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The Weekly Observer is a Ugandan weekly newspaper headquartered in Kamwookya, Kampala.It is one of the largest privately owned papers in the country co-founded by maverick journalist John Kevin Aliro and nine other directors In 2007, its reporter Richard M Kavuma won the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year award.
SS Uganda was a British steamship that had a varied and notable career. She was built in 1952 as a passenger liner , and successively served as a cruise ship , hospital ship , troop ship and stores ship .
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a Christian extremist organization operating in Central Africa and East Africa.Its origins were in the Ugandan insurgency (1986–1994) against President Yoweri Museveni, during which Joseph Rao Kony founded the LRA in 1987.
Katie Davis Majors is an American missionary and author who established a mission in Jinja, Uganda in 2007. [2] Her work led to the founding of a school and provision of other services in Jinja, which now operate under the auspices of the Tennessee-based not-for-profit, Amazima Ministries International (AMI).
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent Paris ...
Tamale Mirundi was born to Namatovu Molly and Yowana Mirundi from Matale-Kalagala Village, Kyotera District previously Rakai District as their ninth child. [22] He is said to have moved to Kampala in 1979 to pursue secondary education and initiated his career in journalism at Munno newspaper during his time in the third year of senior school. [23]
Sudhir Ruparelia (born 17 January 1956) is a Ugandan business magnate and investor. He is the chairman and majority shareholder in the Ruparelia Group companies . [3] His investments are mainly in the banking, insurance, education, broadcasting, real estate, floriculture and hotels and resorts sectors.
Breaking news, also called late-breaking news, a special report, special coverage, or a news flash, is a current issue that warrants the interruption of a scheduled broadcast in order to report its details. News broadcasters also use the term for continuing coverage of events of broad interest to viewers, attracting accusations of sensationalism.