Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | X, formerly known as Twitter, will collect biometric data on its users, such as a photograph of their face, in an update to its privacy policy, BBC reported. People signed up to its subscription service, X Premium, can choose to provide a selfie and photo …
Read More »Government warns schools on fees increment
Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports warned schools against increasing tuition without authorization from the government after Speaker of Parliament Anita Among raised concern over the matter. During the plenary sitting of Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among warned that the continued …
Read More »Eremye replaces Karemani as the Judiciary’s Mouthpiece
Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice, Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny – Dollo, has by letter dated 28th August 2023, assigned Ag. Registrar Magistrates Affairs and Data Management, His Worship Eremye Jumire James Mawanda as the new Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Judiciary. “In exercise of the powers conferred …
Read More »European Union launches Youth Sounding Board in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union Delegation to Uganda has inaugurated a 20-member Youth Sounding Board, a body of young Ugandans, who will help in shaping and implementing EU programmes and strategies in the country for more inclusiveness. The inauguration is part of the EU’s commitment to incorporating …
Read More »Museveni meets UPDF, and DRC senior army officers over ADF
Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met with senior army officers from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) at State House Entebbe. During the meeting, President Museveni who is also the Commander In Chief of UPDF …
Read More »Military coup fear spreads
How safe is Uganda from so-called `coup contagion’? COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | In a paper published in The Journal of Conflict Resolution entitled `The “Coup Contagion” Hypothesis’, two professors; Richard P.Y. Li and William R. Thompson, popularised the expression as far back as 1975. They wrote that their “statistical …
Read More »Potential implications of the World Bank’s loan suspension to Uganda
A comprehensive and strategic approach to address the concerns raised by the global bank should be developed COMMENT | SIMON M. MUTUNGI | On Aug.08, the World Bank announced that it is halting new loans to Uganda over the country’s controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA). The United States-based development financier said the …
Read More »Imagining a Keynesian revival
Why we would be wise to give it another chance before we resign ourselves to the capitalist-socialist conflict COMMENT | ROBERT SKIDELSKY | In 2009, while the world economy was still reeling from the global financial crisis, Nobel laureate economist Robert Lucas observed that “everyone is a Keynesian in the foxhole.” …
Read More »New financing tool aims to increase access to lifesaving mosquito nets
The Revolving Facility will negotiate improved supply terms for health products using advanced market commitments, including volume guarantees, to drive more affordable access and innovations at greater scale Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | More people in some of the world’s poorest communities will have access to quality health products such as …
Read More »Brooklyn Museum exhibition explores Africa’s flourishing fashion and art scene since liberation era
Co-curator Ernestine White-Mifetu gives us an illuminating tour of “Africa Fashion” and the greater narrative it encapsulates. ART | LEE CARTER | At the Brooklyn Museum, an electrifying new exhibition establishes Africa as a true fashion capital, bursting with imagination, ingenuity, and its own aesthetic heritage. “African Fashion” showcases the designers …
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