What makes today’s giant companies efficient is their ability to mine data and apply insights to their strategies COMMENT | Emmanuel Osanga | How can we not pay attention to data, considering the value it provides? Ultimately, it will position organisations to either win or lose in their industries. At …
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NRM MANIFESTO WEEK | The ministry of Water and Environment is planning to have its own force to protect forests and wetlands just like Uganda Wildlife Authority recruits and manages its game rangers. Sam Cheptoris, the minister of Water and Environment says this will help protect the dwindling forests better since …
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NRM MANIFESTO WEEK | As soon as the Science and Technology ministry was established in June 2016, an Innovation Fund was created. Since 2016 the ministry’s Innovation Fund has so far received a budgetary allocation of Shs50 billion. Armed with this money each year, the Ministry has been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has announced that the John Babiiha Avenue will be closed off during the swearing in day of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Museveni will be swearing in for his sixth elective term at Kololo airstrip on May 12th. Traffic police commander for Kampala …
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Colorado, US | XINHUA | Six adults were killed early Sunday morning when a suspect opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado Springs, a city in U.S. state of Colorado, police said, adding the suspect took his own life on scene. The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The public has been cautioned against violating guidelines that were put in place to control the spread of COVID-19. Such guidelines include, among others, a nighttime curfew which starts at 9 pm. and runs until 5.30 am, every day. However, although the curfew was …
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Nile Council of Ministers call on Nile Basin countries to increase coordination in planning of water use Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Projections of future water demand based on national plans show a widening gap between water availability and water demand, which could lead to increasing water conflict …
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COMMENT | Ambassadors Jules-Armand & Matthias Schauer | This year again, in order to limit as much as possible the risks of spreading the Coronavirus, the French and German embassies in Uganda will not organize their traditional ceremony of May 8 for the commemoration of the end of the Second World War. This …
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📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ S2 – May 13 ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – June 7 📌 3-year plan to harmonize school calendar ✳ Terms 12 weeks ✳ Holidays 15-17 days ✳ No exams this year ✳ 2021 starts August 9 ✳ 2022 starts May 16 ✳ 2023 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Dominic Ongwen’s victims wanted tougher extension: But why were they mourning alone? THE LAST WORD The new religious crusade: How the Christian faith has influenced Western intrusions into other countries to promote democracy ANALYSIS …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
