Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | On Aug.21, Natalie E. Brown, the U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, launched the second cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) at the American Centre in Kampala. The training which will run over the next eight months will see about 300 female Ugandan entrepreneurs equipped …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament from Kasese district have called for a speedy trial of Omusinga Wesley Charles Mumbere, the King of Rwenzururu and his royal guards. It is close to 5 years since Mumbere and over 200 of his royal guards were arrested …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district is struggling to provide mental health services. This is due to the lack of psychiatrists and adequate funding. The district receives all mental health services from the Catholic-owned Dr Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital Kalongo. The hospital has consecutively for the past five financial years …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New findings from a study conducted to assess the prevalence of occupational hearing loss among industrial workers shows many of them are unknowingly affected. The study which involved 344 factory workers in Kampala Metropolitan area, found 11% of employees with hearing difficulties assessed by both …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua regional Local Defense Unit-LDU recruitment center has recorded poor turn up of candidates on day one of the exercise. The exercise which started at 8am targeting any willing national between the age bracket of 18 to 29 years, in the region and beyond at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal Aid Service Provider’s Network-LASPNET has rolled out a community-legal watch brief campaign aimed at combating the increasing cases of Gender-Based Violence-GBV in Mukono, Buikwe and Kayunga districts. The campaign funded by European Union will run for a period of two years at a …
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Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zombo district registered a total of 5,890 cases of teenage pregnancies within seventeen months. Statistics from the district probation officer, Collins Pireri indicate that the cases were recorded between the period January 2020 and May 2021. Pireri disclosed that the victims include girls between 14 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has asked the court to dismiss an election petition challenging the victory of Muhammad Nsereko for the Kampala Central MP seat on grounds that Fred Nyanzi did not serve Nsereko with the election petition. Nsereko was declared the winner with 16,998 votes …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube police are holding a man accused of stabbing his employer to death. The suspect is Jackson Tushabomwe, a resident of Bwera village in Butoole parish, Kyanagwali sub county in Kikuube district. He is accused of brutally murdering his employer John Turyamureba, a resident of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has called on African and Asian legislatures to address the political governance issues in their respective countries if the two continents are to improve their citizen’s quality of life. Mpuuga made the remarks on Thursday evening …
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