🔴 Election of Speaker TODAY ➡ Picking forms NRM secretariat WEDNESDAY ➡ CEC NRM meeting THURSDAY ➡ NRM Caucus meeting FRIDAY ➡ Elections Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament will sit on Friday, March 25, to elect the new speaker of Parliament following the death of Jacob …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party has asked Members of Parliament to express interest in the position of Speaker of Parliament. The party’s top organ, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) chaired by President Yoweri Museveni will on Wednesday discuss the names of candidates and …
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COMMENT | DEDAN TUMUSIIME | Recent reports that the Ministry of Education and Sports was considering allowing greater use of mobile phones in post-primary institutions will divide the country in two. Easier availability of mobile phones, especially among individual students in secondary schools, has one big single benefit. Greater and …
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Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stakeholders in the mining sector have asked the government to invest in restoration and conservation of the environment for artisanal miners in a move needed to fight the adverse effects of climate change in the country. Chris Musiime, the Programmes Director for Africa Center …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to release sh3.024 billion to facilitate research on the use of Ivermectin prophylaxis in the treatment of COVID-19 infection. Last year, the President tasked the Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF …
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The Asian nation’s move is seen as pushing Russia’s influence in Africa Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India for the maintenance and technical support of the Sukhoi SU-MK30 fighter jets Uganda purchased from Russia more than a decade ago. The maintenance …
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🔴 RESULT 800 m final Ajee Wilson 🇺🇲 1:59.09 🥇 Freweyni Hailu 🇪🇹 2:00.54 🥈 Halimah Nakaayi 🇺🇬 2:00.66 🥉 ➡1500m W final 1⃣ Gudaf #Tsegay 🇪🇹 3:57.19 2⃣ Axumawit Embaye 🇪🇹 4:02.29 3⃣ Hirut Meshesha 🇪🇹 4:03:39 4⃣ Winnie Nanyondo 🇺🇬 4:04.60 5⃣ Josette Norris 🇺🇸 4:04.71 Belgrade, Serbia | …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some members of Parliament have this afternoon convened at Parliament to mourn the fallen speaker Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah died today in a health facility in Seattle, United States of America where he was referred by doctors at Mulago National Referral Hospital since February 4th, …
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Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kanungu district have started investigations into circumstances under which a banana plantation belonging to MP James Ruuji Kaberuka, Kinkiizi West County Member of Parliament was allegedly damaged by one of his voters over a land and money feud. Kaberuka accuses Steven Byamukama, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has hired a consultant to carry out a study on whether parents whose children attend government-funded schools should pay school fees or not. This move is geared towards addressing the ever-increasing school fees that parents are made to …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
