✳ Sh1.39 trillion for Lubowa Hospital ✳ Sh768 billion for Rwekunye-Apac-Lira-Acholibur Road ✳ Sh402.5 bn Muyembe-Nakapiripirit Road ✳ sh380 bn classified Defense ministry Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Parliament approved loans to the tune of sh6.15 trillion this year, according to the annual performance report of the house. Despite …
Read More »EU chief writes ‘love letter’ to Britain over Brexit
London, United Kingdom | AFP | A top Brussels official has written a “love letter” to Britain expressing his grief at its decision to leave the European Union — and stressing it was always welcome back. “I know you now. And I love you. For who you are and what you …
Read More »Cassava growers in Pader fault Gen. Saleh for promising hot air
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 6,900 cassava farmers in Acholibur Sub-county in Pader district have asked Gen. Salim Saleh, the National Coordinator of the Operation Wealth Creation–OWC program to fulfill the pledges he made to them. While delivering tons of cassava cuttings to the farmers in December 2017, …
Read More »Cassava farmers in Pader unhappy with Gen Saleh over unfulfilled promise
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 6,900 cassava farmers in Acholibur Sub-county in Pader district have asked Gen. Salim Saleh, the National Coordinator of the Operation Wealth Creation–OWC program to fulfill the pledges he made to them. While delivering tons of cassava cuttings to the farmers in December …
Read More »MOH: Over 30 million condoms availed for festive season
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 million male and 173,000 female condoms are ready for distribution nationwide during Christmas and Boxing Day, according to officials of Uganda’s ministry of health. Vastha Kibirige, the National Coordinator of the Condom Desk in the Health Ministry confirmed to URN that unlike …
Read More »CHRISTMAS: Street vendors overwhelm KCCA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Street vendors overwhelmed the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement team in downtown Kampala on Christmas eve. On Tuesday, the street vendors poured on the road between Owino Market and Mukwano Arcade stretching all the way to Ham Shopping ground, making it almost …
Read More »Businessmen open temporary bus terminal for western route in Kamwokya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A temporary bus terminal has set up in Kamwokya for travelers going for Christmas festivities in Western Uganda. The terminal located on Kifumbira road in Kifumbira Cell off Mawanda Road operates using hired school buses. The businessmen behind the terminal say they set it up …
Read More »MAX: Boeing ousts Muilenburg, names David Calhoun as CEO
New York, United States | AFP | Boeing on Monday replaced its embattled chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, as it attempts to pivot from a protracted crisis surrounding the grounding of its top-selling 737 MAX after two deadly crashes. More than nine months after the MAX was grounded and a week …
Read More »Ugandans capital ownership still in control of Western colonialists
DR EZRA SURUMA: No Ugandan can open a bank now COMMENT | Dr. Ezra Suruma | One of the most blatant aims of new colonialism (neocolonialism) is to ensure that Africans are denied access and control of capital. The evidence is overwhelming. It started in 1987 when the World Bank …
Read More »Arua municipality councilors impressed by progress on multi-billion stadium
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Councilors in Arua Municipality have commended the progress of works on the multi-billion Arua Hill Stadium. The 40,000 Seater Stadium complex comprising Business units and Apartments is being constructed by Joadah Consults with funding from Development Infrastructure, a local construction company at a tune of …
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