Opposition NUP can gain as Museveni loses grip COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | After nearly 40 years in power and running numerous election campaigns, President Yoweri Museveni has become a master of snatching victory at the national polls using whatever each cycle of internal NRM elections throws at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament Speaker Anita Annet Among has paid tribute to former Minister Mary Karooro Okurut who died in Kampala yesterday. “On a sad note, I have received the painful news of the passing of the Honourable Mary Karoro Okurut. She served in various Cabinet portfolios, including …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The NRM Electoral Commission has cautioned candidates contesting for positions on the Central Executive Committee (CEC) to refrain from using abusive language and engaging in character assassination against their opponents during the campaign period. Currently, over 200 candidates vying for various CEC positions …
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How the Uganda budget resource for FY2025/26 are allocated 1⃣ Wages & Salaries – Shs 8.57 trillion 2⃣ Non-Wage Recurrent Expenditure—Shs 28.33 trillion (includes operations, wealth creation funds, science & tech, education & health grants, medicines, infrastructure maintenance, and interest payments) 3⃣ Development Expenditure – Shs 18.24 trillion 4⃣ Domestic …
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I congratulate and pay tribute to the Church for consistently being co-workers with government in advancing the growth in the health and education sectors, efforts which have uplifted lives and created a vast pool of competent human capital necessary to drive the transformation agenda of Uganda. COMMENT | ANITA ANNET …
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Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | Refurbishment of Tororo Archdiocese’s main hospital—St. Anthony in Tororo—has taken off in the past year, and efforts to raise its standard climax on Thursday when Speaker of Uganda’s parliament Anita Annet Among leads a grand fundraising at Hotel Africana. The full …
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“The Buy Out Amount must be paid within 30 days following the end of the concession term, specifically by 31st March 2025. If the payment is not received by this deadline, penal interest will be applied as stipulated in the Concession Agreements.” Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Exiting electricity …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among has tasked the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Peace Mutuuzo to popularize the Succession (Amendment) Act 2022, saying it has the potential to solve the plight of women. Among said the Succession Act passed two …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | This weekend’s grand fundraising dinner in support of the renovation of St Anthony’s Hospital in Tororo has been postponed, after organizers realized all MPs from Tororo Archdiocese would be engaged in a presidential tour of Bukedi district. Parliament Speaker Anita Annet Among and Archbishop Dr. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tororo Archdiocese Development Association of the Laity (TADAL) will on November 9 hold a grand fundraising dinner in support of the renovation of St Anthony’s Hospital in Tororo. Parliament Speaker Anita Annet Among and Archbishop Dr. Emmanuel Obbo will grace the fundraising dinner to be …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
