Museveni, Stakeholders to Discuss Achieving Uganda’s NDPII Goals at KTA Symposium 2022 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the highlights of the 5th KTA Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property and Technology due next week will be a practical session – a pitch competition for young entrepreneurs in Uganda’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wameli and Company Advocates have withdrawn from a case involving Charles Olim, commonly known as Sipapa together with his wife Shamirah Nakiyemba, two weeks after receiving instructions. The couple is charged with aggravated robbery. Sipapa and Nakiyemba first appeared before Makindye Chief Magistrates Court a month …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom’s partnership with MTN Uganda signed two years ago has started to yield positive results as the kingdom’s Annual Masaza Cup becomes a conveyor belt of talented players to the big league and Uganda Premier League. The partnership worth Shs400million aimed to support the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical personnel with a speciality in providing eye care services have appealed to the government to invest more in eye care services in the country. Dr Moses Kasadhakawo, a senior consultant ophthalmologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital said that the entire country has only 40 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control has urged all foreign students to acquire student passes or be deported. A student pass for international students in Uganda is billed at USD 100. Simon Peter Mundeyi, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Internal Affairs faulted universities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Peer Review Mechanism-APRM Chief Executive, Prof. Eddy Maloka has said that Africa’s problem is not long-serving leaders but the leadership crisis. Prof. Maloka, who was the keynote speaker as Makerere celebrated the legacy of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere on Thursday, said that a leader …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government will next month carry out indoor spraying of mosquitoes in districts of Lango and West Nile. Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director General Health Services in the Ministry of Health on Thursday said that spraying the mosquitoes will be rolled out in the districts …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected cattle rustler has been shot dead by UPDF soldiers during a cordon and search operation in Lokitimo village, Lotisan sub-county, Moroto district. Lokeris Loyep, 52, was killed on Thursday at the entrance of his gate while going to a nearby bush to answer …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After the successful 15th Edition in Jinja dubbed Nyam on the Nile, Roast and Rhyme is back to Kampala at Jahazi Pier Munyonyo for the 16th Edition on 30th October. This Halloween edition sets to elicit the fun and spooky side of revellers while …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Edwin Mbabazi, the Kabale Resident State Attorney is in trouble for allegedly receiving a bribe of Shillings 125,000. He was arrested on Thursday by a team of detectives from the Inspectorate of Government, following a complaint by a whistleblower from Kyanamira sub-county, Kabale district. Sam …
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