Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA has endorsed Uganda’s nuclear energy power plant development following a successful review of the country’s nuclear infrastructure. This follows the successful accomplishment of the milestone phase one approach required by the Agency for the development of …
Read More »MTN explains under-subscription as share price shoots up
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda share prices gained on the first day of trading on the Uganda Securities Exchange, from the Initial Public Offer price of 200 shillings per share. The shares traded at an average sh205 per share, which was a gain of 2.5% from …
Read More »Doctors blame Parliament, Ministries for continued strike
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors under the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) have asked parliament to address the deploring state of the health sector in the country. They say Parliament and government ministries are to blame for the continued strike which has left many Ugandans stranded without medical …
Read More »Deputy Mufti backs countrywide registration of Imams
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Abdallah Ssemambo has backed the nationwide registration of all Imams. In Mid-November this year, the Kadhi of Luwero Muslim District, Sheikh Ramadhan Mulindwa embarked on the registration of all Imams and other religious leaders at Mosques in the …
Read More »Uganda earmarks Sh608 billion for emergency medical services
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has earmarked sh608.2 billion for implementing the Emergency Medical Services Policy and Strategy for the next five years. The Emergency Medical Services – EMS is a department under the Ministry of Health that seeks to increase access to on-scene emergency medical care …
Read More »Prolonged closure of Entebbe Hospital irks residents
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prolonged closure of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has irked residents. The hospital closed the outpatient, dental, optical, maternal and child care departments in March last year to focus on the management of COVID-19 patients. Before its closure, the hospital served more than a …
Read More »Minister Musenero challenges veterinary experts on value addition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister for Science, Technology and innovation Dr. Monica Musenero has challenged animal sector players to focus on research and value addition as the Uganda moves towards developing its entire industrial sector. Delivering the key note address at a two day Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) symposium …
Read More »Full list of 43 newly appointed magistrates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty three newly appointed Grade One Magistrates have been deployed and seven other Judicial Officers transferred, according to changes announced by the Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu. The deployed judicial officers were appointed in October this year following a recruitment process by the Judicial …
Read More »Kidnappers demand Sh30M to release Budaka teenager
Budaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating the alleged of 14-year-old Kasita Muyinda, a student of Naalya secondary school and resident of Bwase cell in Budaka town council in Budaka district. Muyanda is a son to Difasi Muyinda, a veterinary assistant attached to Budaka district local government, who was also …
Read More »Thousands of people protest in Brussels against new coronavirus restrictions
Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Thousands of demonstrators marched in the streets of Brussels on Sunday to protest against the government’s latest strict measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Twenty people were reported to have been arrested, according to the police, and four demonstrators and two police officers …
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