Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has called for written proposals from other stakeholders to reform guild electoral processes. The stakeholders include students, staff, and alumni among others. A July 28th letter authored by Associate Professor Helen Nambalirwa Nkabala, the Chairperson of the Makerere University Select review committee calls …
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The reasons for the charm offensive aren’t pretty | JOSEPH SIEGLE | Russia is the source of less than 1% of the foreign direct investment into Africa. Substantively, then, Russia brings little to the continent. But the fact that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a high-profile trip to Africa …
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Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Mubende have arrested five people to help in the going investigations and crackdown on the sequence of robberies in the district. The suspects were arrested following an intelligence operation in Kibaati Village, Kasana Ward in East Division, Mubende District. It is …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday officially launched Kenya’s iconic Nairobi Expressway after months of successful public trial. The President also commissioned the revamped Nairobi Eastern Bypass which includes five new major vehicular crossings and six-lane dual carriageways at the busy sections of the road. …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu University Council has approved the extension of Prof. George Openjuru Ladaah’s term of office as the University Vice Chancellor. Prof. Openjuru’s five year contract extension was endorsed on Friday during the 53rd meeting of the Gulu University council. The new contract takes …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lindah Nabusayi has retired and has been replaced by Communications expert Sandor Walusimbi. Reports from State House indicate that President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Walusimbi, head of communication at State House Anti-corruption Unit, as his new senior press secretary. Walusimbi has previously worked at the …
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Xichang, China | Xinhua | China successfully launched a new group of remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The satellites were launched Friday as the third group of the Yaogan-35 family at 9:28 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket …
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Mengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda has requested government through various avenues to help improve coffee production in the country. The Kabaka urged government to find means of shielding coffee farmers from extreme price fluctuations and to access capital to finance their efforts. He said he …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama has expressed worries over the escalating levels of violence noting that it is causing suffering in the world. He noted that it is saddening that the world is experiencing a spike in violent cases like murder, attacks …
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Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | Portugal is experiencing the worst drought as 67.9 percent of its territory was in severe drought, 28.4 percent in extreme drought and the remaining 3.7 percent in moderate drought in June, said the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) on Saturday. This is the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
