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Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has challenged the people of Bunyoro sub-region to use the Parish development model-PDM funds wisely in order to transform their livelihoods. According to Museveni, if used properly, the PDM cash will cause a tremendous change in the livelihoods of poor Ugandans …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY European bias against EACOP: Don’t dismiss it. Disprove it THE LAST WORD Inside Museveni’s private favours: How the president’s approach of allocating favours to individual firms has undermined the development of a robust …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government is satisfied with the performance of the Bank of Uganda under the leadership of the Deputy Governor Michael Atingi-Ego, finance minister Matia Kasaija has said. Kasaija, in an interview with Uganda Radio Network, says Atingi-Ego is doing “a fantastic job” and that there’s …

But the houses are too expensive for the average Ugandan Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s pension fund has placed more than 370 housing units for sale at its Lubowa Housing Project on Entebbe Road in Wakiso District but they are expensive to the average local population. NSSF Managing …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged leaders to continue pushing for the East African Community integration to provide an extended market in the region. President Museveni made the remarks while speaking at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi at the swearing-in ceremony of William Samoei Ruto as the …

  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has told Kenyans not to involve him in their internal affairs. This came after Kenyans gathered at Kasarani started chanting ‘Toboa’ when he said Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua had talked about challenges of leadership in African countries. As …

*⃣ Total Population in 2014 was 34.6 milion *⃣ Females 51% of population *⃣ Children below 18 years 55% *⃣ Fertility rate was 5.8 children per woman. *⃣ Infant mortality 53 deaths per 1000 live births *⃣ Literacy rate 72%] *⃣ 12.5% of primary school children not going to school …

Interesting facts on her connection to Uganda SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom’s longest-serving monarch, has died aged 96. She died on September 08 afternoon at her estate, in Balmoral in Scotland where she had spent most of her last days. The Queen came …

Raila to miss Ruto swearing-in says election results ‘unclear’ Nairobi, Kenya  | THE INDEPENDENT & THE STAR KENYA | At least 20 Heads of State including President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda are expected in Kenya for today’s inauguration of president-elect William Ruto.  Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presidential motorcade has today knocked and injured three people on a Bodaboda along the Northern Bypass. Senior Superintendent of Police –SSP Rogers Nsereko Kawuma, the Kampala Metropolitan traffic police commander said the convoy knocked the bodaboda rider and his passengers at around 11am …