Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda, Michael Atingi-Ego has called for better planning for emergencies so that pandemics can have minimal impact. Atingi-Ego noted the need for reduction in spending on non-priority areas, postponement of capital intensive and import-dependent projects to help improve external balance …
Read More »Mukono municipality asks health ministry to take over Rotary hospital
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipality authorities have asked the Ministry of Health to take over the management of the Rotary Hospital located at Ngandu, Mukono Central Division. The 2 billion Shillings facility was constructed by the Rotary Club of Kampala on 10-acres of land donated to Rotary in …
Read More »Private school teachers in Masaka demand salary increment
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Proprietors and administrators of private schools in Masaka are faced with the task of meeting the expectations and high demands of teachers as they return to classes. In the wake of schools reopening from a prolonged lockdown induced by the outbreak of Covid-19, many private …
Read More »Lukwago, councilors reignite demand for increased funding to Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has reignited demands for an increase in the annual budget allocated to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA to at least one per cent of the national budget. Uganda’s national budget for the current financial year is 44.7 trillion Shillings. Last year, …
Read More »Foreign Affairs ministry wants CHOGM vehicle fleet replaced
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have told Members of Parliament that the fleet of vehicles used for transporting CHOGM dignitaries is no longer fit for purpose. The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Vincent Bagiire, told the Foreign Affairs Commitee of Parliament on Thursday that the …
Read More »Enthronement of new Orthodox metropolitan set for February
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly-elected Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Kampala and Uganda, his Eminence Jeronymos Muzeeyi will be enthroned at the end of February. Metropolitan Muzeeyi was elected at the end of the three days of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria between January …
Read More »Wakiso targets 640,000 children in mass polio vaccination campaign
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district is targeting to immunize 640,000 children during the mass polio vaccination campaign. The three-day vaccination campaign against polio among children aged five years and below was launched in Wakiso on Thursday. The campaign that targets 8.7 million children aims to also reach children …
Read More »Girl rejects return to village school, grandmother says she committed suicide
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A six-year-old child has reportedly ended her life in what the family says might be a protest against a decision to take her back to a village school. The shocking incident happened in Bweyogerere Central Zone, Kira municipality on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified …
Read More »Court quashes UGX9Bn award to Karuma power project land claimants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has quashed the decision by the High Court to award 9.3 Billion Shillings as compensation to claimants of land where the government is currently constructing the Karuma Hydro Power Project. A panel of three justices Christopher Izama Madrama, Irene Mulyagonja, and …
Read More »Lawyers ask court to allow ACTV examine torture of terror suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing 15 terror suspects have asked Buganda Road Magistrates Court to allow the doctors from the African Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims to access the prisons and examine the health status of the suspects. The suspects include money operators Yusuf Muwonge alias Hamza …
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