Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Music and politics will come together in Kampala on October 3rd and 4th at the “Your Music, Your Voice” event. “Your Music, Your Voice” will create a platform for Pan-African dialogue between socially active artistes to discuss their role in using music and fame to …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Hearing of the fourth bail application filed by jailed Lugogo murder key suspect, Mathew Kanyamunyu, has been fixed for October 30, 2017 High court Judge Wilson Kwesiga is set to hear the application on that date. Justices Elizabeth Kabanda and Yasin Nyanzi dismissed Mathew Kanyamunyu’s three …
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Ricky Rapa Thomson is the co-founder and the executive director of SafeBoda, an ‘Uber’ for motorcycles based in Kampala. He spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about efforts to transform the transport system in the country’s major towns. What are the key elements in your management style as a …
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Beijing, China | MOFA | Crispus Kiyonga has presented his credentials to President Xi Jinping as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uganda to the People’s Republic of China. During the ceremony that took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, President Xi welcomed Kiyonga to China and …
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Sanlam moves to take-over Lion Assurance: Industry regulator says merger is major boost to local industry Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | South Africa-based financial services firm, Sanlam, controls just 2% of Uganda’s insurance business but it has shown its determination to upgrade its market share with the planned …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The High Court has set October 30, 2017 to start hearing a treason case against 20 people accused of plotting to overthrow the Uganda government by force of arms. High Court Judge Wilson Masalu Musene set the trial date after all the suspects pleaded not …
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Kasoma’s beautiful, environmental friendly alternative to metallic bicycles Kampala, Uganda | ANDREW S. KAGGWA | Jesus Christ on a wooden bicycle! That is an expression often used to show surprise, shock and disbelief. It could easily come to mind, for example, once someone tells you that there are bicycles made …
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MASAKA: 14 killed in crash on deadly Ugandan highway Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Fourteen people were killed when a truck ploughed into a bus carrying a group returning from a wedding on Uganda’s deadliest road, police said Monday. “The driver of the truck lost control after a tyre burst …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Uganda’s Court of Appeal has confirmed NRM’s Peter Sematimba as the validly elected MP of Busiro South constituency in Wakiso district. Three Justices, including out-going deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, Catherine Bamugemereire and Cheborion Barishaki overturned the High Court’s decision by Justice Lydia Mugambe …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has this Monday (Sept. 18) released the August 2017 Certified Public Accountants of Uganda – CPA (U) course results indicating 3.1% pass rate decline when compared with the June 2017 examinations. While releasing the results in …
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