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Punching Above Poverty: Museveni Donates UGX 10M to Empower Kalerwe Boxing Youths.

Punching Above Poverty: Museveni Donates UGX 10M to Empower Kalerwe Boxing Youths.

Kalerwe’s narrow lanes buzzed with new purpose when news broke that President Yoweri Museveni had sent a cash gift of UGX 10 million to the Kalerwe Boxing Club (KBC) Savings and Credit Co‑operative Organisation, a group of 150 young athletes

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Ugandan-born Zohran Mamdani Tops Race for New York City Mayor

Ugandan-born Zohran Mamdani Tops Race for New York City Mayor

Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old son of renowned Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani and celebrated filmmaker Mira Nair, has stunned the US political establishment after pulling ahead in New York City's mayoral Democratic primary.Born in Kampala and now on the verge of becomin

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ONC Launches Empowerment Initiative to Curb Youth Unemployment and Poverty

ONC Launches Empowerment Initiative to Curb Youth Unemployment and Poverty

President Museveni, through the Office of the National Chairman (ONC), has unveiled a new empowerment initiative dubbed “Bannaku Tweyambe – Wealth Creation Empowerment.” In a bid aimed at tackling the growing issue of youth unemployment and poverty in UgandaThe program, which is

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Pallaso Raids Alien Skin’s Residence; Range Rover Burnt Down; 2 Hospitalised

Pallaso Raids Alien Skin’s Residence; Range Rover Burnt Down; 2 Hospitalised

Kampala, January 2, 2025 — Police in Katwe are investigating a dramatic case of aggravated robbery and malicious damage after musician Mayanja Pius, alias Pallaso, and his group allegedly raided the residence of fellow artist Patrick Mulwana, alias Alien Skin,

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How filmmakers can boost local economy

How filmmakers can boost local economy

Film is a sensory medium that the viewer fully immerses themselves in. As they follow the characters who capture their imagination subliminally, they absorb other elements of Uganda’s culture, heritage, colours and food that a film director cleverly crafts within the story as subtext. 

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Inside Uganda’s death by suicide puzzle

Inside Uganda’s death by suicide puzzle

In June this year, Kampala registered the highest cases of suicides in a single month, most of them involving high-profile individuals. Mr Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson, said four of seven incidents were registered in a single day on Martyrs' Day

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Uganda at 62: Where did we go wrong?

Uganda at 62: Where did we go wrong?

How old were you in 1962? I was 14 and I was very lucky because I happened to have been raised in Katwe (a suburb in Kampala), so I walked to Kololo Airstrip where the Union Jack was to be lowered for the last time in Uganda at midnight. Everybody was excited. I witnessed the arrival

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Namasagali alumni eulogise Father Grimes with theatre performances

Namasagali alumni eulogise Father Grimes with theatre performances

Namusa-Gali, was a phrase used to mean greeting the train when the railway had just been constructed. Then, a small town along the Nile in Kamuli was a railway station; it is believed that the phrase Namusa-gali was used to coin the town’s name, later known as Namasagali. This name, it is

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Ndiga clan leader Bbosa shot dead, killers lynched

Ndiga clan leader Bbosa shot dead, killers lynched

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Unknown gunmen have been lynched after shooting to death one of Buganda’s leading clan leaders Sunday afternoon.Ndiga (sheep) clan leader Daniel Bbosa was killed on Sunday inside his car near his home in Lungujja parish, Lub

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Road Section Where Besigye Planted Banana Suckers Gets Constructed

Road Section Where Besigye Planted Banana Suckers Gets Constructed

Early this week the joint forces of change announced that they would be planting bananas in city roads and else where to e

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