Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paul Kavuma has been appointed the CEO of Jubilee Allianz General Insurance Company Limited Uganda, effective April 04, 2022. He replaces Deepak Pandey, who will stay with the company until April 30, 2022 after which he will take up a new role in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has revealed that the immediate cause of death of the former Speaker Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, was multiple organ failure. “The heart, lungs, liver and kidney all failed. The liver started failing while he was in Uganda and the lungs …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament is today paying tribute to former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah in a special sitting. The body of Oulanyah will lie in state throughout the night. At 9.00 am tomorrow, the body will be taken to Kololo Ceremonial Grounds for a State Funeral. Tweets by …
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COMMENT | KATI MARTON | As a horrified world searches for a way to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine, there is one person who might be able to get through to the Kremlin’s dangerously isolated autocrat. Angela Merkel, until recently chancellor of Germany, held Putin to some …
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Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three hundred Village Health Team-VHTs members in Bukwo district have laid down their tools over non payment of their allowances for different activities. Betty Chelimo, one of the VHTs, says that they are demanding a lot of money from the district. According to Chelimo, …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,200 victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA insurgency in West Nile have given the government an ultimatum of 15 days to compensate them or they return to court. They argue that the government has continued to turn a deaf ear to their demands …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic Church in Kampala and the family of the late Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga are finalizing plans to set up a foundation to continue will his works. The deceased’s sister, Rose Lukwago revealed this during the memorial mass held at Lubaga Cathedral. …
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Karachi, Pakistan | THE INDEPENDENT | Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved Sunday the National Assembly at the request of the country’s prime minister, said a statement from the president’s secretariat. “President of Pakistan Arif Alvi has approved the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to dissolve the National Assembly …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces currently battling armed cattle rustlers in Karamoja region have asked cautioned social media users against tarnishing their image. Michael Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional Police spokesperson, says that some people have taken to social media to spread malicious propaganda against the joint …
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Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | The Nigerian Navy on Friday launched a special operation to stop oil thieves from further sabotaging the nation’s oil and gas installations. Awwal Gambo, the country’s chief of naval staff, who spoke at the launch of the operation, blamed the nation’s economic downturn on attacks …
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