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Why Uganda’s opposition should take voter turnout seriously if they ever want to win elections THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On March 15th, the Electoral Commission declared opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate, Paul Mwiru, elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Jinja East constituency in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beer Maker, Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with the National Forestry Authority (NFA) and Rotary Uganda is extending Shs 205 million towards a five year tree planting initiative aimed at restoring forest cover within Lake Victoria catchment areas covering over 200 hectares. While handing over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Under its NGO Proposition component, DFCU bank is reaching out to non-governmental organizations with several products. Speaking to over 150 NGO representatives operating in Uganda on March 16 in Kampala, the Bank’s Chief of Business and Executive Director, William Ssekambe, said NGOs need to look …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | China has claimed it has created a mysterious “super material” that can make anything invisible — and it could make the country unstoppable in war. The exact functions of the materials have not yet been disclosed but a Chinese news platform reported that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Monalisa Perez and her boyfriend Pedro Ruiz of the U.S. state of Minnesota were recording the stunt for their YouTube channel which publishes videos of their daily lives and pranks. Ruiz convinced Perez to shoot him from a foot away with a powerful Desert …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As expected, Panther” easily passed $1 billion worldwide when China opened to strong numbers. Overseas, the Marvel title now ranks above nearly all recent comic-book movie adaptations. It was expected to cross $600 million in North America. This year, not only is “Black Panther” …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Beer Wall, a popular bar in Bruges, Belgium, has recently installed alarm sensors on all of its beer glasses as well as a scanner at the entrance, in order to deter patrons from stealing them. All of the roughly 1,600 Belgian beers sold …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mobile phone addicts, here is a compelling reason to put that device away. A Chinese woman nearly died of a stroke after using her mobile phone for 20 hours. During the long train ride from Henan to Gangzhou, she swiped at her phone to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is not the man he used to be — at least genetically speaking. His genetic expression has changed, according to preliminary results from a NASA study that compared the bodily changes between the astronaut and his identical twin, who stayed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Once again, Airtel Uganda and Buganda Kingdom have entered into partnering to hold the 2018 Kabaka Birthday Run. The proceeds from the event, slated for April 08, 2018, at Bulange Mengo, will go towards fighting sickle cell disease. Launching the event kits in Mengo on …