Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament sitting on the Finance Committee have demanded for a comprehensive explanation on the fate of unspent balances that are returned to the consolidated fund. In accordance with the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 all unspent balances as at 30th June are due …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Uganda needs more financial support to be able to properly accommodate the growing number of refugees, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has told a high level United Nations delegation. Kadaga, who was meeting various UN agencies including UNDP, UNOPS, UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP and UN …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Tanzania’s high court on Friday temporarily suspended a controversial new law that would impose major fees on bloggers and other online media. Due to come into force on Saturday, the law would compel bloggers to pay $900 (750 euros) for a permit, a huge sum …
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Rollers vs KCCA 10pm Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC head coach Mike Hillary Mutebi has said his team must go all out and battle for maximum points when they face Township Rollers FC in the CAF Champions League Group A tíe in Botswana on Friday night. Mutebi …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the expansion and rehabilitation of Sembabule water supply system. The President urged the residents to protect the water resources in the area jealously and use the new installations to improve their livelihoods. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation took …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renowned management scholar, Prof. Allan Katwalo Mulengani, says Ugandans have to up their competitiveness in the marketplace or else they will be overrun by foreign interests. Mulengani, the Director of Nairobi-based Abacus Business School, was speaking at a business banking breakfast meeting organized by …
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Madhvani Foundation has invested six billion shillings so far in Uganda’s University Education Kampala, Uganda | JIMMY SIYA | The Madhvani Foundation on Wednesday announced the 2018-2019 Scholarship annual award worth Sh700 million . The Initiative reintroduced in 2003 has so far offered over Sh6.5 billion and supported over 2000 Ugandan …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent magazine.. COVER STORY Museveni looks for new BoU governor: IMF’s Ating Ego, Kasekende, Muhakanizi, Kizza in race. HEALTH Cuban doctor controversy: Does Uganda Medical Union, NOTU, understand what they are fighting? THE LAST WORD Understanding why …
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TODAY: Township Rollers ?? vs KCCA FC ?? 10pm Johannesburg, South Africa | INDEPENDENT & AFP | The 2018 CAF Champions League group phase kicks off this weekend with Uganda’s KCCA FC taking on Botswana flag bearers Township Rollers Friday in a first for both sides. It is a first Champions League Group …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media practitioners have said media space in Uganda has been reducing despite good laws in support of press freedom. The concern comes as Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Press freedom under the global theme for this year “Keeping Power …
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