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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala streets were Wednesday free of the usual traffic as millions enjoyed the Christmas holiday. However, garbage seems to have replaced the Kampala dwellers in the town, and add to that rain later in the day and early Thursday, left a sorry sight. URN …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 6,900 cassava farmers in Acholibur Sub-county in Pader district have asked Gen. Salim Saleh, the National Coordinator of the Operation Wealth Creation–OWC program to fulfill the pledges he made to them. While delivering tons of cassava cuttings to the farmers in December …

Archbishop Lwanga, Katikiro Mayiga castigate weak Gov’t Institutions Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has asked state officials to revive an increasingly dormant state machinery, which he says is affecting effective governance in the country. According to Mayiga, strengthening the state institutions should …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Unidentified thugs have killed Charles Kayemba, a technician at Petrol City. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, says the thugs trailed Kayemba in the wee hours of Tuesday morning to his home in Nabingo-Kyengela town council in Wakiso district. It is alleged that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  More than 30 million male and 173,000 female condoms are ready for distribution nationwide during Christmas and Boxing Day. Vastha Kibirige, the National Coordinator of the Condom Desk in the Health Ministry disclosed this to URN. Unlike the usual stock out during the festive season, Kibirige …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MultiChoice Uganda has unveiled its Back to School promotion to reward customers who renew their subscription during the festive season and on-going school holidays, with school fees. The promotion which will run until Jan. 31, 2020, was unveiled, by Colin Asiimwe, the Head of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Hundreds of Catholic faithfuls staged an overnight Christmas vigil at Rubaga Catholic Cathedral in a service filled with pomp and joy. They were led by a group of choristers guided by a keyboard and a choir master to welcome the birth of Christ. The liturgy …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  While the rest of the World is celebrating Christmas, floods victims in the mountainous Bundibugyo District are living a tale of hopelessness and pain. The more than 1000 displaced person camped at Semuliki High Secondary School in Harugale Sub County and Bubukwanga Transit Camp in …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  There is a sigh of relief in Nakasongola district following a decision by the authorities to relax the livestock quarantine, which has allowed residents to sell animals and raise money for Christmas. Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries slapped a ban on the movement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Hundreds of Christians converged at different places of worship on Christmas Eve singing songs of praise to observe the night in which, Jesus Christ was born. At St. Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe, believers were treated to Christmas Carols by the Cathedral Choir while at All Saint’s …