Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Nile Breweries Limited and its creative agency TBWA Uganda were among the standout performers at the 2025 Silverback Awards, after their Club Pilsener radio campaign “A Lesson in Ugandan Efficiency” secured multiple honors for excellence in advertising craft. The campaign won Silver in the Radio category …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda has set its sights on securing orders for at least 1,000 electric coaches during the Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition, a milestone 30-day journey covering more than 13,000 kilometres across Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, and South Africa, government officials said …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | A Chinese medical team in Uganda on Wednesday donated an assortment of medicines and equipment to the China-Uganda Friendship Hospital in the country’s capital city, Kampala. Tang Min, head of the 25th batch of the Chinese medical team, handed over the donation to Irene Nayiga, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stakeholders in the fight against malaria have made a clarion call to Members of Parliament to give precedence to malaria prevention in the next budgeting cycle. The call was made at a high-level advocacy engagement with MPs, on gender-responsive malaria and health services, on …
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Sheema, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Sheema North parliamentary race has heated up, with former Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Dr Elioda Tumwesigye pushing to run unopposed. His only challenger, Julius Muhanguzi Ndangire, is, however, insisting he will not pull out of the race despite reported intimidation. Tumwesigye, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Excel Insurance Company Limited, in partnership with Service Cops, has launched the Excel WhatsApp Bot, a digital insurance innovation designed to make insurance services faster, simpler, and more accessible for Ugandans. The Excel WhatsApp Bot allows customers to purchase insurance directly via WhatsApp, pay …
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SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in court, in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** Prosecution Witness 24: Evidence-In-Chief Led by: Assistant DPP, Samali Wakooli 10:03 am: Judge Rosette Comfort Kania walks in; with her usual assured look. Everyone stands and bows. …
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Buyende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday pitched the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s 2026–2031 agenda to voters in Buyende District, urging residents to back the party’s candidates as he outlined ongoing government work in infrastructure, education and health. The President was accompanied by First Lady and …
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C-Care Uganda Marks World Prematurity Day with a Call for Healthy Beginnings and Hopeful Futures Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | C-Care Uganda is set to create awareness about the potential of their hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which has become a lifeline for families with preterm infants. Focus will …
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SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** This week, the High Court won’t be hearing this matter, the same having been adjourned to 24th November and then 1st to 2nd December 2025. The hope – at …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
