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US President Donald Trump dropped his hardline rhetoric against Muslims as took his first foreign trip making stopovers in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Palestine, Italy and Belgium. While giving a speech in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Trump urged various leaders attending the summit to drive extremists out of the earth saying the …

MPs have queried the expenditure undertaken by the Makerere University nine member committee instituted by President Museveni to look into the remuneration issues that caused a strike among the university’s teaching staff. Museveni ordered the closure of the university after the strike paralysed affairs at the oldest university. Government has …

Uganda Telecom, placed under provisional administration by government remains in the news for the wrong reasons. A May report from a parliamentary select committee on management and performance of UTL indicated that company bosses; MD, chief finance officer, chief legal officer and chief human resource officer earned a total of …

Abim Hospital, the place that caused a political storm during the presidential campaign has received additional funding that will be used to renovate its Tuberculosis ward. Abim Hospital medical superintendent Dr Edison Twine thanked the government for the Shs400m dispatched that will also be used to boost the hospital’s mortuary …

Ugandans in their thousands Airtel subscribers especially were left cursing after their sim cards were switched off even after they had successfully re-registered through a process coordinated by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA). Telecom companies were supposed to switch off those who had not reregistered …

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is struggling to raise more than Shs30bn to pay 1045 of its former staff whose services were terminated in 2012. It is now appealing to the central government to bail it out on the issue of its former employees. During a court session, the KCCA …

Stagnant wages cause household demand to remain depressed, thereby deterring investments  By Bill Emmott If all else fails, try the previously unthinkable. It is not a bad principle for economic policy in the best of times. Today, it may be just what is needed: many Western countries – certainly the …

IN THE INDEPENDENT THIS WEEK: Nalufenya – Where innocents are tortured to confess COVER STORY Nalufenya: Stories from victims of police brutality put Kayihura, Muhoozi and Museveni on the spot THE LAST WORD A giant retires: What Uganda’s current and future politicians can learn from the life and character of …

Someone hit by a vehicle traveling at 80kms has a three times higher risk of dying than at 50Kms By Margaret Chan and Michael Bloomberg We can save so many lives around the world if we just slow down. Each year, more than 1.25 million people – many of them …

Winnie Nakanwagi aka Nwagi, the Ugandan singer best known for her award winning single ‘Musawo’ to which she dances seductively, has one mantra for survival in the highly fickle entertainment industry; be ready to receive the positive and negative feedback from the audience. She says it is a lesson she …