Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is time the country resorted to dialogue to end attacks on security personnel and abductions, Dr. Samuel Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, the Church of Uganda Archbishop said. Kazimba who was delivering his Christmas sermon at All Saints Church at Nakasero said nothing is unsolvable once …
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Why early Christians wouldn’t have found the Christmas birth story of the messiah so surprising COMMENT | Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III | Every year on Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of their religion’s founder, Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. Part of this celebration includes the claim that Jesus was born from a virgin …
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How to rekindling its spirit COMMENT | Dion Forster | If the media, popular entertainment, and retail habits are taken as indicators then the celebration of Christmas is no longer just the reserve of Christians. This has some consequences for the religious and non-religious alike. In popular culture and the media, Christmas …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The acting Chief Political Commissar, Hadijah Namutebi, has cautioned police officers and civilians against killing and injuring one another over unmet Christmas expectations. Namutebi who was meeting community liaison officers and civilians in markets, taxi parks, and boda boda riders in Kampala said every Christmas, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government should give an account of every person who has remained incommunicado as a Christmas present to their families, Catholic Bishops have requested. This was part of the Christmas message delivered by Rt. Rev. Joseph Antony Zziwa, the chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference …
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | Brazilian football legend Pele will spend the festive season in hospital as he fights advancing cancer, doctors and his family confirmed. The 82-year-old was admitted to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital late last month to treat a respiratory infection and reassess chemotherapy. “[Pele] presents …
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COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | African native festivities are to a great extent about eating chicken. The stature and trait of feathers on an indigenous chicken may, however, determine the Ugandan consumers’ preference for its meat during this festive season. Some revellers in Uganda are craving for or even willing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A security swoop has led to the arrest of more than 70 suspected criminals in the Kampala Metropolitan area as security forces intensify their operations ahead of Christmas. The suspects were picked up from Kisenyi, Old Kampala, Katwe, and Mengo areas in a joint security …
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Do not lose it all in the last 10 days of the year COMMENT | Samson Tinka | As we enter the final bend to Christmas and New Year ’s Day celebrations, a lot is at stake including life, cars and other valuables. End of year festive celebrations in Uganda as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd customers are now enjoying reduced sending money rates across all networks in and outside the country, making sending money via MTN MoMo cheaper, affordable and simpler this festive season. The new MTN MoMo sending rates apply to three simple tiers …
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