Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER Oulanyah’s Parliament takes shape: Grabbing mace from Kadaga was the easier part THE LAST WORD Kadaga’s political suicide: How the former parliamentary speaker made a series of blunders that may sink her otherwise great …
Read More »MUSHERE: Ntare’s transformative head teacher dies
Serving from 2003-2012, Humphrey Ahimbisibwe popularly known as Mushere was hailed as the architect of the school’s resurgence OBITUARY | IAN KATUSIIME | “Good evening school,” he would belt out to the packed makeshift main hall at the Monday evening school assembly. “Good evening sir,” the students would reply …
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Ssali retires from VOA | THE INDEPENDENT | Shaka Ssali, the Ugandan-born longtime anchor of the Voice of America (VOA) programnme ` Straight Talk Africa’ has officially retired. The 69-year old Shaka Ssali aka Kabale Kid who has been listed among Uganda’s leading intellectual exports signed out on May 19 …
Read More »Shs985bn for Kampala city roads
Money is part of Shs 1.2tn loan from AfDB Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On May 11, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Uganda signed two financing agreements worth US$ 348 million (about Shs 1.2 trillion) to rehabilitate and improve road infrastructure within Kampala City and …
Read More »Why do mosquitoes bite some people, not others?
Scientists are a step closer to figuring it out | MADELIEN WOODING AND YVETTE NAUDÉ | Mosquitoes contribute to the transmission of life-threatening diseases that include Zika, dengue, chikungunya, Rift Valley fever and malaria. Of these, malaria carries the most risk accounting for 229 million cases and more than 400,000 …
Read More »New MPs face lack of trust
Poll shows majority of Ugandans don’t think legislators will work in their best interest Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Jacob Oulanyah, the outgoing Deputy Speaker of Parliament, was candid when he spoke to the press on May 20 shortly after swearing-in as the new MP for Omoro County. Oulanyah …
Read More »Joy for many as NRM CEC endorses Oulanyah for Speaker
✳ NRM CHOICE FOR SPEAKER Jacob Oulanyah ✳ NRM CHOICE FOR DEPUTY SPEAKER Anita Among Entebbe, Uganda | JOAN AKELLO -URN | A decision by National Resistance Movement Party organ to back outgoing Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanya for Speaker of the 11th Parliament is drawing mixed reaction. Kadaga …
Read More »Museveni succession plot in Oulanyah – Kadaga battle
How Speakership race tested NRM and exposed the President COVER STORY | Ian Katusiime | When Rebecca Kadaga, while battling to retain her position as Speaker of Parliament, picked expression of interest in the job forms at the NRM headquarters on Kyadondo Road in Kampala on May 19, she had a …
Read More »Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The risks and the challenges | THE INDEPENDENT Africa’s largest-ever vaccination drive is well under way. Forty-nine African countries are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and over 22 million doses have been given on the continent. Valuable lessons are emerging, but major risks and challenges threaten Africa’s fragile gains. Supply crunch …
Read More »Israeli-Palestinian confrontations
What sparked the latest attacks? | THE INDEPENDENT | For weeks, tensions had been building between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, with a confluence of recent events and longer-term trends leading to the latest violence. Israeli restrictions around holy sites during Ramadan; increasingly intense protests and violence on both the …
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