Kyagulanyi was at the JEEMA offices in Mengo on Thursday to meet with the top party leaders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Top leaders of the Justice Forum-JEEMA party declined to attend a meeting with the National Unity Platform party president Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu. In his effort to reach out to …
Read More »Don’t use official secrets law to deny citizens access to information
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government officers must not use the official Secrets Act to deny citizens the right to access of information and records. It is emerging that civil servants at different levels have tended to use archaic laws like the official secrets act to deny citizens information. The official …
Read More »COVID-19 vaccine supply hitches could reignite upticks in Africa – WHO
Africa currently accounts for 1 percent of COVID-19 vaccines administered globally Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The delays in supply of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa linked to the crisis in India could reignite new waves of infections in the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, …
Read More »ANT to conduct internal party elections in August
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party is planning to conduct internal party elections in August 2021, to streamline its structures from the grassroots. The party which believes in building party structures, has been operating with an interim leadership composed of the National, Regional and Sub region …
Read More »Kenya backs proposal to waive COVID-19 vaccine patent rights
U.S. on Wednesday agreed to support waiving intellectual property (IP) restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines, a breakthrough in the global fight against the pandemic Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Thursday welcomed the United States position to temporarily waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines in a bid to increase global supplies …
Read More »Kenyan gov’t defends itself in Male Mabirizi’s case over maize ban
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Kenya has started defending itself in a case in which Kampala based lawyer Male Mabirizi sued it for banning Ugandan maize and poultry in their country. In its defense filed before the East African Court of Justice in Nairobi sub registry, the Kenyan …
Read More »NMS hits back after Parliament accusations of theft and dealing in expired drugs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | National Medical Stores (NMS) has hit back at accusations of improper conduct leveled against them by parliament, arguing that they are not backed by facts. NMS said it was particularly alarmed by concerns by Members of Parliament (MPs) that the institution is not using …
Read More »Witch doctor, five others arrested over kidnap of two children
Kagadi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kagadi police are holding six people, among them a witch doctor on allegations of kidnapping two children. The witch doctor has been identified as Sylvester Bagonza, a resident of Kyomunembe cell in Kagadi town council, Kagadi district. The particulars of the remaining suspects have been withheld …
Read More »The National plan that aims to double industrial value addition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has drawn a plan that it hopes will increase the level of industrialization to 31.7% of the value of the Ugandan economy (GDP) in the next 10 years up from the current 27% recorded in 2018/2019. The new National Industrial Plan, it is hoped …
Read More »Poor extension services affecting farmers in Kasese
Farmers in Kasese are grappling without extension services which have affected their production rate Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The failure by extension workers in Kasese district to reach out to the community is affecting farming activities. Many extension workers have reportedly abandoned their duty stations or take long to respond …
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