Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have admitted that Ronald Ssebulime was murdered in cold blood. Ssebulime was on Sunday gunned down by police for allegedly trailing ICT State Minister Ida Erios Nantaba. On Wednesday, Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson apologized and withdrew the police’s earlier statement which …
Read More »Hero French pilot in Entebbe hijack dies aged 95
Nice, France | AFP | A French pilot hailed for bravery during a hijacking drama targeting Jews on an Air France flight in 1976 has died aged 95, his son told AFP on Wednesday. Michel Bacos was flying from Tel Aviv to Paris when Palestinian and German radicals hijacked the …
Read More »‘World must stand with Uganda on refugees’
What UNHCR Chief learnt from recent visit to Uganda’s refugee settlements Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Kelly Clements, the Deputy High Commissioner for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, recently saw firsthand the ever-growing task of caring for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable South Sudanese refugees when she visited Uganda. …
Read More »Family protest Ssebulime murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family and mourners of the late Ronald Ssebulime have petitioned President Yoweri Museveni to institute independent investigations team into the circumstances, under which the deceased was gunned down. Ssebulime was gunned down in Nagojje village in Mukono district on Sunday over the weekend …
Read More »Reviving Katwe salt factory
UDB launches ambitious hunt for investor Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | A cool breeze and a pungent smell like rotten eggs is what welcome you to the shores of Lake Katwe. That is the hydrogen sulfide; a poisonous and corrosive gas that occurs naturally in the salt caves of …
Read More »Gov’t to take over Soroti flying school ahead of Uganda Airlines relaunch
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Works and Transport for government to take over ownership of the East African Civil Aviation Academy(EACAA) in Soroti ahead of the re-launch of Uganda Airlines. The facility, will be used fully to train commercial Pilots …
Read More »LAND: Why Mamdani blasted 1995 constitution framers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Mahmood Mamdani has argued that the framers of the 1995 are to blame for the current controversy over land in Uganda. He says they in effect returned the 1900 colonial agreement which catered for the interest of the big landowners at the expense …
Read More »Sadolin sees a bright future in Uganda’s paint market
Nearly two years ago, the holder of Sadolin franchise in East African sold its business to a Japanese paint maker, Kansai Plascon. But for fear of losing market share, Sadolin brand owner – AkzoNobel – based in the Netherland handed over the license to the rival firm Crown Paints to …
Read More »UMEME: Power consumption increased by 9% in 2018
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity consumption in Uganda increased by 9.1 per cent in 2018, according to Umeme, the country’s major power service provider. According to Umeme’s financial results for 2018 published Monday, the electricity distributers sold 3,011 Gigawatt hours of electricity from the 2017 out-turn of …
Read More »Kampala LDUs to receive orders from army
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has selected a group of 810 officers and non Commissioned officers to command the recently passed out 6,000 Local Defense Unit-LDU personnel. The officers will begin operating immediately the LDU personnel return from a two week’s leave following their pass …
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