Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira police division are holding 21 suspects for allegedly staging a sex party in Kira municipality Wakiso. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango says the suspects were picked up from a private residence in Kireka in the wee hours of Sunday morning. According to Onyango, …
Read More »Marine police mount search for boat accident victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined team of marine police from Kenya and Uganda have joined forces to search for Ugandan traders believed to have drowned in Lake Victoria on Friday night. According to preliminary information, the 13 Ugandan traders were sailing on a boat with an unspecified number …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Uganda’s economic outlook is positive
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda’s economy has transformed to a level where the country will be self-sufficient and achieve sustainable economic growth and job creation. He was speaking during the 58th Independence Day celebrations held at State …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: NUP fights threaten opposition chances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Bobi Wine warned: Fights in NUP threaten opposition chances THE LAST WORD The book you must read this year: A peep into a powerful treatise that people in the free market movement need …
Read More »Uganda’s head of counter intelligence sacked
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Internal Security Organization- ISO director, Frank Kaka Bagyenda, has been sacked. A source at ISO who preferred anonymity said they have been notified that Kaka is no longer ISO director. “You know it’s the minister of security supposed to speak to you …
Read More »Amuriat unopposed as FDC presidential flag bearer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | FDC chairman Waswa Birigwa has stepped down for the race to pick the party’s Presidential flag bearer, leaving Patrick Oboi Amuriat unopposed. The FDC Party Electoral Commission Chairperson Boniface Toterebuka Bamwenda confirmed Wasswa Birigwa’s last minute withdrawal from the race. Amuriat will now be …
Read More »CHEPTEGEI: Time to set another world record
LIVE *⃣ 5,000m race (women) – 10.33pm Today *⃣ 10,000m race – 10.55pm Today *⃣ 25 laps *⃣ Current world record 26:17.53 – Kenenisa Bekele *⃣ Cheptegei best time 26:48.36 Cheptegei set to break 15-year-old world record Valencia, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Cheptegei aims to become the greatest distance runner of …
Read More »Uganda’s COVID-19 cases pass 9,000 mark with 117 new confirmed cases
UPDATE 🔺 6th October – new COVID-19 cases 117 🔺 Total confirmed cases 9,082. 🔹 Total Deaths: 84 🔸Total Recoveries: 5,457 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today announced 117 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda. This brings the cumulative number of reported cases in the country to 9,082. The …
Read More »Mental health challenge for re-opening school
Students, teachers return with post-COVID lockdown problems Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Schools are scheduled to re-open on Oct. 15, for some 1.2 million learners who are in their final year of their respective levels of formal education. But as school administrators and parents continue mulling over how to …
Read More »Oil pipeline tenders launched – Pouyanne
Total Chairman and Chief Executive Officer says ‘Africa is to remain at the Heart of Total’s Strategy’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, Patrick Pouyanné, has said “Africa is to remain at the Heart of Total’s Strategy.” He was speaking ahead of …
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