Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has donated 1.3 billion shillings for the construction of the Uganda Local Government Association, ULGA house. This is the second time, Museveni has contributed money for the house project, whose construction started more than ten years ago. In 2009/2010 financial year, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A regional facility supposed to test the quality of road materials is under construction in Fort Portal. The laboratory located in Boma, Fort Portal Municipality will be used for testing road materials that include soils, gravel, bitumen, and rocks. It was constructed under the Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Napak LCV Chairperson, Joseph Lomonyang is the new President of the Uganda Local Government Association, ULGA. Lomonyang, who has been the vice president ULGA for Karamoja region polled 140 votes against his only challenger, Joseph Luzige, who got 123 votes. He was declared amid …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Administrator of Zabuloni Estate Ronald Kalemba has pinned a businesswoman Miria Ssebunya for grabbing close to three Square Miles of their family land. Miria Ssebunya is wife to former Uganda ambassador to Libya Moses Kiwe Ssebunya. Kalemba, 53 told the Commission of Inquiry …
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Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design emphasises self- sustainability Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Only a handful of university art graduates wind up in full practice on the local art scene. So where do the rest end up? In an average class of 60 students, only about seven …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first Bombardier Aircraft is expected to arrive in a month’s time. The Minister for Works and Transport, Monica Azuba Ntege says that the pilots of the CRJ900 jet were sent to Canada for the training. Azuba said they are supposed to meet with …
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Paris, France | AFP | Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain all extended their respective league leads in Spain, Italy and France, while Bayern Munich warmed up for their Champions League clash at Liverpool with a narrow win. As Kylian Mbappe continued his remarkable goalscoring form and Mauro Icardi watched Inter Milan from the stands, AFP …
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Abuja, Nigeria | AFP | Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday he had ordered the police and military to be “ruthless” with vote-riggers, as preparations were made for rescheduled elections. Presidential and parliamentary elections were put off just over five hours before polls were due to open on Saturday, causing widespread anger. New polls have …
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Milan, Italy | AFP | Cristiano Ronaldo returns to Spain ready to bury the demons of his nightmare Champions League debut for Juventus on Wednesday against one of his favourite victims Atletico Madrid. The former Real Madrid player was sent off after 28 minutes in his first European game for Juventus in Spain last September …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions amongst members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party on a proposal by the party’s top organ-the Central Executive Committee (CEC), endorsing lining up as a mode of holding internal elections. The proposal that was sanctioned at the opening …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
