Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States government has maintained a reward of up to USD 5 million (18.2 billion Shillings) for information that leads to the arrest, transfer, or conviction of Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army. The reward was first announced by the Obama …
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COVAX Starts Shipping COVID-19 Vaccines to Africa This Month Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Uganda will be one of the beneficiaries of a COVAX initiative that will deliver lower cost COVID-19 vaccines to African countries this month. Uganda will purchase her share of 3.5million vaccines at $7. President Yoweri …
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📌 BACK TO SCHOOL PLAN ✳️ Already at school P7, S4 & S6 ✳️ March 1 – P6, S3 & S5 resume studies ✳️ April – S1,S2,P1,P2,P3,P4,P5 staggered back ✳️ July – School year 2020 ends 📌 UNEB schedule ✳️ PLE March 30th & 31 ✳️ UCE exams March 1 …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | MTV Base has postponed the 2021 MTV Africa Music Awards that were set to be held on February 20th 2021, in Uganda. ” MTV Base is postponing the 2021 MTV Africa Music Awards. We will keep fans updated as we have more news,” …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu on Thursday held a meeting with the European Union (EU) delegation. The team was led by the EU head of Delegation in Uganda Attilio Pacifici along with ambassadors representing nine european countries in Uganda. The NUP …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has told parliament that government cannot trace 31 of the 44 who have allegedly been kidnapped in the country in the past month. He said seven of the cases he has investigated were not kidnapped but …
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Government has tabled a supplementary requirement of sh292 billion shillings for the financial year 2020/2021 ✳ UCE exams March 1 to 31 ✳ PLE March 30th & 31 ✳ UACE April 12 – 30 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) is seeking an additional sh10.465 …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Stella Nyanzi has reportedly fled to Nairobi, Kenya where she is seeking political asylum, Kenya’s Nation.Africa (Daily Nation) has reported. Nation.Africa said the move by Dr Nyanzi was was confirmed by her lawyer, Prof George Luchiri Wajackoyah, who cited political persecution by President Yoweri Museveni’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There have been mixed reactions to government’s decision to re-open schools. When President Yoweri Museveni addresses the nation on schools re-opening tomorrow, Thursday 8pm, he will aim to clear the many grey areas educationists have pointed out. According to government’s plan, Primary 6, …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven people have been killed in a bizzare accident along the Kasese-Fort-Portal Highway. According to eyewitnesses, a speeding truck transporting a coffin collided with another car before the drivers of the other cars lost control and rammed into vehicles that had been involved in …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
