BEIJING | Xinhua | China is stepping up efforts to expand employment while addressing structural employment problems, as part of a broader push to boost employment, an official said. China has set targets of keeping the surveyed urban unemployment rate at around 5.5 percent in 2025, and creating over 12 …
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It is clear that Musk currently has Trump’s ear. The White House has given free rein to Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and Trump himself has encouraged Musk to be more aggressive. COMMENT | DANI RODRIK | Although Donald Trump came to office riding a tsunami of public …
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Although the Inspector General of Police, Abas Byakagaba, officially launched the implementation of sub-county policing six weeks ago, many challenges have already been witnessed, including leaving greater Kampala, which is a crime-prone area with only half of the 13,000 personnel it has been having. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | …
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Raila: Why I signed agreement with President Ruto Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | ODM leader Raila Odinga has explained why he signed a cooperation agreement with President William Ruto. Speaking at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) during the signing ceremony also attended by President Ruto, Raila stated that …
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The prosecution wanted application to be heard today, but the defense lawyers led by Frederick Mpanga and Erias Lukwago objected, saying that they were served on Thursday and that their clients haven’t gotten an opportunity to look through it. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions …
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The sudden freeze threatens the stability of an economy built on US dollars. Harare, Zimbabwe | Global Press Journal | Batsirai Mutara started selling cheese and dairy products from a makeshift roadside stand when he was 27. It was a far cry from his former office job, where inflation devoured his paycheck, …
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Things looked bad for Francis Thoya when the event planner lost his income and became a shark meat seller. But that led to an “aha” moment that has since become a win-win for him and his community. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A delicious smell of baking fills the …
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COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Dear Honorable Members of Parliament. A young man was knocked down by a boda boda. His family and close-knit extended community, despite their own struggles, rallied together, fundraised tirelessly, and did everything in their power to save him. But it was not enough. He died. He …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded two leaders of the Uganda Liberal Teachers’ Union Members’ SACCO on charges of obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy to defraud. The leaders are Evans Mutesasira Kaganizo, the SACCO Chairperson resident of Katanga Zone in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the late Eriya Kategaya was a trailblazer in the realm of patriotic politics in Uganda. Kategaya, who served as Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs, passed away on 2nd March 2013. “Kategaya …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
