Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan poultry farmers have denied accusations by their Kenyan counterparts that they export cheaper poultry products to Kenya, which is distorting the market. Last week, Kenyan media reported that poultry farmers had petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Livestock calling for a total …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to the people of Luwero Triangle for the underdevelopment that is still ravaging their area more than 30 years after he ascended to power. Museveni and his National Resistance Army (NRA) rebel movement used the jungles of Luwero …
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Cape Town, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been crowned this year’s Grand Prix and two times Gold award winner by the International Tourism Film Festival Africa for its film Explore Uganda – The Pearl of Africa. The film, premiered by Uganda Tourism Board is an invitation to …
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🔵 UGC Captain’s Bell Tournament Category winners: ✳ Men -Dickson Agaba – 40 points ✳ Ladies – Bernadette Musanabera – 41 points ✳ Professionals – Deo Akope – 140 strokes Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dickson Agaba, Bernadette Musanabera and Deo Akope were crowned champions of the 2022 Absa bank …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lois Aber Kwikiriza has been appointed the new Head of Marketing at MultiChoice Uganda. Kwikiriza takes on the mantle from Colin Asiimwe who has been at the helm of marketing at MultiChoice Uganda for the last two years. While welcoming the newly appointed Head …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) is set to collaborate with Teachers Associations to train more teachers on the revised Lower Secondary Curriculum in schools. The government through the Ministry of Education rolled out the new lower secondary education curriculum in February 2020 intending …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mutilated and beheaded body of a prominent businessman in Jinja City has been found in a sugar plantation, with all indications that he was subjected to ritual sacrifice. Now Police in Busoga East are investigating circumstances under which the 53-year-old George Waidha, a …
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Fort Portal , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police statistics show 118 people were killed in road crashes between April 24 and May 4th. This translate into 12 people or more losing their life every day. Of these road deaths, 28 people died on the same day of May …
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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Atongtidi sub-county Kwania district in northern Uganda are worried about the outbreak of fall armyworms. Fall army worms also known as a butterfly are pest species that attack over 80 varieties of crops including maize, sorghum, sugarcane, cotton, rice and wheat among …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama has called on aspirants in the Omoro County by-elections to promote harmony. Archbishop Odama urged political parties and their candidates to denounce and desist from politics of divisionism, abuses, and hate speeches as they seek to replace …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
