Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force- UPDF will recruit 4,000 soldiers. The nationwide recruitment exercise will take place on December 27th to 5th January 2020. Speaking at the UPDF headquarters in Mbuya on Saturday, UPDF spokesperson Brig. Richard Karemire told journalists that the aim of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pharmacists are blaming government for failing to account for drugs that expire from stores. Sam Opio, the Secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda said even as the annual drug availability report launched on Thursday by the Medicines Transparency Alliance puts drug availability in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority – UWA is struggling to capture a stray crocodile which is threatening the lives of fishermen in Entebbe Municipality. Several fishermen have sighted the reptile in the lake between the UPDF Marine Docking pier, the Ministry of Energy and at the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defense forces, Gen. David Muhoozi has revealed that the army has secured funds which will be distributed to spouses of UPDF soldiers. While presiding over the end of year CDF party on Friday at the Jinja UPDF cantonment, Muhoozi says that 100 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Owiny Dollo has said that the retirement age of judicial officers should be reviewed. Under Article 144 of the Constitution, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges retire at 70 years. He said that it is not fair for the …
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Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City may have won back-to-back Premier League titles, and currently stand 11 points clear of Manchester United, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists his team are still bigger than their neighbours. Despite not winning a championship since 2013, the Old Trafford boss insists his side …
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Washington, United States | AFP | The White House blasted the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump as “completely baseless” Friday, signalling it would not seek to defend the president in Democratic-led hearings to draw up formal charges against him. But Republicans demanded that Joe Biden’s son Hunter, the lawmaker leading the …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump lashed out at the World Bank on Friday, blaming the international financial institution for lending money to China. “Why is the World Bank loaning money to China? Can this be possible? China has plenty of money, and if they don’t, they …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has called for an end to dependency and hatred. Oulanyah said Ugandans are lagging behind due to hatred and dependency instead of working hard for development. He was speaking on Friday at the opening of the Uganda Schools …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government move to borrow 2.4 trillion shillings from Stanbic Bank and Trade and Development Bank to plug the budget deficit, has evoked mixed feelings from economists and observers. On Thursday, State Minister for Finance David Bahati tabled a request before parliament indicating that …
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