✳ Year – Interest 2012 ✅10.00% 2013 ✅11.23% 2014 ✅11.50% 2015 ✅13.00% 2016 ✅12.30% 2017 ✅11.23% 2018 ✅ 15% 2019 -……….. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten days after cautioning that National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will pay a lower interest rate on account of a drop in its total …
Read More »Over 100 MPs listed among perpetual absentees in parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 legislators have been listed as perpetual absentees from meetings that were scheduled in Parliament between the month of July 2017 and May 2018, the second year of the tenth parliament. At least 37 of these missed meetings scheduled all year through. According …
Read More »Seven children killed, scores hurt after school collapses
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Seven children died and scores were injured early Monday when a school building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, in an accident blamed on shoddy construction. “We can confirm that we have seven fatalities,” said government spokesman Cyrus Oguna. Education Minister George Magoha said in …
Read More »Uganda Govt’s next move on Non-Governmental Organizations
It now has data on their agenda, funders, money Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | After a month-long verification and validation exercise of NGOs operating in Uganda, attention has now shifted to what the government intends to do next. What is clear so far, according to interviews The Independent did …
Read More »US MISSION: No reason to ban cameras at polling stations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States (US) Mission has appealed to parliament to uphold internal best practices and allow the use of cameras and phones at polling stations during the 2021 general elections. In a brief statement issued on the US Mission Uganda official twitter handle Wednesday, …
Read More »MAO: Fragments and lessons from my school days addressed to students
OPINION | By Norbert Mao | This week the last school term of the year starts. So let me share these fragments to lift up the spirit of our students. The only caveat I offer is that school days offer foundation-al knowledge. Learning should be a lifelong endeavor. In 1984 I arrived in Namilyango …
Read More »Construction of UGX 22B Mbale hospital surgical complex stalls
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the surgical complex at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has stalled for 2 years because of the failure by government to release money as per the signed contract. Construction of the Shillings 22 billion complex started in 2016 and was supposed to run for …
Read More »Kigezi clergy, HIV activists disagree on promoting condom use
Kigezi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a dispute between HIV/Aids activists and religious leaders in Kigezi sub-region on the promotion of condom use as one of the major ways of containing the spread of HIV. According to the 2017 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment and Uganda AIDS Commission, the …
Read More »Equal opportunities commission starts Inquiry on disputed Apaa land
Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Equal Opportunities Commission – EOC has started inquiries into grievances on the contested Apaa land. Dispute over the 827 Square kilometres of Apaa land started in 2012 when Adjumani district council gazetted the area as East Madi Game Reserve. The move was opposed by …
Read More »Kabila still pulling strings in DR Congo
It is four months since Joseph Kabila handed over office as President of DR Congo to Félix Antoine Tshisekedi but the former president is still a major decision maker pulling the levers of power in Africa’s second largest country. | The Independent | Kabila’s backed coalition Common Front for Congo …
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