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Mukama Nyamutukura monument lights up Kagulu rock

Buyende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly erected monument of the Legendary Mukama Nyamutukura has been unveiled at the historical Kagulu Rock in Buyende district. Nyamutukura, the chief Royal Prince of Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom is believed to have deserted the land of his ancestors over endless power struggles, and saile through …

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Proposed Arua city monument draws protests

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The design of the proposed Arua city monument that is under construction at the main roundabout along Pakwach road has sparked uproar among residents. The monument is being constructed by the Development Infrastructure (DI), under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between the then Arua Municipal …

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Urban council speakers want monument constructed in memory of Oulanyah

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Urban Council speakers want the government to construct a monument in remembrance of the fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. The Speakers under their umbrella body Uganda Urban Council Speakers Association (UUCSA), where Oulanyah was a patron, say Oulanyah was a principled man who served …

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Ramaphosa supports campaign to remove statues glorifying apartheid

Cape Town, South Africa | XINHUA | President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday threw his weight behind an ongoing campaign to remove statues glorifying the apartheid past. “Monuments glorifying our divisive past should be repositioned and relocated,” Ramaphosa said in his virtual address marking the country’s Heritage Day which encourages South Africans …

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ARTS: Nkole’s 5 minutes of history

And its monument gaining international significance Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | About 600 years ago, in 1520AD, three powerful kingdoms thrived in present day central and western Uganda. Located in triangular formation with Buganda, which occupied a long a narrow swath along the shores of Lake Victoria facing Bunyoro-Kitara to …

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