By Flavia Nassaka Owing to the increasing cases of cancer caused by the Human papillomavirus (HPV), the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) is set to start vaccinating girls aged between 9 and 13 against the deadly virus. The first batch of girls will be vaccinated in October, UCI’s Dr. Noleb Mugisha …
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The Global Water Partnership (GWP) has entered a partnership with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Network for Basin Organizations (ANBO) to train government officials across the continent in international water law over the next five years. While launching the pilot programme on Aug. 3 in the …
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By Ronald Musoke Leading South African food brands manufacturer RCL Foods has acquired a 33.5% stake in the local firm, Hudani Manji Holdings Ltd (HMHL), the largest processors and suppliers of chicken in East Africa. The new parent company for both Yo Kuku and Enkoko chicken brands will go by …
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By Haggai Matsiko State House, police get Shs10bn phone tapping gadgets State House and the Uganda Police are in final stages of acquiring stealth technology from Italy that could allow its operators to remotely control targeted computers and smart mobile phones. The deal is being handled by the office of …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda Although Obama behaved better in Nairobi compared to Accra, here is why I still have a bone to pick with him So finally, U.S. President Barak Obama visited his ancestral homeland of Kenya to a rousing welcome. This was understandable because for most of recorded history …
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A Grade one Magistrate at the anti-corruption court has this morning granted Abraham Byandala bail. Byandala is the former Transport Minister and the current Minister without Portfolio. Together with six others, he was ordered to pay ten million shillings in cash and deposit his passport. The sureties to his bail …
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Amama Mbabazi has declared that he will stand as an independent candidate come 2016 for the Presidential Elections. This Friday 30th was the NRM deadline for picking nomination forms. Mbabazi didn’t show up, rather he chose to announce that he would seek the country’s vote as an Independent Candidate. It …
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A consortium of civil society organisations filed a case in the Constitutional Court in Kampala on July 30 against the government to declare the Plant Variety Protection Act, 2014 null and void. The law was passed by Parliament on Dec. 20, 2013 and was assented to by President Yoweri Museveni …
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By Patrick Kagenda The Makerere University based Economic Policy Research Centre is rebranding and re-developing its website to show who it is, what it stands for and where it is headed. The re-branding is aimed at re-positioning the EPRC as a Go-To Policy Think Tank within the East African region. …
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Eng. Abraham Byandala, the minister without portfolio appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala yesterday to answer charges in connection with the Mukono-Kyetume-Katosi/Kisoga-Nyenga road corruption scandal. Byandala who is the former minister of works and transport appeared in court alongside four others who have been implicated in the scandal where …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
