Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The burden of catastrophic health expenditures remains large in many countries in Africa. A report by the Makerere University-based Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) shows that most of the health expenditure in Uganda is met privately and by the rich. Due to this, a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 2020 Africa Food Prize winner Dr Catherine Nakalembe has decided to donate her prize money for setting up a library to help decision-makers access data to predict and direct resources where they are most needed in the field of agriculture. The Assistant Research Professor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speedwing Travel Centre Limited has sued the government for alleged failure to pay more than US$ 56,000 dollars (about Shillings 207.3 million) for the air tickets issued to her officials on credit. In its suit before the High Court Civil Division, Speedwing Travel Centre …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister of Labor Mwesigwa Rukutana is leading the Rushenyi County NRM party primary elections in a recount held today. The recount presided over by the chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party-Electoral Commission Dr Tanga Odoi follows a petition filed by Rukutana challenging …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the police to expedite investigations into an incident in which a man was arrested with a human head at Parliament. On Monday, a 22-year-old man Joseph Nuwashaba, a resident of Kizinda, Bushenyi district was intercepted at …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University’s faculty of Agriculture and Environment has initiated a skilling programme for community members on pork processing and value addition. The initiative funded by MasterCard seeks to explore and fill the gap in the food processing chain aimed at improving profit margins of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increasing number of National Resistance Movement-NRM party members opting to run as independents in Mukono district in the next general election is giving the party officials headache. The officials are worried that the decision by the party members to go independent will …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has secured a financing package of about 1.1 Trillion Shillings from the World Bank improve service delivery in local governments. This is additional funding to the 200 billion dollars received under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program for Results,(UgIFT), to boost service delivery …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Latif Sebaggala Ssengendo, the Kawempe North Member of Parliament and popular music artist, Joseph Mayanja alias Jose Chameleone have appeared before the vetting committee of the National Unity Platform-NUP party. The two are eyeing the NUP party ticket for the Kampala Lord Mayor’s race. …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Standard Chartered Bank Uganda has unveiled a 360° rewards program which is an end to-end solution managing ‘earn and burn’ of reward points via a comprehensive rewards catalogue for debit cards. The bank said on Spet.14 that the program is hosted on a platform that …
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