstream camp support for Total Energies’ Tilenga project Dubai, United Arab Emirates | THE INDEPENDENT | GCC Services, a leader in integrated remote site services, has been selected by international engineering and construction giant McDermott  to provide camp services for the Tilenga Project Upstream Facilities in …

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How has the fuel crisis affected transport companies?

BUSINESS FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT |  Rising fuel prices typically force businesses in the transport and logistics industry to either raise prices for their services or suffer a financial loss. If the prices continue to increase, the trucking companies, couriers, and packaging material providers will have no option but to increase …

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Morocco’s Atlas Lions switch off Malawi Flames

✳ Morocco 2 Malawi 1 ✳ Senegal 2 Cape Verde 0 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | The Atlas Lions of Morocco have secured a place in the quarter final stage at the on-going TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021 in Cameroon. Morocco came from a goal down to defeat …

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Christopher Columbus Sembuya: Uganda’s indigenous industrialist dies at 86

OBITUARY | Ronald Musoke | Christopher Columbus Sembuya, the remaining founder of Sembule Group of Companies, one of Uganda’s indigenous companies renowned in its prime years for making radio and television sets, “landline” telephones and even street lights passed away quietly in Kampala Hospital on Jan.11. But, in perhaps a …

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Cameroon beat brave Comoros

✳ Cameroon 2 Comoros 1 ✳ Gambia 1 Guinea 0 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT |  Hosts Cameroon are through to the quarter finals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 following an eventful 2-1 victory over Comoros. Karl Toko Ekambi gave the Indomitable Lions lead just before …

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