Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have expressed fear that government’s flag ship programme, the Parish Development Model (PDM) is likely to fail because most parishes are not yet prepared. MPs said that although the programme is inclined towards agricultural production and marketing, many parishes lack key infrastructure like …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sports federations have welcomed additional funding to the sports sector. According to the 2022/23 financial year budget figures read by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija on Tuesday, the sports sector will receive Shillings 47.81 billion up from Shillings 17billion provided …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss a petition in which Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake is challenging the decision to remove him as a member of the P. Zaake was impeached by Members of Parliament on March 10, following …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has tasked the National Social Security Fund-NSSF to ensure there are no cases of cyber fraud as the fund launches a three-in-one social security smart card. With the card, the fund’s qualified members will be able to directly withdraw their NSSF …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security on Thursday burst an Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) training center in Luweero district. The ADF is an affiliate of the Islamic State in central Africa and is also blamed for the bombings in the Ugandan capital Kampala last November that left six people dead …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have been asked to guard against corruption tendencies and ensure that Parliament continues to be held in high regard. The statements were made by Justine Kasule Lumumba, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of General Duties on Wednesday, 15 …
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Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | To continue supporting the effort of the Ugandan feminist society, the Embassy of France in Uganda launched an initiative aimed at financing the activation of the innovative ideas of creative innovative movement. The program titled, ‘For an intergenerational and creative feminist movement,’ will be allocated …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a tiny workshop at Uganda’s top university, Makerere University, tech-savvy youths develop a low cost air quality monitoring system that experts say will influence decision-making regarding the increasing air pollution in the east African country. According to the 2021 World Air Quality Report, Uganda’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Secondary and primary schools in different parts of the country are luring teachers to classes with the promise of increasing the Parents, Teachers allowances. At many of the secondary schools that Uganda Radio Network visited, learning was taking place despite calls by the Uganda National …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies are hunting for Joseph Kabuleta, a former presidential candidate, a day after his offices were raided by security personnel. On Wednesday, armed security personnel dressed in civilian clothes searched the offices of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue located at Luthuli Avenue in Bugolobi and …
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