Seattle, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Anita Among is expected to arrive in the USA later on Wednesday, to check on hospitalized Speaker Jacob Oulanyah. Other media reports indicate that the Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo, and an identified brother of the Speaker, also travelled to the …
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Why President’s false math could be costly Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | President Yoweri Museveni says each beneficiary of the latest government direct cash injection for the poor; the Parish Development Model (PDM), should get at least Shs1 million. Speaking at the launch of PDM on Feb.26, President …
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Why has no court pronounced itself on Kakwenza’s torture case? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | During the annual judges’ conference held in the last days of January, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija had already become an international phenomenon as he narrated his torture ordeal at the hands of Ugandan security operatives. There …
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Should the General be banned from social media? Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has a new moniker. He is now called “The Tweeting General”. It is a joke on his rather choice tweets. But Gen. Muhoozi’s tweets are no jokes. His latest controversial tweet …
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Shanghai on Saturday required citizens not to leave the city if not necessary and those who do must hold a certificate for a negative nucleic acid test results taken 48 hours before departure. Beijing, China | Xinhua | China is taking strict and swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections …
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Bunia, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF wants a reinforcement force to back the UPDF against the Allied Democratic Force-ADF rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The operation’s overall Commander, Maj. General Kayanja Muhanga says the additional zonal forces will be essential in providing security …
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Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Raila Odinga, the 77-year-old Kenyan veteran opposition leader was on Saturday endorsed by an alliance of more than 20 political parties to contest for presidency during the country’s August polls. Among the parties that pledged support for Odinga’s quest for presidency in the East Africa’s …
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Experts look for solutions underground Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | What should East African countries do when their rivers and lakes dry up, as is predicted to happen in the next 20 years? Experts who recently met in Entebbe, Uganda, for the Second Water Forum of the IGAD region …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reports just in indicate Army Commander Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is retiring from the UPDF. Using his twitter account, that has created quite a storm on the social media scene in the past year, he said: “After 28 years of service in my glorious military, …
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Paris court petitioned as EAC court dallies Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Several European environmental groups have filed a law suit in Paris against French energy giant, TotalEnergies, accusing the company of “misleading consumers about its efforts to fight climate change.” In May, last year, senior executives of the …
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