Nairobi, Kenya | DAILY NATION – Hilary Kimuyu | As Christians across the country celebrate Easter, Eliud Wekesa popularly known as ‘Yesu Wa Tongaren’ now says he will not die for the sins of humankind for the second time. Friday, Mr Wekesa, the leader of New Jerusalem sect, came …
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COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | “I think of you as the freest person I know…Then everyone you know is a slave.”This haunting line is from the Ayi Kwei Armah’s classic book, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, on the failure of post- independence African leaders. Enter Sam Mugumya. In 2014, …
Read More »UNICEF unveils tele-teaching technology to Ugandan schools
Adjumani, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It was a groundbreaking Monday at St Mary’s Asumputa Senior Secondary School in Adjumani District as senior one students were treated to a biology lesson conducted from Kitende Secondary School over 480 kilometres away. The two schools were linked seamlessly thanks to video conferencing …
Read More »Scientists explain why Uganda’s COVID-19 vaccine has delayed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Scientists have explained to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee that developing a vaccine against COVID-19 will take a longer than earlier expected, given the different processes involved. The scientists appeared before the committee alongside officials from the former Ministry of Science, Technology …
Read More »🔴 LIVE: Opposition to boycott President Museveni address
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from the opposition political parties have resolved to boycott President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s address to Members of Parliament today at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. “He [President] will address the House on matters of national importance concerning the country and I urge you …
Read More »Four students killed after Sinotruk plows into school in central Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Four students were killed and 18 others injured after a truck plowed into a school computer laboratory in the central Uganda district of Gomba, the police said Wednesday. The accident happened at Kasaka Senior Secondary School Tuesday evening, said the police in a statement issued …
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MAGICAL KENYA OPEN – Select final results 1⃣ J Campillo 🇪🇸 266 (-18) 2⃣ M Kawamura 🇯🇵268 (-16) 6⃣5⃣ M Kibugu 🇰🇪 283 (-1) 7⃣8⃣ W Besseling 🇳🇱 289 (+5) ✳ Ronald Rugumayo 🇺🇬 (hole-in-1 day 1) Nairobi, Kenya | CAPITALFM.CO.KE | “I just have one word to describe it: …
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Families getting out of poverty is a good first step to supporting women Kiruhura, Uganda | President Yoweri Museveni has showcased the development and growth of Kiruhura district as one that the rest of the country can learn from to leapfrog to sufficient household income through commercial agriculture. At the International …
Read More »Sierra Leone commissions new Freetown International Airport as air links across Africa improve
The new terminal has the capacity for up to one million passengers annually, almost five times the airport’s pre-existing terminal. The country is hoping that the new facility will allow the country to tap into a post-pandemic surge in tourism and air transport across the continent Freetown, Sierra Leone | …
Read More »🔴 LIVE: NSSF probe chair presents final report in parliament
Probe committee gives 27 recommendations on NSSF ✳ CLICK TO READ REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s select committee that investigated the operations of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is presenting its report today. MP Mwine Mpaka, the committee chairperson, read his findings and recommendations in front of …
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