It may help to preserve your brain health Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Daytime napping may help to preserve brain health by slowing the rate at which our brains shrink as we age, suggests a new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of the Republic in Uruguay. The …
Read More »NSSF, UBTS enter new partnership
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 19, National Social Security Fund in partnership with Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) kicked off a blood donation drive to collect over 3,000 units of rare blood types currently in high demand in hospitals. At the launch of the drive, Barbra Arimi, NSSF …
Read More »Tayebwa calls for Youth skilling to address unemployment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has rallied world leaders, policymakers, and development partners to invest in skilling young people in order to curb unemployment. Tayebwa made the call on Saturday while addressing over 400 global delegates at the ongoing week-long 63rd Organization of …
Read More »Alcohol consumption age to move from 18 to 21
The policy was passed by the Cabinet in November 2019 but it has never been implemented Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan government has announced plans to implement an earlier agreed policy to raise the legal age for alcohol consumption from 18 to 21 years. The move was announced …
Read More »Compromise reached between Moscow, Wagner military head:Russian media
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday according to RIA Novosti news agency reports. Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko’s proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate …
Read More »Kasese School Attack: UPDF yet to rescue abducted students
Kasese, Uganda | THEE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Force(UPDF) has denied claims that three students of Mpondwe-Lhubiriha Secondary School that were abducted by the Allied Democratic Forces(ADF) rebels had escaped from captivity. Last week, suspected members of the ADF rebel group attacked the school resulting in the loss of …
Read More »URA to collect UGX 2 trillion to hit target
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA is expected to collect 2 trillion Shillings in the next six days to hit the annual target. This was revealed by Ibrahim Bbosa, the URA Assistant Commissioner for Communication and Corporate Affairs. In this financial year, URA’s target was 25.5 Trillion …
Read More »Agago rolls out Parish Development Model program
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district has launched the Parish Development Model, PDM with 117 parishes set to share 57 million Shillings out of the 6.5 billion Shillings. While officiating over the launch of the program at Agago district Headquarters on Saturday, Beatrice Akori, the State Minister for Economic …
Read More »Former Kabweri MP Gonahasa Francis Barnabas dead
Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Kabweri Member of Parliament in Kibuku District, Gonahasa Francis Barnabas has died. Gonahasa served in Parliament from 2016 under the Forum For Democratic Change party in the tenth Parliament. Family sources and friends confirmed his death but the cause is yet to be ascertained. …
Read More »Stella Arach Amoko burial ruling pushed to Tuesday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of the late Supreme Court Judge, Stella Arach Amoko will have to wait until next Tuesday when the court will rule on where she is to be buried. The case is being presided over by High Court Judge Ketra Kitarisiibwa Katunguka who ordered …
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