Museveni to give clerics 5bn to promote gov’t programme Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a move that has been criticized by some members of parliament and talk show pundits, President Museveni on May 04 announced that he will be extending money worth Shs5billion to the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It sounds like something out of a science fiction, but according to recent news reports, Chinese companies are using special helmets to monitor workers’ brain activity in order to reduce stress and manipulate break times so that they can produce more. Employee brainwave uses sensors …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In China, health insurance companies apparently offer discounts to people who can prove they get enough exercise every day by using their mobile phones to monitor their movement. Only instead of actually going for walks, some people use ingenious perpetuum mobile devices (Perpetual Motion mobile …
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Captives freed in USAFI raid found very sick, others defiled – Police Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed on May 07 that some of the captives rescued during a joint raid by security forces on USAFI mosque have been found to be very sick. “Seven girls …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nile Breweries Limited dream is Zero Injuries across its operations. To achieve this, the company has launched a Safety App called AB InBev SAFETY. The App, developed as a tool for risk identification and mitigation to prevent injuries and recognise safe behavior in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Russian woman who used her credit card to pay for coffee and a cake at a cafe near Zurich, in Switzerland, accidentally typed in her PIN code as the tip and ended up paying 7709.70 Swiss francs (Approx. Shs29 million) for a 23.70 francs …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda recorded a 3.1% rise in subscribers to 10.8million in the first quarter ending March 2018. The increment in subscribers for the first three months ends two consecutive quarters of falling customer numbers. The improved subscriber figures also contributed to an increase in …
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Kitatta challenges trial at army court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abdallah Kitatta, the leader of the Boda Boda 2010 on May 04 petitioned the criminal division of the high court challenging his trial at the army court in Makindye. In his suit, Kitata In his suit, Kitatta wants court to …
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Soccer fan banned from stadium rents crane to see his team play Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A die-hard fan of Turkish soccer club Denizlispor recently made international headlines after renting a crane so he could watch his team play in a league game, after being banned from the stadium …
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Social media outrage as journalist dies after giving birth Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former news anchor at the defunct WBS TV Nuliat Nambaziira died on May.04, days after giving birth. Nambaziira is said to have over bled after a Caesarian section delivery prompting doctors at the International Hospital Kampala to …
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