Tag: Ugandan
Independent Africa
Ugandan music band members arrested for criticizing president’s speech
According to local media reports, eight members of a Ugandan music band were arrested for expressing dissatisfaction with the length of the president's speech...
Entertainment
Ugandan content creator breaks record by cooking for 3min
The Guinness World Record has surged in popularity, trending since late 2023, with individuals striving to etch their names in history.The latest achiever...
Entertainment
Bobi Wine in UK after purported nine-year visa suspension
Ugandan opposition politician and former musician Bobi Wine visited the UK for the first time in ten years. This happened more than three weeks...
World
HIV/AIDS medications used to fatten pigs, Ugandan MPs told
Ugandan parliamentarians have been informed that the drug regulators have been aware for a long time that medications used to treat HIV/AIDS have been...
Business
A Ugandan delegation studies GRIDCo’s Optic Fiber business
A delegation from the Ugandan Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has spent three days at the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) concretising discussions on...
Independent Africa
Ugandan watchdog in push to outlaw LGBTQ groups
The authorities in Uganda are calling for the criminalisation of LGBTQ organisations and their activities in the country.A January report from the NGO Bureau,...
Independent Africa
ICC confirms conviction of Ugandan rebel chief Ongwen
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday upheld the conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity of Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier...
Independent Africa
Ugandan cane farmers switching to Hass avocado
This is Munu Nyende’s first harvest of avocado after clearing his sugarcane farm for Hass three years ago.Many had cautioned him about his decision....
Independent Africa
Ebola confirmed in Kampala as virus continues to spread
Ugandan officials say they’re now concerned about the spread of Ebola virus in the capital city of Kampala, following the death of a man...
Independent Africa
Human trafficking : Trafficked Kenyans rescued in Laos
22 people, according to Kenyan authorities, have been freed from Laos' human trafficking rings in Southeast Asia.They say a Ugandan and a Burundian national...