Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor-General has observed what he described as unsatisfactory utilisation of the revolving fund under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme-UWEP following a value for money audit. The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development is implementing UWEP. It is an initiative of the Government …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In 1987, the new National Resistance Movement (NRM) government set up an Education Policy Review Commission led by Professor William Senteza Kajubi to review the education system as the country was recovering from the insurgency. This followed an earlier commission established in 1977 whose …
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But logistics industry executives see moderate-to-strong economic growth and little or no chance of recession in 2022 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is the least attractive economy to logistics providers, freight forwarders, air and ocean carriers, distributors and investors of the three main economies in the East African …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by the Supreme Court of Uganda that Crane Bank Ltd reverts to owners Sudhir Ruparelia and co-shareholders raised public excitement, for various reasons, including an assumed return of the bank into the banking industry. There were concerns about the financial implications of …
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The long awaited judgment found the two countries in similar circumstances that led to the case Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Twenty three years after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) instituted proceedings against Uganda on accounts of armed aggression, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), there has …
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Urges them to stop associating with `dictators’ Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “The torture in my country does not just need EU to issue a statement but to do more….” That was part of the speech that the leader of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert ssentamu Kyagulanyi …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Military coup fear mounts: Why the soldiers want change THE LAST WORD The Museveni-Mutebile conundrum: Why their opposing views still represent the ideological contention over Uganda’s destiny COMMENTS Let them eat respect?: Why …
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Priest-turned-politician was loved and hated in equal measure for fighting homosexuality Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Father Simon Lokodo, the former minister for Ethics and Integrity, who waged a war on minorities like the LGBT community and proposed to ban the miniskirt, died on Jan. 28 in Geneva, Switzerland. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on Wednesday fled Uganda to Europe in a manner that left people wondering how he was able to travel unchallenged by security and without his passport. Kakwenza had deposited his passport with Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court where he was …
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Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC $325 million (Sh 1 trillion) in reparation for the effects of the 1998-2003 war. The judgment was read by the court’s president, Justice Joan E Donoghue on Wednesday …
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