Presidency Minister announces death of John Nagenda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Nagenda, the senior presidential advisor on media matters is dead. The minister for Presidency Milly Babalanda made the announcement through her twitter account this Saturday afternoon. “I regret to announce the passing on of Senior Presidential …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ethiopian Community in Uganda on Sunday gathered at their Embassy in Kololo to celebrate the Adwa 127th Anniversary Celebrations under the motto ‘Unity, Bravery and Perseverance’, a freedom and honour that defines Ethiopia as a pan-African nation. ADWA is an emblem of African victory …
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Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World Wildlife Day (March 3), Sam Mwanda, the executive director of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) paid tribute to the people who live near the country’s protected areas referring to them as the agency’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has been ordered to pay 6 billion Shillings for illegally selling a school after it failed to repay a loan it had contracted. According to the court records, in 2004, Progressive Secondary School and its proprietors applied for loans worth 1.2 billion …
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SPECIAL FEATURE | Hafitha Issa & Christopher Kisekka- URN | When walking through the main intersections of Kampala central business district, you will always encounter children in tattered clothes begging for money from pedestrians and motorists. “Mpayo ekikumi”. This is loosely translated as ‘give me Shillings 100’ is a common …
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UNEB to probe humor and zero scores by UACE candidates Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the candidates who sat for the Advanced Level Examinations last year, were ill-prepared and failed to answer any question as set, resorting to humour and other irrelevancies, according to the Executive Director …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to issue a circular to combat incidents of bullying by students in all schools in the country. Speaker Anita Among made the directive in her opening communication to the legislators during the plenary sitting on Thursday. It …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 67,815 out of 97,890 candidates who sat the 2022 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations-UACE have qualified to join a university this year. Speaking on Friday at the office of the Prime Minister in Kampala, Dan Odongo, the Uneb Executive Secretary said those …
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✳ Nigeria 1 Uganda 0 ✳ Senegal 1 Benin 0 Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Record champions of the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Nigeria qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament in Egypt following their 1-0 victory over Uganda in Ismailia on Thursday. Ladan Bosso’s charges saw …
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COMMENT | MICHAEL MUKASA | Over the past three decades, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. Technology has transformed the way we communicate, obtain information and do business. However, the benefits of the internet have not reached everyone equally, especially in the underserved areas …
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