India’s Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari has announced his country’s offer of $3 million to boost the health sector. India has also agreed to share its experience and expertise in the IT sector. According to a statement at the end of Ansari’s 3-day visit, India has offered Uganda medicines worth $2 million and …
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VIDEO: The electoral commission has set April 12, 2017 as the polling date for Kamuli municipality by -elections and warns against possible electoral malpractice and use of hate speech during the exercise. According to the roadmap, the commission boss justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon said the exercise will commence on March 10, …
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VIDEO: South African jazz maestro, Hugh Masekela has arrived in Uganda to perform in Kampala this weekend, as part of festivities to mark 60 years of Rotary in Uganda. Proceeds from the show – which will also feature Uganda’s Isaiah Katumwa, will go towards completing the construction of the blood …
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Mexico City, Mexico | AFP | US officials promised Mexico no “mass deportations” or use of military force to expel immigrants, moving to calm tensions over President Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on “bad dudes” illegally residing in his country. US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Secretary of …
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Banjul, Gambia | AFP | Gambia’s dreaded former spy chief — whose watch was marred by allegations of killings and torture — and eight subordinates were charged Thursday with killing a leading opposition member in April. Yankuba Badjie headed the National Intelligence Agency, which rights groups say carried out arbitrary …
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Miami, United States | AFP | For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, raising concern about efforts to fight a disease that sickens hundreds of millions of people each year. The discovery …
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Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army against a rebel militia, a military spokesman told AFP Thursday. Guillaume Djike, a spokesman for the army in troubled North Kivu province in the …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Claudio Ranieri has been sacked as manager of Leicester City just months after leading the club to the Premier League title, the Midlands side announced Thursday. The Italian’s position has come under intense scrutiny this season during a slump that has left the Foxes, …
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VIDEO: It has now emerged that the then Gulu division commanders faked documents of lost animals during the LRA war and claimed compensation amounting to the tune of over sh2.9 billion. The money in question was paid to Christopher Kinyera who was by then Gulu division commander. In a heated meeting …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
