Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the gun used in the attack of Gen Wamala Katumba early this week has been identified as the same used in the murder of Maj. Sheikh Mohammed Kiggundu, 52 in 2016. (CLICK to read Kiggundu murder details) He also …
Read More »Uganda gets Olympians grant to retell the Akii Bua story
🔴 The awardees for this year’s WOA Grants 🇲🇱 Mali 🇵🇦 Panama 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 🇫🇷 France 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 🇺🇬 Uganda 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇮🇹 Italy Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Olympics Committee has got a grant that will enable it to …
Read More »Veterinarians mark World Milk Day, urge Ugandans to drink more to strengthen immunity
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have been encouraged to include a glass of milk in their daily diet, as another immunity boosting food that will enable them fight the COVID-19 virus. The Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA), in a statement to mark World Milk Day which it celebrated virtually …
Read More »Museveni and Uganda’s transition politics
When Rebecca Kadaga fell on May 24, Museveni appended parliament to his courtyard in a grim proposition COMMENT | RAJAB KAKYAMA | Refer to: “NRM leaders pick Oulanyah” (the Independent online May 23). As Ugandans warm up for President Yoweri Museveni’s sixth term, the cynosure is at parliament tomorrow. Uganda …
Read More »Masaka Gallery: An alternative art space opens its doors to regional and local artists
The art on display suggests a multiplicity of innovative process with traditional and contemporary techniques of art making Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | There was always going to be room for another art gallery on the Uganda Contemporary art scene. This is because of the many emerging artists who …
Read More »Uganda harboring high profile assassins – Gen Muntu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is harboring a number of highly trained assassins with sophisticated techniques to execute high profile attacks, according to Maj. Gen Mugisha Muntu, a former army commander and now president of the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT political party. Muntu was speaking from Medipal International Hospital …
Read More »Uganda to receive UGX 3.5 Trillion loan from IMF
Uganda will receive the loan in three installments of about 330 million dollars per financial year Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lent Uganda One Billion US Dollars. IMF in a statement issued on Tuesday said the agreement was reached in a virtual IMF visit …
Read More »Airtel Uganda set to invest in treasury bills, bonds
Telecom firm, Airtel Uganda, could soon start investing customers’ savings in the government’s treasury bills and bonds upon receiving a license from Bank of Uganda in fulfillment of the National Payment Systems (NPS) Act, 2020. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Manoj Murali, the Airtel Uganda managing director, said the …
Read More »Kenya’s consumer credit platform enters Ugandan market
Kenya’s consumer credit platform, Lipa Later, has expanded into the Ugandan market, enabling customers to access credit to purchase products from retailers and supermarkets in monthly instalments. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |The firm, which also has operations in Rwanda, said the new service will enable customers to purchase latest …
Read More »Reconstructing Gen Katumba’s route and the crime scene
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | General Katumba Wamala’s home, where he left in the morning before he was shot, is found in Bulabira in Najjera II. This area neighbours Kulambiro, a city suburb where former Police Spokesperson, Assistant Inspector General of Police- AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi was gunned down on …
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