🟡 Today ✳ 3000m W heats – Keziah Chebet & Bentalin Yeko ✳ 3000m SC W final – Chepkwurui & Chekwemoi ✳ 3000m M final – Kibet & Musau Lima, Peru | THE INDEPENDENT & IAAF | Five Ugandan teenagers will take to the track at World Athletics U20 Championships in …
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Everyone has a role to play in combating AMR. Individuals and farmers can help by using antibiotics only when prescribed by a healthcare professional, completing the full course of treatment, and practicing good hygiene to prevent infections. COMMENT | Dr JacksonTwebaze Ndahayo | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On August 28, marked the successful conclusion of Prudential Uganda’s six-month SAFE STEPS Road Safety Campaign, an initiative dedicated to raising awareness and promoting safer driving habits nationwide. This campaign, a collaborative effort between Prudence Foundation, Prudential Uganda, and implemented by Uganda Red Cross Society, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has opposed the bail application of Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa, the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Cooperatives, who is facing charges of conspiring with five others to defraud Buyaka Growers Cooperatives Society Limited of over UGX …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-corruption court in Kampala has granted Elgon County MP, Ignatius Wamakuyu Mudimi a cash bail of 35 million shillings on charges of diverting public resources and conspiracy to defraud the government. On Wednesday, the Court presided over Lady Justice JJane Okuo Kajuga granted Wamakuyu …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has asked leaders in Local Governments that are benefiting from the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Programme –USMID funded projects to develop project sustainability plans. Steven Bogere, a senior sociologist and coordinator of the Urban Forum …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda, one of the partners of the GROW project which is being spearheaded by the ministry of gender and labour, World Bank and PSFU, have customised several of their services to suit ordinary women interested in loans. Women entrepreneurs will be able to …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A law that will regulate the operations of technologists and technicians, has been mooted for consideration by Parliament. The Bill was tabled by the State Minister for Works and Transport, Musa Ecweru during the first day of the regional plenary sittings in Gulu City on …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua has applauded the 11th Parliament for holding the first ever regional plenary sittings in Gulu City, Northern Uganda. Obua made the remarks during the plenary sitting at Kaunda grounds, Gulu City on Wednesday, 28 August 2024. He paid …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of MTN Uganda, has today partnered with Uganda Christian University (UCU) to empower Uganda’s youth with essential digital skills. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at MTN Uganda, highlighting a shared vision of equipping …
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