Nairobi’s transformation into a “world-class city” is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya’s media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, examines how the city’s expansion conceals profound social upheavals. These have root causes in the opportunities created by surging land values in rural …
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Twelve-year blended finance mechanism to reach 260,000 smallholder producers and 500 rural enterprises across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, with Equity Group matching concessional capital from its own balance sheet. Kigali, Rwanda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Access to climate adaptation finance remains a significant challenge for smallholder farmers and …
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The United Nations has appealed for more funding as humanitarian agencies struggle to keep pace with the increasing number of cases HEALTH REPORT | ISAAC KALEDZI – DW | The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to escalate, with confirmed infections now topping 6,000 and …
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Snacks or beverages to avoid are those primarily made up of lots of sugar, as these are gobbled up by cavity-causing bacteria SPECIAL FEATURE | AGENCIES | Your oral microbiome is the key to a healthy mouth and body. Here’s how to make sure it’s well-nourished. Everyone knows …
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COMMENT | OBED K. KATUREEBE | Sometime in 2015, while travelling with my former boss and now the Member of Parliament representing Older Persons of Eastern Uganda, Ofwono Opondo, he read my mind in a way that was so revealing. We were on a trip to Arua …
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SHENZHEN | Xinhua | New popular literature and art, characterized by broad public participation in the era of the internet and AI, are helping China better express itself and contribute to a fairer global cultural order, according to a think tank report released on Sunday. Titled “The Flourishing Development …
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MTN Pro Tee Sept 8-11 MTN Monthly Tee Sept 12 Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Up to 40 professional golfers will be in action today as MTN Pro Tee leg 2 returns to the par 71 lakeside Entebbe Club. After an absorbing 4 days of action last week in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has publicly thrown his weight behind Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed President Yoweri Museveni in the 2031 general elections, marking a significant political endorsement from one of the country’s top legislative figures. Speaking on Monday …
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Sept 12 UGC Oct 10 Ebb Club Kampala, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Saint Mary’s Kisubi and Bwerayange alumni golf teams will again be the ones to watch as the first leg of the 5th edition of the Hima Cement-sponsored Clash of Titans tees off on September 12 at the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has joined other African countries in the inaugural Africa Safer Gambling Week, a continental initiative bringing together regulators, industry associations, operators, safer gambling organisations and other stakeholders to strengthen player protection across Africa. Taking place from 7–11 September 2026, Africa Safer Gambling Week …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
