Vivo Energy’s Love at Shell Campaign: Spreading Love and Delight Across Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a heartwarming celebration of love, Vivo Energy Uganda recently concluded its highly anticipated Love at Shell campaign, which ran from February 10th to February 24th, 2024. As part of this exciting campaign, …
Read More »NTV’s Rita Kanya says ‘yes’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NTV Uganda journalists Raymond Mujuni and Rita Kanya are officially engaged. This happened Thursday night, with a proposal by Mujuni receiving a ‘yes’. “JUST IN: The most beautiful girl in the world said yes to my most difficult question,” said Mujuni on twitter at …
Read More »Zari teases fans, poses with ‘new catch’ on Valentine’s Day
Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | South African based Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan is at it gain, teasing her fans by posing in a Valentine’s Day post on social media with yet another boyfriend. “Happy Valentines day 💘,” was her message, in a photograph with a one “Dark Stallion”, as …
Read More »Eddy Kenzo’s 700-word missive to Rema
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan musician Eddy Kenzo has written a 700 word missive on facebook following reports that his partner Rema Namakula is set to wed a doctor, Hamza Sebunya. Here it is, un-edited, mainly in Luganda and in uglish. ****** I wanted to record this on …
Read More »Mariam Nagujja: Teaching women about love
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E. NANTABA | Mariam Nagujja is a communicator, writer, ardent reader, life coach and inspirational speaker especially to women. She recounts having read close to 600 books before embarking on her writing career. “Everything I do or say is referred to a book,” she says “I have …
Read More »Solome Basuuta: The queen of love
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Solome Basuuta is commonly known as the `queen of love’. It is all she sings about. She also calls her music the ‘love genre’. Her debut album was titled `The Song Love’ and features a poem and her hit song `Nz’ani’. “My music reminds …
Read More »Love conquers all: young couple break 300-year Chinese village curse
Beijing, China | AFP | A stream little more than a metre wide separates them, but for at least three centuries a bitter rivalry pitted two eastern Chinese villages against one another — until love brought the adversaries together. Wushan and Yuepu in Fujian province, which count between them some …
Read More »‘Ugandans living in UAE most generous long distance lovers’
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, money transfer service WorldRemit has released statistics showing Ugandans living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are the most romantic, sending on average $116 (sh415,000) more than usual to their loved ones . According to new WorldRemit data revealing the most romantic Ugandans living abroad, …
Read More »Tough love: psychology of Argentina’s Messi relationship
Buenos Aires, Argentina | AFP | Like neurotic parents, Argentines swung from criticism to unconditional love for their star footballer Lionel Messi this week, providing the soccer-mad nation’s many therapists with rich material for psychoanalysis. Fans’ frustration at the superstar’s missed penalty in Sunday’s defeat to Chile in the Copa …
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