Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have reported an increase in high-risk events, saying many countries on the continent are currently experiencing multiple outbreaks. Speaking during the weekly press conference, Professor Yap Boum II, the Deputy Head …
Read More »TotalEnergies awards nursing scholarships to 100 students in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | TotalEnergies E&P Uganda has awarded full scholarships to 100 students to pursue nursing and midwifery studies at St. Mary’s Nursing School in Lacor, Gulu. The beneficiaries were drawn from six districts within the Albertine Graben that are affected by oil and gas activities, namely …
Read More »Museveni launches upgrade of key road linking central and northern Uganda
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has launched the upgrade of an 87.6-kilometer road, including the construction of a ferry and bridge landing site, in Kayunga District in central Uganda. Museveni, accompanied by Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong, flagged off the two-year construction of the Kayunga-Bbaale-Galiraya …
Read More »Uganda names 19 athletes for African Junior Athletics Championships
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) has named a contingent of 19 athletes and seven officials to represent the country at the 4th edition of the CAA African U18 and U20 Athletics Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria. The selected team comprises top performers from national trials held …
Read More »STUDY: People prefer human over AI in emotional talk
JERUSALEM, Israel | Xinhua | Israeli and U.S. researchers have found that people value empathetic responses more when they believe they came from a human, even when the responses were written by artificial intelligence (AI), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said in a statement on Thursday. Large language models show …
Read More »National Peasants Party unveils leadership
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Peasants’ Party (NPP), has officially launched and unveiled its leadership team. Although founded in 2004 by Hajj Elias Wamala Ssegujja and others, NPP has been one of the dormant political parties for several years; however, the party has now been revitalized after it …
Read More »Vehicle loans driving electric mobility growth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The motor vehicle industry sees electric vehicles dominating the industry sooner than previously expected, as positive sentiments grow. They see the scepticism towards the EV reducing, including attitude about durability and repairability, with the main barrier to the growth of the market now being …
Read More »UPDF seize major ADF base camp in eastern DRC
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) announced on Friday that they had seized a major military base belonging to a senior commander of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in the eastern jungles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Chris Magezi, military assistant …
Read More »Don Chris scammed shs 1.75 billion from job seekers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate has revealed that the owner of Skylines Tours and Travel Company scammed job seekers 1.7 billion shillings. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango revealed that Asiimwe Chris, alias Don Chris, promised victims job opportunities abroad but failed to deliver. CID …
Read More »KCCA commissions construction of Kabaka’s Lake Road, 23 others
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has commissioned the construction of Kabaka’s Lake Road in Lubaga Division. This is one of the 24 roads set to be constructed in Kampala under funding from the Government. Speaking at the groundbreaking event on Friday in Lubaga, the …
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