JOBS: Uganda Agricultural Attache in Rome Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries wishes to fill the position of Agricultural Attache based in Rome, Italy for a period of four years. The candidate should be a Public Officer in the Agricultural Sector and will …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Jailed former NSSF MD David Chandi Jamwa on Wednesday filed an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging his 12 year jail term. On Monday this week , the Court of Appeal cancelled Jamwa’s bail and returned him to Luzira prison to start on the journey …
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Washington, United States | AFP | Identifying animals and reciting a list of words are among the type of challenges contained in the cognitive fitness test taken by US President Donald Trump. According to White House doctor Ronny Jackson, Trump scored “exceedingly well” (30 out of 30) on the Montreal …
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Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Democratic Republic of Congo’s former military chief, who has been accused by Kinshasa of an attempted coup against President Joseph Kabila in 2011, has been arrested in Gabon, sources told AFP. “General Faustin Munene has been arrested since Wednesday, January 10… in Gabon,” said a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inforcation, Communication, Technology Association of Uganda (ICTAU) has announced a new board of 10 members to guide its activities in 2018. The new Board of Directors were elected at the 4th Annual General Meeting held December 9th, 2017 at Hive Colab in …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden | AFP | Danish prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged inventor Peter Madsen with last year’s murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, whose dismembered body parts were found at sea after she interviewed him on his homemade submarine. Madsen, who was arrested and detained shortly after Wall’s disappearance in August, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) enforcement team has carried out three operations in downtown Kampala on Tuesday in search of counterfeit goods. The team was confiscated over 50 boxes of counterfeited biscuits from Kikuubo and Cooper Complex, a clear case of rising trade mark infringement. …
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Mbarara, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former presidential candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye’s case in which he is jointly charged with FDC president, Amuriat Patrick Oboi and three others has been adjourned to March 06, 2018, due to the absence of trial Magistrate Sanyu Mukasa who is on official leave. Together with …
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BRIDGE: The school’s best performing PLE pupils were from the eastern part of the country Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In its pioneer year of Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), Bridge International Academies registered a notable performance where 93% of its pupils passed in Grade 1 and Grade 2. In …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 68th Graduation Ceremony of Makerere University started on Tuesday and will run up to Friday. In four sessions on four days, over 14,000 graduands will be presented to the Chancellor Prof. Ezra Suruma for conferment of Makerere University and award of diplomas in the respective …
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