How a meeting between an American president and a teenage African king still shapes history, diplomacy and conservation more than a century later SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | The slow climb up Mengo Hill in December 1909 marked one of the most extraordinary moments in the history of …
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Airtel and Buganda Launch 2026 Airtel Masaza Cup to empower youth and sports development in Uganda. Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Airtel Uganda has officially renewed its partnership with the Buganda Kingdom for the 22nd edition of the Airtel Masaza Cup Tournament, reinforcing its commitment to youth empowerment, …
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How new Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo forced Uganda to halt its biggest religious gathering Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For weeks, Christian Congolese pilgrims had been walking. From the crowded trading centres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, from villages shadowed by militia violence and chronic displacement, …
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Mpigi, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Efforts to preserve Buganda’s rich cultural heritage have received fresh support following a partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, the Ndiga clan leadership, and local authorities in Mpigi District to complete a major cultural heritage project at the clan’s ancestral site in Mbaale. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | SARAH NANTEZA KYOBE & DAVID MUWONGE | Forty-two days after assuming leadership of the Uganda Media Centre, Alan Kasujja paid a courtesy visit to the Katikkiro of Buganda (Prime Minister) Charles Peter Mayiga, at Bulange, Mengo, on Wednesday, 6th May 2026. The visit marked the …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Jamaican Dancehall Queen Spice has visited the seat of Buganda Kingdom at Bulange Mengo today in one of her week-long cultural immersion programmes in Uganda. The immersion was organized by the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) and Buganda Kingdom ahead of her maiden concert …
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A nationwide aquaculture boom takes hold, but production remains uneven Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s aquaculture sector is taking shape unevenly across the country, with some regions emerging as clear leaders while others are still building capacity, according to the latest national census. Figures from …
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Mengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A nationwide drive to raise $4 million to complete the building of the first Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) facility in Uganda has got the backing of the Katikiro of Buganda. The Katikiro of Buganda Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga today hailed the Joint Clinic Research …
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Data shows more than 70% of PEWOSA SACCO members are women, underlining the initiative’s potential to deepen women-led enterprise and inclusive growth in rural communities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For more than a decade, Frank Nyanzi, a 57-year-old coffee farmer from Madudu Sub-county in Mubende District, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential aide Henry Lutwama has urged clan leaders in Buganda to use organised savings as a tool for wealth creation, warning against diverting SACCO funds to non-productive expenses. Lutwama, the Special Presidential Assistant and Coordinator of Bataka Affairs in Buganda, made the remarks on …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
