Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tour operators in Mbarara municipality are protesting a decision by the authorities to close the resource centre. Mbarara Resource Center became operational in 2018 following protests from residents after it remained under lock and key despite its completion in 2015. The 32 million shillings …
Read More »Trump says he’s most promoted person ‘ever’
Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump on Monday said his much-criticized attempt to stage the G7 at one of his golf courses was not intended to promote his business brand, arguing he’s too famous to “need promotion.” “They say, ‘Oh, you get promotion.’ You don’t think I get enough promotion? I get …
Read More »Blades burst Arsenal bubble as Mousset strikes
Sheffield, United Kingdom | AFP | Unai Emery claimed Arsenal were unlucky to suffer a shock 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United as Lys Mousset condemned the Gunners to their latest away-day flop on Monday. Emery’s side are without an away Premier League win since the opening weekend of the season after …
Read More »Police hunt for driver who knocked dead a UPDF Colonel
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Kampala have launched a hunt for a driver who knocked dead, Abdul Kawawa, a Uganda People’s Defence Force –UPDF Lieutenant Colonel, on Sunday night. Lt Col Kawawa, according to Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, was knocked dead while walking …
Read More »Fit Tiger Woods hints he’ll pick himself for Presidents Cup
Narashino, Japan | AFP | Tiger Woods said Monday his fitness was ahead of schedule after arthroscopic knee surgery, and dropped a heavy clue he might use one of his four Presidents Cup captain’s picks on himself. “I’m probably a week early. My season had ended a little bit earlier than …
Read More »Refugees decry harassment at Panyadoli health centre III
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Refugee community at Kiryandongo settlement in Bweyale town council has decried harassment by health staff at the Panyadoli health centre III. Originally established in 1990, Kiryandongo settlement was re-opened in 2014 during the South Sudanese insurgency and now hosts almost close to 60,000 …
Read More »Sports industry in Uganda growing at slow pace – Cheptegei
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s IAAF 10,000 meter gold medalist, Joshua Cheptegei says that the sports industry in the country is growing at a slow pace due to inexperienced and unprofessional leaders governing the industry. Speaking to journalists after addressing students at his former school MM College Wairaka …
Read More »British PM Johnson prepares fresh Brexit push
London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepared to Monday make a second attempt to ram his EU divorce deal through parliament and avoid the political damage of delaying Brexit next week. Another momentous week in the tortuous saga could end with Johnson engineering a divorce from Brussels …
Read More »Hillary Clinton posts parody Kennedy letter mocking Trump
Washington, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton on Sunday posted a joke letter on Twitter supposedly sent by John F. Kennedy during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, written in the excitable style of US President Donald Trump’s recent letter to Turkey. The parody letter, originally from ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” …
Read More »Gov’t to conduct food aid audit in Karamoja
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister is to carry out an audit on food aid supplied to Karamoja. The move follows the alleged mismanagement of food supplied to schools in the region. Karamoja Affairs Minister, Eng. John Byabagambi says he has been instructed by …
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