Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday commuted the sentences of 2,747 death row inmates, who will now serve life in prison. Kenyatta signed documents commuting the sentences during a ceremony at his official residence and also pardoned 102 convicts who were serving long jail terms. …
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Mumbai, India | AFP | Industrialist Ratan Tata sensationally returned to the helm of India’s biggest conglomerate on Monday as Tata Sons dumped Cyrus Mistry as chairman in a shock announcement that stunned analysts. The 78-year-old takes interim charge of the sprawling $100 billion tea-to-steel group almost four years after …
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The Court of Appeal has kicked off the first steps in hearing 97 election petition appeals filed by litigants dissatisfied with decisions of lower courts. This first step is called conferencing where lawyers of both parties agree on issues to be determined by court before the case file is forwarded to a panel …
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President Yoweri Museveni has expressed great admiration for 92 year-old Kenneth Kaunda, the founding father of Zambia, telling his guests and journalists “you are in the presence of a great man.” “If Mwalimu Nyerere and this man (referring to Kaunda) had not stood firm, history would be very different today. …
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VIDEO: Eastern Uganda and Masaka area have been highlighted as leading in theft of electricity and vandalism of electricity facilities. A report from rural electrification officials shows records of millions lost in replacing equipment. The body is crying foul to government to tighten existing laws to curb the practice. Share …
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VIDEO: Uganda and South Sudan have reached an agreement to form a joint security block that will operate across borders along the Juba-Nimule high way pending a peace deal to end the violent clashes in the world’s youngest nation. The agreement was reached in Kampala after several hours of a …
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VIDEO: The country continues to mourn fallen veteran sports journalist Andrew Patrick Luwandaga who passed on Saturday morning. The body of the late Luwandaga was at UBC grounds for public viewing. Speaker after speaker, they all sung praises upon praises about the fallen icon, laying wreaths as a sign farewell to …
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PICTORIAL: President Yoweri Museveni is in Lusaka Zambia where he will chief guest at Zambia’s 52nd, Independence anniversary celebrations on Monday. The President was given a 21-gun salute Sunday at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport after being received by his host President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Museveni is accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem, …
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A decision by France to re-open a probe into the 1994 shooting down of then-president Juvénal Habyarimana could once again lead to a break in diplomatic relations between the two countries. Kigali and Paris had made great strides on the path to reconciliation and it’s not clear what could have …
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More than 50,000 infants, mothers and pregnant women in Karamoja are set to benefit from a $2.5 million (about Shs 6 billion) contribution from the government of Japan. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Acting Country Director Mike Sackett commended Japan for the support saying it would go a …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
