Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda police will today hand over American tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott who was rescued from kidnappers yesterday, to the US Ambassador in Uganda Deborah Malac. That marks an end of a frantic one week search after the US tourists and her safari guide Jean-Paul …
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How our MPs invented a scandal around Uganda Airlines’ shares and our chattering elites joined the chorus THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,” Voltaire Last week, our parliamentar- ians alleged that some unscrupulous ministers had stolen …
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Why NRM doesn’t want to talk about it Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | In 2021 when Uganda goes to the next polls, President Yoweri Museveni will be 77 years. At the next polls in 2026, he will be 82 years and possibly one of the oldest state leaders in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Reports just in indicate that Kimberly Sue Endicott, an American who was kidnapped for ransom last week in Queen Elizabeth National Park, has been released safely along with her guide Jean Paul Mirenge. According to US website ABC7.com, “the release came after a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni succession: Why NRM doesn’t want to talk about it THE LAST WORD Uganda’s storm in a teacup: How our MPs invented a scandal around Uganda Airlines’ shares and our chattering elites joined the …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has assured Ugandans that she is on course for full recovery from an illness that has had her hospitalized at Aga Khan in Nairobi, Kenya since last month. “I am glad to report that due to God’s Mercy …
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A team from Fenix International, held a discussion with President Museveni at State House Nakasero. Fenix International, is a next-generation energy company and subsidiary of ENGIE which operates in 5 countries across Africa. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fenix relocated global headquarters from San Francisco, U.S. to Kampala in …
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The family of the late Ronald Ssebulime has cried out for police protection citing fear of unknown people who roam around their house in Kayunga at night. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sisters and other relatives of Ssebulime told journalists who visited their home on March 31 that these …
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A State House Anti-Corruption Unit launched in December last year has continued to instill panic among public officials who swindle government money. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | URA officials, town clerks, district administrators and others have all fallen prey. In the last week, the unit made a string of …
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Madhvani Foundation offers Shs700m for University students Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the quest for Uganda to empower its youth through education, the Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation has announced a scholarship fund of Shs700 million that will be used to support brilliant but underprivileged university students in Uganda. Speaking …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
