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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Entebbe Town Clerk has written an angry letter to the manager of De Bar, where Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew was assaulted after an altercation at the pub. “Following the gruesome incident of recent, that has led to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s top musicians have taken to social media to hail Mowzey Radio as one of the greatest artistes Ugandan has produced. “You were a Man of great Talent and you will be missed,” said Peter Okoye, while Paul said Mowzey was “Uganda’s best vocalist.” Peter …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Trade Ministers from Uganda and South Africa have reaffirmed their commitment towards facilitating trade and investment flows between the two countries. The two ministers Amelia Kyambadde, the minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and her counterpart Gratitude Bulelani Magwanishe, the South African Deputy Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten days after being beaten into a coma, top Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew was pronounced dead on Thursday at the intensive care unit at Case Hospital in Kampala. In one of his last radio interviews, Mowzey 35, talked to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Flying squad have been forced to break into controversial District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira home in Bulenga to arrest him, a day after he vowed to resign, claiming he is being mistreated by the police force. Kirumira locked himself in the house, demanding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten days after being beaten into a coma, Ugandan musician Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio of the Goodlyfe Crew died on Thursday morning at the intensive care unit at Case Hospital in Kampala. Case clinic confirmed 35-year-old Mowzey Radio’s death in a statement. Born January …

kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Electoral Commission is now free to set a date for conducting local council elections country wide, after Parties in the case reached an out of Court settlement and they acknowledged that an Election is a process and not an event that could be subjected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversial District Police Commander (DPC) Muhammad Kirumira has vowed to resign, claiming he is being mistreated by the police force. The Buyende DPC has been in the spotlight for the last five years over accusations of abuse of office. ASP Kirumira appeared at a police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mwanga 11 Magistrates Court has released on bail eight motorcycle riders of Century Boda-Boda (motor-cycle riders) association who were remanded on charges of destroying property of their rival faction; Boda-Boda 2010. Presiding Grade One magistrate Esther Nyadoi on Wednesday ordered each of the eight …

Art Safari finally comes to Kampala Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The East Africa Art Biennale (EASTAFAB) is finally coming to Kampala. It’s happening in February under the theme, ‘Moving art across borders’. Biennales (Italian for `every other year’), are typically large international art exhibitions held in most cities around …