Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Protea Hotel by Marriott Kampala Skyz on Friday hosted President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as it marked five years of operations. The hotel is celebrating years of operations filled with noteworthy accomplishments, tremendous growth, impactful partnerships, and industry accolades. Since 2017, Protea Hotel Skyz has set …
Read More »EAC member states urged to join forces in promoting tourism
Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | Burundian Vice-President Prosper Bazombanza has called on member states of the East African Community (EAC) to join forces in promotion of tourism in the region, the EAC said in a statement late Saturday. The statement issued in Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha, said Bazombanza also urged …
Read More »Beginners guide on road tripping with a 4-Wheel-Drive in Uganda
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Driving in Uganda especially upcountry can be exciting and adventurous not until your vehicle gets stuck somewhere in the muds or plunges into a poorly navigated gulley or trench. Most of the non-paved roads in Uganda are generally poor and hard to maintain during …
Read More »‘Uganda’s Crested Cranes face extinction ‘
Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wildlife conservationists are concerned by the continued use of naked electricity transmission lines, arguing that they are yet another hindrance to the protection of the Crested Cranes, The birds are on Uganda’s national emblem. Godfrey Mutemba, the Lwengo district Senior Natural Resources Officer …
Read More »‘King Oyo should get a wife’, Bishop Kisembo says
Bishop Kisembo says that the Omukama has now come of age and needs a suitable helper to assist him in his duties. The Bishop was preaching on Monday during the Thanksgiving Service to celebrate Oyo’s 27th coronation anniversary, the Empango, at Karuzika Palace in Fort Portal. Bishop Kisembo also appealed …
Read More »Tororo’s RockCity Radio to go on air this year
President Yoweri Museveni gives radio sh200million boost Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Broadcasting Network Limited radio (RockCity Radio) will go live this year. This assurance was given today after President Yoweri Museveni fulfilling a government sh200million pledge that was needed by the Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) to complete …
Read More »PRIME MINISTER: Nyege Nyege will go ahead
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has overruled Parliament, and given organisers of the Nyege Nyege international festival a green light for it to go ahead as planned September 15th to 18th, 2022. “We have tasked the Ministry of Ethics and Integrity, as …
Read More »How Uganda Airlines is cracking the gender ‘Glass Ceiling’
It is often said that men apply for a job when they meet only 60% of the qualifications, but women apply only if they meet 100% of them COMMENT | DEREK NSEKO | Only seven of the top 100 airlines in the world are led by female CEOs, according to a …
Read More »Anger on social media after Parliament stops ‘Nyege Nyege’ Festival
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has directed the cancellation of the planned ‘Nyege Nyege’ music festival scheduled to take place Itanda falls in Jinja. The three-day festival was scheduled to start on September 15th and run to September 18th, 2022. However, Among says that …
Read More »Behind lion massacres in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth Park
Concern as number of lions killed in the Queen Elizabeth National Park since 2018 rises to 17 SPECIAL FEATURE | On March 20, last year, six lions were found dead in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park located about 400km southwest of Kampala. This brought the number of …
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