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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has said it has no issue with the decision by presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine to put on body armors during his campaign meetings. UPDF’s response through spokesperson, Brig Flavia Byekwaso comes hours after Kyagulanyi posted a picture …

CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup 2020 ✳ Final – 🇺🇬 Uganda 4  🇹🇿 Tanzania  1 Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENENT | Uganda’s U-20  team has whipped Tanzania 4-1 in the final of the 2020 CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup played at the Black Rhino Academy sports center in Karatu. The trophy aside, Uganda’s Hippos also earned a berth …

Pfizer and BioNTech achieve first authorization in the world for a vaccine to combat COVID-19 London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT |  Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United Kingdom has granted a temporary authorization for emergency use for their COVID-19  vaccine (BNT162b2) against COVID-19. The UK will start …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is meeting the Chairperson and members of Electoral Commission. He demanded the meeting to make a presentation on issues concerning the conduct of campaigns for Presidential Elections. Kyagulanyi yesterday called off his …

Kyagulanyi accuses Police of negligently firing bullets at him on his way to Jinja Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Jinja city on Tuesday blocked National Unity Platform-NUP presidential flag bearer, Robert Kyagulanyi from holding a campaign rally at Budondo sub-county headquarters. Earlier in the day, there was a …

Focus on schools, campaigns, Christmas travellers Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the number of deaths due to COVID-19 nears 200, health officials and experts appear frustrated, worried and unsure of how to proceed. Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu, the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, says more patients with …

He has already changed the Ugandan opposition. Can he change the government? | SAM WILKINS AND RICHARD VOKES | Just three weeks into his official campaign for the Ugandan presidency, Ugandan musician and parliamentarian Robert Kyagulanyi (better known by his stage name Bobi Wine) had already been arrested twice. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the government will compensate families of those killed during the recent city protests. Museveni made the remarks during his televised national address on issues of security and covid-19 situation on Sunday evening. President Museveni says that he has already …

 TUMWINE: The face of UPDF violence Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Uganda’s Minister of Security, General Elly Tumwine, is famed for having fired the first bullet that set the war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power. For 30 years he has been perpetually representing the country’s military, the …

Museveni says doctors to start finding out efficacy of Ugandan made COVID-19 medicine on December 15, 2020 New Delhi, India | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA |  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited three pharmaceutical facilities in the country to review the development and manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccines. …