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Rodel Gaita wins Professional Golfers Challenge

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rodel Gaita Kisembo, won the second Professional Golfers Challenge on Friday at the Uganda Golf Club. The Kampala based professional won on a play-off, beating Grace Kasango and Joseph Cwinyaai after all returning with similar scores of 1 under par 70. The trio …

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IGG, Attorney General okays ongoing NEMA restructuring

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Inspectorate of Government (IG) and the Attorney General’s office have dismissed allegations of abuse of office and corruption leveled against the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Board, and okayed the ongoing restructuring and phasing out of the position of directors. “… we hold the …

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“Jason’s law on corruption”

How governance in Africa reflects structural imperatives, not the personalities of our leaders THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Recently, someone posted an article on our WhatsApp chatgroup about the persistence of “corruption” in Africa. It said on June 13, 1988, Pini Jason Onyegbaduo, a popular Nigerian columnist, propounded a “Hypothesis …

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Mbale Hospital recieves dialysis machine

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has received dialysis machines worth Shillings 200 million from the Health Ministry. The machines will be used to treat patients with kidney failure problems. Dr. Erick Ebono, who is set to lead the dialysis unit at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, says …

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NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi preaches unity in Lango

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has rallied the people of Lango to embrace unity as bait for ousting the National Resistance Movement leadership under President Yoweri Museveni. Kyagulanyi accused the current regime of intentionally creating disunity and compromising leaders and called on …

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