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Emirates has been awarded Best First Class in the world at the 2019 TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice® awards for Airlines. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The airline also clinched several other awards including Best Regional Business Class Middle East, Best First Class Middle East and nabbed the overall Travelers’ Choice …

Heads of State from Africa and Europe joined Rwanda as it commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 1994 genocide where an estimated 800,000 Rwandans perished. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In what is an annual ceremony marked over 100 days, President Paul Kagame and his counterparts laid wreaths and …

Museveni continues tour of army barracks Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief, is currently on a national tour of barracks around the country to assess the welfare of the UPDF, listen to complaints of the rank and file in the army, with a …

Abed Bwanika is a mainstay on the Uganda presidential election ballot and 2021 will be no exception. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What motivates him in spite of failing to score even 1% of the vote is unknown. However the three time presidential candidate with his party, People’s Development …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY FIVE reasons why Shs40 trillion budget is bad: Experts expose how Museveni is destroying economy: THE LAST WORD Our country’s misguided priorities: How the debate on Lubowa hospital exposes the self-indulgence of Ugandan elites …

`I’m happy knowing there are people who celebrate me for making their lives better’ INTERVIEW | AGNES E NANTABA | Robert Katende is best known for taking the game of chess to the slums and attracting street kids to it. He has since expanded the game to disabled youngsters at …

  Female experts are outnumbered as sources by their male counterparts in nearly every field Project Syndicate | HANNAH STORM | Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected female politician in the history of the United States. Theresa May is only the second female British prime minister. Amal Clooney is a …

How they impact the Kampala art scene By DOMINIC MUWANGUZI Afriart Gallery The first private art gallery established by a Ugandan artist, Daudi Karungi to exhibit contemporary art from Uganda. It has inspired many artists to work more creatively in order to exhibit here. Through such display and engagements, it …

Deadlock at UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi shows it’s a complex problem without a single solution Project Syndicate | DAVID KEITH | Negotiations on geoengineering technologies ended in deadlock at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, recently, when a Swiss-backed proposal to commission an expert UN panel on …

  Ensuring affordable housing for citizens requires a radical overhaul involving mortgage refinancing COMMENT | JOHNSTONE OLTETIA | There are two essential parts to achieving affordable housing: building decent, low-cost homes, and developing housing finance market that enables low-income earners to buy those homes. For, without finance, almost no home …