Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero Magistrate Court has sentenced the self-styled Jesus to a fine of 300,000 shillings for refusing to be counted. On Wednesday, the self-styled Jesus Navas Vera the King of Star Glopper Eden church, and his follower El Shadai Gracy of Katikamu Luyima zone in Wobulenzi …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country’s 2024 general elections. More than 27 million voters are expected to vote at over 23,000 voting stations across the country to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures, according to …
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Artist adopts letter U as a unifying symbol for Ugandans in new project ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Collin Sekajugo’s recent project, It Starts With U, is about Ugandan identity or what is the Ugandan identity. It is an inspiration from his many itineraries where he has often been confronted with …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Archdiocese has rolled out a fundraising drive for a total of 108.3 million shillings to facilitate the installation ceremony of the new metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu, the Most Rev. Raphael P’Mony Wokorach. Archbishop Wokorach 63 will be installed on July 12 this year at …
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KINSHASA, DR Congo | Xinhua | The presidential office of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) unveiled early Wednesday the composition of the new government after President Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in for a second term in late January. The new government, led by Prime Minister Judith Tuluka Suminwa, …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and military have increased their presence at Namugongo as multitudes of pilgrims arrive for next Monday’s Martyrs Day celebrations. On Wednesday, by 8 am, queues had started stretching at Namugongo Catholic Shrines as security personnel from Special Forces Command (SFC), Uganda People Defence Forces …
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Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira City leaders gathered at the City Council to pay tribute to the late Town Clerk, Theophilus Tibihika. Tibihika died in a road crash on Monday along the Lira- Apac road. On Tuesday, the casket containing Tibihika’s body lay in Council Chambers for a special sitting that was chaired …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament sitting in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were left in shock after it emerged that Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital does not have a single delivery bed. Officials from the hospital, led by Dr John Bosco Nsubuga, the Acting Director, and Richard Tumwesigye, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans hoping to live under their roof have a new opportunity to do so with 100% financing from Stanbic Bank, courtesy of a new lending campaign dubbed “Oli Sorted” launched May 23. The 90-day campaign which targets the back-to-school season also enabled parents to borrow …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has given two months to operators of online media channels to register or face closure. These include “online TVs”, “online publications” “online radios” and other internet and app-based channels. UCC says that there are more than 200 of the kind in …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
