Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda plans to leverage on the Kampala Marathon to market the East African nation as an ideal tourism destination. This follows a partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities and MTN Uganda for the upcoming MTN Kampala Marathon slated for Sunday 20 November …
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Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), Makerere University, UN Women, Alliance Française Kampala, and the Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS) are delighted to announce that the 5th edition of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference will commence next week on 15th – 16th November at the Makerere University Auditorium. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has dismissed an appeal in which the loser of Kampala Central Parliamentary elections Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu wanted to review an order of 38 million shillings he was directed to pay to eventual winner Muhammad Nsereko as costs. Nyanzi’s appeal has also …
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Archbishop Ssemogerere Formally Vested with The Pallium Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | His Grace Dr Paul Ssemogerere has been formally vested with a pallium, which symbolizes pastoral and judicial powers bestowed upon him by the Pope, to be exercised in Kampala Archdiocese and the central ecclesiastical province. The ritual of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Hajjat Minsa Kabanda has directed Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to enforce the return of taxis playing Entebbe to Usafi and Kisenyi parks. Addressing the media at the Uganda Media Center, Kabanda said that they held a meeting …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 5,000 more Closed Circuit Television-CCTV cameras are needed in order to monitor criminal gangs in the slums of the Kampala Metropolitan area, the Director of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the Uganda Police Force, Senior Commissioner of Police –SCP Yusuf Ssewanyana has revealed. According to Ssewanyana, …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is yet to meet its monthly collection target of shillings 7.8 billion from tolling the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA only collected close to Shillings 20 billion as toll fees on the expressway between January 8, 2022, when tolling commenced, and July 31, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Division Civil Division has issued an interim injunction, restraining Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA and the commissioner land registration in the Ministry of Lands, from proceeding with the re-entries on the Owino Market land including cancellations of the lease title certificates. In court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has drafted a bill to streamline operations of public transport in Kampala. The bill, the Kampala Capital City (Public Transport Management) Ordinance 2022 provides for the regulation of public transport, infrastructure, management, and supervision of the public transport sector. The bill …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investigations into the case against 18 people arrested in connection with the twin bombings at the IPS building and Kampala Central Police Station are in the final stages. This was revealed on Thursday by State Attorney Patricia Cingtho when the case came up before Buganda Road …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
