Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A lawyer Ivan Bwowe has dragged government to the Civil Division of High Court for gazetting red berets as military attires. On September, 18th, 2019, the Government through the Minister of Defense Adolf Mwesige published in the National Gazette indicating that red berets, ankle …
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Pretoria, South Africa | AFP | The presidents of Nigeria and South Africa on Thursday agreed to share intelligence and set up “early warning mechanisms” to prevent attacks on foreign nationals, weeks after xenophobic violence in Johannesburg stirred tensions between the continent’s largest economies. Muhammadu Buhari and South African counterpart Cyril …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More refugees are expected to enter Uganda following fresh tribal clashes between the lendu and the Bagegere in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Musa Ecweru, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and refugees said they have received information from their counterparts in DRC that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament should devise sanctions for legislators who skip committee meetings, according to the Opposition Chief Whip, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda. This stems from a report on the performance of parliamentary committees, which listed more than 100 legislators as perpetual absentees. The report covered the period …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump openly called on China as well as Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 election rival Joe Biden, taunting Democrats seeking his impeachment for inviting foreign election interference. Speaking in Florida, Trump blasted his accusers as “maniacs” pursuing “impeachment crap” as he …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital have been tasked to explain the stock out of essential drugs at the facility which has forced patients to resort to expensive health care systems. Led by the Executive Director Butabika Hospital, Dr David Basangwa, the …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off North Korea’s test of a sea-launched ballistic missile, saying that planned nuclear talks with Pyongyang will go ahead. “They want to talk and we’ll be talking to them,” Trump told reporters at the White House in his …
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Paris, France | AFP | Arsenal teenager Gabriel Martinelli scored twice to spark a 4-0 rout of Standard Liege in the Europa League group stage on Thursday, while Manchester United stuttered to a goalless draw against AZ Alkmaar. Martinelli, 18, headed in superbly to give last year’s runners-up Arsenal the lead …
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Liverpool, United Kingdom | AFP | Liverpool had to do the job twice over on Champions League upstarts Salzburg to get their defence of the competition back on track, but again relied on a prolific front three to cover over the cracks of an unsettled defence. Mohamed Salah finally secured a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alexander Mugula got his driving permit in 2009 after paying shillings 300,000 to an instructor at Ddembe Driving School. He says the instructor presented him with all the necessary paper work before he proceeded to the Inspectorate of vehicles for the mandatory tests, …
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