Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Conrad Ahimbisibwe overcame a huge field of 156 players on Saturday with a score of 68 nett to win the overall prize at the I&M Bank Katogo Golf Series at Entebbe Club. On a night where football and golf mixed, as it was …
Read More »Gov’t officials charged for false accounting, financial loss
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three government officials have been arrested on charges of abuse of office, false accounting, and causing financial loss worth 23.56 million Shillings. They are Rakai District Chief Administrative Officer Christopher Ahimbisibwe, 52, Muhanga Town Council the Senior Treasurer Godwin Asiimwe, 52, and Kabale Municipality …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Chilly July weather explained
How combination of sun, pressure, and wind affects weather around you Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | June and July have been chilly, with days having an unbearable mix of very cold weather, dry winds and a hazy mist in parts of southern Uganda, including Kampala. Meanwhile, northern Uganda, especially …
Read More »Ugandan sentenced to life in prison for killing family in the US
Isaac Tiharihondi, son of a Ugandan Houston-based pastor, was recently sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the January 2015 murder of his parents and brother in Texas, US. Tiharihondi bludgeoned his Ugandan father, Episcopal priest Israel Ahimbisibwe, 51, and mother Dorcus then fatally stabbed his 5-year-old brother, …
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