TODAY 4PM ✅ CAF Champions League ▶Vipers ?? 0 CS Constantine 2 ?? ▶Constantine Advance 3-0 on aggregate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vipers Sports Club had a disappointing Saturday, bowing out of the Total CAF Champions League at the hands of Algerian outfit Club Sportive Constantine. Despite a brilliant start, …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Seven people were killed Saturday in a double car bomb attack claimed by the jihadist Shabaab group near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. “We have confirmed seven people died in the two blasts and more than ten others wounded,” local …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The planned construction of the Kampala Oil Terminal has suffered a setback as a result of a fresh land conflict pitting the government against one Gideon Kabuye Kirumira. The land, measuring 299 acres in Kiringente Sub County, Mpigi district, was identified in 2007 as a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Presidential Affairs committee of Parliament has recommended the scrapping of the title “political head of the Capital City” from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) 2010 Act. The committee which has been scrutinising the amendment bill of the KCCA Act says the title, political head …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a hustle to find a job, Peter Mubiru was introduced to the garbage world. Today Mubiru earns a living from collecting domestic waste across Kampala. Mubiru’s working day starts at 7 a.m., and unlike others, endures hours of standing at the back of a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ongoing campaigns and preparations for the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have given a boost to printing and graphics businesses in Kampala. Several traders operating along Nasser Road have secured numerous orders from DRC politicians in the run up to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | FRANK MUGABI | Women Members of Parliament have called for the elevation of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) groups to increase production with an eye on the export market. The MPs noted that many of the women groups they have visited are engaged in sectors whose products are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop of Namirembe Diocese Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira has appealed to Ugandans to return to the purpose for which Jesus was born in order to have meaningful Christmas celebrations. He says that due to the festivities that surround the commemoration of the birth of Jesus, many …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Savannah Police Region (central Uganda) will be deployed in several hot-spots to avert crimes ahead of the Christmas season. Paul Kangave the Savannah Regional Police Spokesperson says that the crime hot-spots are Kasana trading centre in Luweero town, selected zones in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Frederick Tanga Odoi has been elected for another four-year term as the chairperson for the Makerere University Convocation. This was during the Annual General Meeting held at Makerere University Agriculture Research Institute – Kabanyoro held on Friday. Dr Odoi has been the chairperson …
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