Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There has been some progress in the operation to retrieve MV K-Palm vessel from Lake Victoria. MV K-Palm capsized on Saturday night last week while transporting revelers from KK beach in Gaba to K-Palm beach in Mukono district. More than 31 people are confirmed …
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Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | This year, Uganda and Belgium are celebrating 20 years of cooperation. Hugo Verbist, the Belgian Ambassador to Uganda, talked to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about the bilateral cooperation. This year, Belgium and Uganda are celebrating 20 years of bilateral relations. What has been the …
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Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The country’s banking industry recorded a sluggish profit growth in 2017 but it projects a positive outlook a head. Fabian Kasi, the managing director of Centenary Bank spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa about the industry’s growth prospects. Ashead of one of the country’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Society Coalition for Oil has reported an invasion of speculators rushing to acquire properties in areas of Gomba in a scheme to reap from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. Gomba is among the ten districts where the proposed 1,445 kilometres …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi has bounced back as the Bugisu Cooperative Union-BCU board chairperson. He was declared unopposed by the Commissioner of Cooperatives, Joseph Kitandwe on Wednesday afternoon at the BCU headquarters in Dokho in Mbale town. Nandala was nominated by Michael Kiganga, a delegate …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Health Organisation (WHO) standard tests done after a man who had symptoms similar to those of Ebola died in Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, are back, and they are negative. Blood samples were taken off the suspect on November 26 and sent to Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Vaolah Amumpaire is a marketeer and the brain behind Wenahardware.com, a multi vendor e-commerce platform for building and construction materials. She says she got to establish an online hardware store from disappointments caused by dishonest people who fail to building and construction materials …
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Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT | Charles Peter Mayiga, the Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom says they are open to finding a lasting solution to their differences with Kooki Chiefdom. There has been a bad relationship between Mengo and Kooki Chiefdom for over a decade. Mengo insists that Kooki is one of …
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Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT | The Police leadership has given the Police Air Wing green light to provide charter services as part of the non-tax revenue contribution to the force. The resolution stems from a proposal by the Undersecretary to the Police Policy and Advisory Committee to start charter services …
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Matt Kayemwants Africans to flaunt global domination in art, fashion, music Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Ugandan multi-talented artist Matt Kayem is never shy to court controversy with his subjects, technique, and medium; be it painting, ceramics, photography, graffiti or sculpture. So his followers expected nothing less from his …
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