Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State House has tasked telecom regulator, Uganda Communications Commission to investigate social media users declaring President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni either very sick or dead. In her press statement, Lindah Nabusayi, the senior presidential press secretary says that the only reason President Museveni is no longer …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked African countries with support from the United Nations to consider opening up their borders to deal decisively with food insecurity in the region. Speaking at a UN-food system virtual summit, Museveni said free access to markets and free movement …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appointments Committee of Parliament has backtracked on its earlier position and approved the appointment of Alice Kaboyo, as Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister for Luwero Triangle-Rwenzori region. According to sources, the committee chaired by the Deputy Speaker Anita Among, …
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Is Tshisekedi dangling an economic deal for non-economic reasons? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Felix Tshisekedi has been busy on the regional integration front since he became president of the Democratic Republic of Congo two years ago. But he has particularly been busier this year. On June 25, President Tshisekedi …
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How public anger against Uganda government’s response to COVID is driven more by prejudice than facts THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last Saturday, I lost my auntie, Princess Damali Komukyeeya of Toro. I tweeted that although she had COVID, she was fairly fine Friday evening. She developed breathing …
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Why Nabbanja is right and others wrong Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is attempting a new way of getting a Shs100, 000 (Approx.US$28) one-off cash relief to people who might have slipped into poverty as a result of the ongoing 42-day lockdown to slow the spread of COVID-19. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists have said it is too early for them to tell when Uganda will soon have its own COVID-19 vaccine, contradicting President Yoweri Museveni’s revelations earlier that Uganda will have its own vaccine soon. While speaking at the opening of the World Health Summit, Museveni …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament in the opposition have criticized the government’s move to install digital monitors in all vehicles and motorbikes in the country. Last month, President Museveni said every vehicle and motorcycle will be required to have a digital monitoring device as …
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Boda boda riders in Karamoja want President Museveni to stop the pressure mounted on them by the companies that sold them motorcycles on loan Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of young people who have been earning a living through operating boda boda business in Karamoja have asked …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda kingdom has warned against interpreting the country’s land issues in political terms. The Kingdom’s Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga made the statement on Monday while addressing the Buganda Lukiiko at Bulange, Mengo. “The truth is that, it’s not the mailo land system that is causing …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
