Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police have rescued nine UMEME employees who were deployed to disconnect illegal power lines in Iwumba village in Buwaya Sub County in Mayuge district. The UMEME team descended on the area on Wednesday to crack down on illegal power connections where residents …
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The Kids first achieved global recognition in 2017 with their dance video to the Afro house song Marimba Rija by Angolan musician Dotorado Pro Kampala, Uganda | Francesca Negro | A group of young dancers from Uganda, Triplets Ghetto Kids, went viral across the world when they earned the “golden buzzer” mid-performance on the TV show Britain’s …
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The quintessential public servant and free market intellectual Uganda will miss THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Tragedies rarely come in a trickle but in a flood. And so it was that on Wednesday last week, I heard of the death of my former lecturer and friend, John Ntambirweki. Then on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts are concerned that Uganda may not meet its commitment to defeating HIV as an epidemic by 2030, as children living with the virus struggle to stay on treatment. Michael Byamukama, the Country Director of the Regional Psycho-social Support Initiative (REPSSI), reports that the …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale city are holding 26-year-old, Joel Situma, a teacher at Nabuyonga Primary School for defiling a 12-year-old primary six pupil. According to Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region Police Spokesperson, the police apprehended the suspect after receiving a report from the victim’s mother. He …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have blocked medical interns from holding a press conference pushing for deployment by the Ministry of Health. The interns had gathered at Mulago guest house Monday morning, where they had called journalists to discuss the need for deployment to different medical facilities. However, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following a presidential directive, government has allocated each district and municipality Shs1 billion for maintenance of roads outside the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) jurisdiction. This was revealed in the report of the Physical Infrastructure Committee on the policy statement of the Ministry of …
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Hamburg, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long-distance runner Stella Chesang set a new national record during the Hamburg Marathon in Germany on Sunday. The 2018 Commonwealth Gold Medalist in 10,000m completed the 42km race in 2:20:23, finishing behind Ethiopia’s Mesfin Tiruye, who crossed the finish line in 2:20:18, and Kenya’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda urgently needs to check the food safety crisis or risk the burden of illness and deaths dues to the consumption of toxic food and beverages. A number of experts warn that the food we consume is getting contaminated right from the garden, storage, markets, …
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TOP TEAM SCORES BOYS ✳ South Africa 🇿🇦 850 ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬 940 ✳ Zambia 🇿🇲 944 ✳ Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 945 FULL SCOREBOARD Kampala, Uganda | Phillip Corry | Team Uganda sealed a spot to the Toyota Golf World Cup in Japan in June by finishing runner up at …
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