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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  Deputy IGG Ann Twino Muhairwe has ordered the arrest of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Head of Public and Corporate Affairs, Daniel NuweAbiine, for obstructing investigations into the garbage slide at Kiteezi. NuweAbiine reportedly instructed KCCA officers who recorded statements not to sign. The arrests …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the UPDF Special Forces to assist in the rescue at Kiteezi landfill that collapsed and killed unknown numbers of people. He also directed the State House Comptroller to financially assist the families of those who died with Sh.5million per …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 22 Heads of State, four Vice-Presidents, and two Prime Ministers are in Kigali to attend President Paul Kagame’s swearing-in ceremony at Amahoro Stadium, today Sunday, August 11. According to the Rwanda Times, leaders expected include William Ruto of Kenya and Uganda’s Vice-president …

Tebogo grabs spotlight with historic feat as McLaughlin-Levrone extends dominance PARIS | Xinhua |  Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the men’s Olympic 200m title while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone extended her 400m hurdles dominance at Paris 2024 on Thursday. Botswana’s Tebogo held off challenges from Americans Kenneth Bednarek and …

  DHAKA | Xinhua |  Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will serve as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, local media reported early Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of President Mohammed Shahabuddin with chiefs of the three services and the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement to …

  Washington, US | BBC |  With one viral line on cable TV – “these guys are just weird” – Tim Walz vaulted into contention for the job of Kamala Harris’s running mate in the US Presidential election. The 60-year-old brings with him a folksy, plain-spoken and sharp-tongued approach to …

Results of athletics women’s 3,000m steeplechase final at Paris 2024 Winfred Yavi, Bahrain, 8:52.76 OR 🥇 Peruth Chemutai, Uganda, 8:53.34 NR 🥈 Faith Cherotich, Kenya, 8:55.15 PB 🥉 Alice Finot, France, 8:58.67 AR PARIS, FRANCE | Xinhua & IAAF  | Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai took the 3,000m steeplechase silver medal  on Tuesday night in the …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | A helicopter carrying Ugandan Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Thomas Tayebwa suffered an accident on Saturday night in the western district of Mbarara, but there were no casualties, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. Rusoke Kituuma, Uganda’s police spokesperson, told Xinhua over the phone that …

Technocrats blame Chinese veneer processors, local tree growers blame the technocrats COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT  | In May last year, President Yoweri Museveni banned the export of ‘unprocessed’ timber products scampering a hitherto booming wood industry. One year later, panic from Museveni’s Executive Order No.3 continues with no end in …

Placings of athletics men’s 10,000m final at Paris Olympics 1. Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda , 26:43.14 OR 🥇 2. Berihu Aregawi, Ethiopia , 26:43.44 🥈 3. Grant Fisher, United States , 26:43.46 SB 🥉 4. Mohammed Ahmed, Canada, 26:43.79 SB 5. Benard Kibet, Kenya, 26:43.98 PB 6. Yomif Kejelcha, Ethiopia, 26:44.02 7. Selemon Barega, …