Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wildlife conservationists are concerned by the continued use of naked electricity transmission lines, arguing that they are yet another hindrance to the protection of the Crested Cranes, The birds are on Uganda’s national emblem. Godfrey Mutemba, the Lwengo district Senior Natural Resources Officer …
Read More »‘King Oyo should get a wife’, Bishop Kisembo says
Bishop Kisembo says that the Omukama has now come of age and needs a suitable helper to assist him in his duties. The Bishop was preaching on Monday during the Thanksgiving Service to celebrate Oyo’s 27th coronation anniversary, the Empango, at Karuzika Palace in Fort Portal. Bishop Kisembo also appealed …
Read More »Tororo’s RockCity Radio to go on air this year
President Yoweri Museveni gives radio sh200million boost Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Broadcasting Network Limited radio (RockCity Radio) will go live this year. This assurance was given today after President Yoweri Museveni fulfilling a government sh200million pledge that was needed by the Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) to complete …
Read More »PRIME MINISTER: Nyege Nyege will go ahead
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has overruled Parliament, and given organisers of the Nyege Nyege international festival a green light for it to go ahead as planned September 15th to 18th, 2022. “We have tasked the Ministry of Ethics and Integrity, as …
Read More »How Uganda Airlines is cracking the gender ‘Glass Ceiling’
It is often said that men apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, but women apply only if they meet 100% of them COMMENT | DEREK NSEKO | Only seven of the top 100 airlines in the world are led by female CEOs, according to a …
Read More »Anger on social media after Parliament stops ‘Nyege Nyege’ Festival
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has directed the cancellation of the planned ‘Nyege Nyege’ music festival scheduled to take place Itanda falls in Jinja. The three-day festival was scheduled to start on September 15th and run to September 18th, 2022. However, Among says that …
Read More »Behind lion massacres in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park
Concern as number of lions killed in the Queen Elizabeth National Park since 2018 rises to 17 SPECIAL FEATURE | On March 20, last year, six lions were found dead in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park located about 400km southwest of Kampala. This brought the number of …
Read More »UWA arrests 60 poachers in 8 months!
Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) has arrested 60 people for illegal poaching in the wild life protected areas in Nakapiripirit district. James Okware, the senior warden officer incharge of Pian Upe game reserve in Nakapiripirit district said 60 poachers were arrested in …
Read More »FULL SPEECH: Museveni at graduation of united S.Sudan army
Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni was one of several heads of state who early this week witnessed the graduation of the 1st batch of the unified forces of the Republic of South Sudan. This follows the Entebbe Tripartite agreement of November 2019 in which …
Read More »Tourism experts call for repatriation of Uganda’s artefacts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) has called for the establishment of a committee to lead the return of Ugandan artefacts from foreign museums. Herbert Byaruhanga, the President of UTA made the call on Tuesday, 30 August 2022, as he and association members appeared before the Committee …
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