Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Board of Directors of TotalEnergies SE this week decided to call an ordinary meeting which will among other matters retain Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. There had been speculation that Patrick Pouyanné was about to leave at the top leadership at the …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A water crisis in Kabale municipality and neighboring areas has entered its seventh day causing concern among residents. As a result, a 20-litre jerrycan of water is now costing between sh1,500- 2,000. Residents in the municipality and the sub counties of Kyanamira, Kitumba …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | World record holder Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei will lead Uganda’s team for the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia on March 30. Cheptegei, the current 5,000m and 10,000m world record holder, told Xinhua that although they expect a very …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bugiri Municipality MP, Asuman Basalirwa says is to begin public consultations into the Anti-Counterfeits Bill 2023. In July 2023, Asuman Basaliwa succeeded in securing leave of Parliament to allow him to introduce “The Anti-Counterfeit Bill, 2023.” The object of the law is to prohibit …
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Zanzibar, Tazania | THE INDEPENDENT | Commonwealth countries, including Uganda, endorsed a new set of measures at the Commonwealth law ministers meeting in Zanzibar, designed to improve people’s access to justice. The measures were the result of four-day deliberations among law ministers at their biennial meeting in Tanzania. They were also …
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Dokola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition candidates nominated for the Dokolo Parliamentary By-Election have decried the high levels of intimidation being exerted on them. The candidates who expressed fear for their lives and their supporters, want the Electoral Commission to provide them with enough security. Anna Grace Lalam, an Independent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Court Process servers have sued the Officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police at Namutumba Police Station Stella Nankunda accusing her of illegal detention. A court process server delivers and serves legal documents such as summons to parties to a case. …
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Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty primary seven teachers in Nakaseke district have sat examinations to test their competence after their candidates failed Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE. According to the PLE results for Nakaseke district, 604 candidates (12.9%) passed in the first division, 2,706 candidates (57.9%) in the second division, 728 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A transport consultant has asked the government to consider allowing private companies to operate railway transport on government infrastructure. Uganda’s developed rail network covers 1,250 kilometres, but currently, only about 20 percent of this is serviceable, with the rest either abandoned or closed. Currently, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation- ATN has called for a comprehensive and value-for-money audit of the expenditure of Parliament. Members led by the spokesperson of the party Gerald Karuhanga and former Leader of Opposition Winnie Kiiza were on Wednesday addressing a press conference at the …
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