KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Road Authority-UNRA, whose responsibilities have been taken back to the Ministry of Works and Transport is disagreeing with the government on how much money should be paid to its former staff as terminal benefits. At the centre of the disagreement is whether …
Read More »An Open Letter to His Excellency, President Museveni: Translating words into practice for a truly united Uganda
COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Your Excellency, President Museveni, I write to you as a Ugandan who shares your vision of a united, inclusive, and forward-looking Uganda. Throughout your leadership, you have addressed the scourge of sectarianism, reminding us that divisions rooted in region and tribe hold us back from realizing …
Read More »MPs, MAAIF asked to explain recently passed coffee bill
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese District leaders have asked Members of Parliament and the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to explain the recently passed National Coffee (Amendment) Bill 2024 to the farmers. According to the leaders, since the bill was tabled and its subsequent passing, …
Read More »KCCA to resume dumping waste at Katikolo landfill
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has granted permission to the Kampala City Council Authority to resume dumping waste at the Katikolo landfill for a period of two weeks. This is after KCCA accepted to fund the council’s supplementary budget of 666 million Shillings. The Secretary for Finance Romeo …
Read More »US not yet ready for woman as president
MINSK, Belarus | TASS | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he believes that the United States is not yet ready to elect a woman president. The US is “up for electing a black man as president, but America is not yet up for electing a woman,” he said, the BelTA news agency reported. …
Read More »Pressure on Man City and Arsenal in key Premier League weekend
LONDON, England | Xinhua | The pressure is starting to build on several clubs ahead of the weekend in the Premier League, but nobody will be under the spotlight more in the next 48 hours than Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s side travels to play a difficult match away to a …
Read More »Democrats blame Biden for Harris’ election loss
WASHINGTON, the United States | TASS | Democrats are blaming President Joe Biden for the election loss of the party’s presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, Reuters reported. According to the report, the sharpest criticism asserts that the party had “lied to its supporters about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness” until a disastrous television …
Read More »Ukraine biggest loser in wake of Trump’s election victory
LONDON, UK | TASS | Ukraine will lose more than other international players from the coming to power of Republican Donald Trump, US political scientist Francis Fukuyama said in an opinion piece for the Financial Times (FT). “Ukraine is by far the biggest loser; its military struggle against Russia was flagging even …
Read More »2024 poised to be hottest year on record
BRUSSELS | Xinhua | The year 2024 is on track to become the hottest on record, with annual global temperature projected to be 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The C3S said it is now “virtually …
Read More »The Value of Morality in Project Management: A convincing argument
OPINION | Lydia Nabitosi Norah Tukashaba | Ethics matter to all organizations, their workers, and other stakeholders, but project managers who oversee complicated projects and communicate with a wide range of stakeholders need to pay even greater attention to ethics. For example, project managers must disclose their skills and abilities while bidding …
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