Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Fitzgerald Magara has narrated the ordeal the family went through in the search for their daughter Suzan Magara, who was found dead on Tuesday. “We’ve had difficult days from the 7th of February when we started looking for Susan,” he told mourners at the requiem …
Read More »Makerere University lecturer ordered to respond to ‘Sex-for-marks’ allegations
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Makerere University College of Humanities and Social Sciences has directed a senior lecturer in the department of social work and social administration Dr.Swizen Kyomuhendo to formally respond to accusations of sexual misconduct and harassment of female students. This comes in light of a story run on NBS …
Read More »VIDEO: Liliane Iradukunda is Miss Rwanda 2018
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Liliane Iradukunda has been named Miss Rwanda after the final round of the beauty contest at the Kigali Convention Center on Saturday night. The 18-year-old Iradukunda clinched the crown after beating 19 others in the grande finale. She represented Western Province. Judges decide the winner …
Read More »KENYATTA: East Africa must integrate for economic strength
Busia, Uganda | PSCU | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has said integration of the East African region will be achieved with the development of shared infrastructure and political commitment of regional leaders. He said the region must integrate to be a truly bigger market, and economically attractive to compete with …
Read More »ZARI: Bye Diamond!
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South African based Ugandan socialite Zari Hassan “The Boss Lady”, posted a black rose on social media on Valentine’s Day Wednesday, with the message “sadly I have decided to end my relationship” with hubby Naseeb Abdul Juma “Diamond Platnumz”. Here’s the post: Understand that this …
Read More »LIVE: Zuma speech from 11pm
S.Africa’s Zuma to make TV address Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South African President Jacob Zuma will make a TV address to the nation at 2000 GMT Wednesday, an official statement said, after he earlier spoke out against an order from his own party to resign. Zuma, whose reputation …
Read More »New Vision Crime Reporter Charles Etukuri ‘abducted’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior crime reporter at Uganda’s leading daily The New Vision was picked up reportedly by security personnel at 2pm on Tuesday, as he walked to Kyadondo from Vision Group headquarters at Plot 19/21 First Street, Industrial Area, Kampala. In several tweets on …
Read More »Kenya’s Attorney General Muigai resigns
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Justice Paul Kihara Kariuki as the Attorney General following the surprise resignation of Professor Githu Muigai on Tuesday. He has been attorney General for the last six and a half years, guiding the country through trying times that included the …
Read More »Kitatta and 11 others formally charged in Army Court, remanded to Luzira Prison
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The patron of Boda-Boda 2010 and also Rubaga NRM Chairman Abdalla Kitata and 11 other people on Tuesday appeared before the General Court Martial in Makindye where they faced charges of unlawful possession of firearms and military stores. However they all refused to plead to …
Read More »Museveni advises bishop to read Ecclesiastes 3:1-3
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandan religious leaders to seek a “disciplined way of interacting” with him and stop provoking him. “I am somebody who knows what I am doing. I do not think there are many people who can lecture me about what …
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