Kampala, Uganda: A city businessman has won a record UGX397.9 Million on popular casino game aviator through the betPawa platform. The man named Eddy Kikonyogo played with UGX2,000 to win a total of UGX397,976,060. “I have been placing football bets but when I discovered aviator, I realised there was a possibility …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Agricultural Research Organization has signed cooperation agreements with 10 seed companies through which it will multiply and disseminate authentic and certified seed varieties developed by the organization. The agreements were signed on Thursday at the organization offices in Entebbe. The accredited seed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rubaga Hospital is ready to commence organ transplants once the government grants it the required accreditation. The hospital last year sought accreditation from the Ministry of Health but it is yet to be granted. The Hospital’s Executive Director, Dr. Julius Luyimbaazi on Thursday broke the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government and the donors for the construction of the Kampala-Jinja Expressway and Kampala Southern Bypass project are yet to finalize negotiations on the terms. The project will be developed under the Private Public Partnership arrangement projected to run over 30 years. It will …
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Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activities at Arua city offices on Thursday came to a hold after a group of more than 200 hundred fishmongers stormed the office of the Resident City commissioner protesting the impounding of their fish. The fish mongers, who are mostly women threatened to strip naked …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty headteachers in Nakaseke District are facing demotion due to poor performance of schools in last year’s Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. Following a recent district council resolution, the headteachers of 20 schools have been summoned to defend themselves next month before a decision to demote …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioners-RDCs/RCC’s and Intelligence Officers in the Central Region have been asked to work harder to increase the number of votes for incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni so as to extend his leadership beyond 2026 elections. According to the Permanent Secretary in …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Travel via Karuma Bridge in Kiryandongo District along the Kampala-Gulu Highway is expected to be disrupted starting Friday through the weekend as the Uganda National Roads Authority conducts quality inspections there. This is part of the plans for the construction of another bridge. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NCBA Bank has announced its sponsorship of the NCBA Uganda Junior Open 2024, providing Shs80 million in cash and in-kind contributions. This tournament is designed to groom the younger generation for future excellence in tournaments across Uganda, the region, and globally, reflecting NCBA’s ethos …
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CAIRO | Xinhua | At the end of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, many in the region are explicit that the U.S. top diplomat has hardly made any progress de-escalating tensions there. Like its predecessors, …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
