Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform- NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has distanced the party from comments by Ali Kateregga, a NUP Councilor from Masaka who pleaded with President Yoweri Museveni to release the jailed NUP party supporters. At the swearing-in ceremony of new …
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Artist celebrates his maturity on canvas with a solo show reflecting on his past, present and future ART | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Eighteen is the age of adulthood and artist Ismael Kateregga uses this as a metaphor for his maturity in the visual arts industry. The celebrated figurative artist whose forte …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Kateregga, a student at Makerere University has petitioned the Dean of Students to disqualify all Guild Candidates that are affiliated with National Political parties to Foster a Neutral Student Government. Kateregga’s petition comes nearly two weeks before the election of the new Guild …
Read More »Kateregga captures the everyday in his gripping paintings THE INDEPENDENT | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Not very far from the artist’s studio, you can hear the constant piercing sound of metal fabricators welding and hammering away at aluminum- steel metal. They fabricate the material to produce windows and doors for the …
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How ‘survival’ is destroying university Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Joel Rukoroboza is one of many parents affected by the strike at Makerere University. He has a daughter who is in her second year studying a Bachelor of Medicine at the university. He pays tuition of Shs1.4 million per …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student leaders at Makerere University are pessimistic about the on-going council meeting to resolve the impasse at the university. The Guild President Julius Kateregga has as a result called for a general assembly at 9am Wednesday. The leaders led by the Guild and Vice …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Kateregga, a 2nd-year student of Bachelor of Arts with Education is the new guild president of Makerere University. He replaces Papa Salim Were. Kateregga garnered 3,922 votes beating other 10 candidates in the race. His closest rival Joshua William Mukisa obtained 3,365 votes while …
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Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Fr. Deogratias Kiibi Kateregga the priest who preached at singer Mowzeys Radio’s requiem mass at Rubaga Cathedral has urged his fellow preachers to speak out on the evils that continue to afflict the Ugandan society. Speaking with brutal candour during the service, Father …
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Romantic Lamu and easy Kisenyi Kampala, Uganda| DOMINIC MUWANGUZI |Lamu, a beautiful idyllic Island located along the Indian Ocean coastline in Kenya is a popular holiday resort. The island boasts of sandy beaches and Afro-Arabian culture depicted in the architecture, cuisine, language and costumes of the habitants. Like any coastal town …
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Luck, love, prayers or immaculate planning? Whereas the Uganda Cranes will begin their 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Gabon with some stature as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) National Team of the Year, this hardly masks the fact that they are the underdogs in their group …
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