Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four motorcycles donated by the Prime Minister to extension workers are rusting away at Luwero district headquarters over lack of number plates. In September 2023 Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja donated five brand-new motorcycles to agricultural extension workers in the Wobulenzi, Kamira, Zirobwe and Busika …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima District health department has vaccinated 43,778 children against Measles. Those vaccinated are aged between 9 months and 5 years. They were vaccinated last week in the second round of the mass measles vaccination. The first round of the mass measles vaccination was conducted …
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Interviews conducted with people in Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda, found widespread links between online violence and the offline world – or an “online-offline continuum of violence Geneva, Swtizerland | THE INDEPENDENT | Women and girls are disproportionately experiencing violence fuelled by the increasing use of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Uganda Holdings limited (SUHL) becomes the latest to launch a Unit Trust in country, with its success poised to leverage on financial group’s large clientele. This comes just after the total assets under management by Collective Investment Schemes hit 2.8 trillion shillings as of …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s sole cyclist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Charles Kagimu, has vowed to put up a good show in his first appearance at the Games. Paris 2024 that will feature over 10,000 athletes will take center stage from July 26 to August 11. Kagimu, who …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises have tasked the finance ministry to present documentation on the criteria used in granting bailouts to companies in financial crises. According to the committee chairperson, Medard Sseggona, companies belonging to foreign investors have mostly …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint Security Forces and leaders in the Karamoja sub-region have resumed peace dialogues to address the resurging insecurity. The region experienced some relative peace for the last nine months following peace dialogues which led to the voluntary surrender of illegal firearms. However, in the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Committee on Government Assurances and Implementation is investigating the Circumstances under which officials at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in Gulu city allegedly disaggregated its Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The probe comes after a visit by members of the Committee chaired by Abed Bwanika …
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Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakaseke District have arrested a 17-year-old boy for illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect is Akhram Yusuf, a resident of Lubaga Division in Kampala. He was arrested on Friday after residents of Mabanga village in Namayumba sub county saw him carrying a …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Athletics team has entered a residential camp to prepare for the Paris Olympics games scheduled for July 26th to August 11th in France. The team of over 20 athletes is camping at Trinity Biblical Institute in Kapchorwa under the guidance of the …
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