But a shift in occupier preferences towards more flexible lease terms, with shorter rent payment periods could impact occupancy levels at the lower end of the market Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Kampala recorded an increase in prime office occupier demand across various sectors, ranging from agriculture, food and …
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Marginalisation of the minority tribe keeps relief away Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Sylvia Kokunda, a young member from the Batwa minority community in southwestern Uganda has watched with frustration the recent debate on which groups of people in Uganda deserve to get the government cash relief during the …
Read More »Police looking for all people who shared a post declaring Museveni dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The arrest of Jamilu Ssekyondwa on Saturday, a resident of Luweero district after he allegedly circulated fake news claiming that President Museveni had died has kicked off what will likely be a series of arrests. CID police spokesperson Charles Twiine says the hunt is on …
Read More »Struggle to contain COVID-19
What Uganda has got wrong – and right In June, President Yoweri Museveni tightened restrictions in the country following a worrying rise in COVID-19 infections and deaths. The new stringent measures included a 42-day lockdown and restrictions on the movement of people. Public health specialist Gloria Seruwagi reveals some …
Read More »South Sudan’s delicate decade
World’s youngest nation marks tenth independence anniversary amid great peril Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME |War. Peace agreements. Refugees. UPDF. Those are some of the buzzwords that have been synonymous with South Sudan in the last ten years since it broke away from Sudan in 2011. On July 9, …
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Mobile cash and her changes in PM office Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Debonair. Reticent. Uganda has recently had two very different prime ministers personality-wise; Amama Mbabazi and Ruhakana Rugunda. It is up to you to tick who of the two was debonair and who was reticent. Now …
Read More »President Museveni flags off team Uganda for Tokyo Olympics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this afternoon officially flagged off Team Uganda to the Tokyo Olympic games. The games that were meant to take place last year were postponed because of the challenges caused by the coronavirus. The games will now take place from July …
Read More »Mbale central market vendors demand for mosquito nets
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Mbale central market are yet to receive the mosquito nets promised by the government. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni asked market vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members, as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. …
Read More »Museveni directs ministries to contract army for construction projects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the health and education ministries to use the Army Construction Brigade to undertake government construction projects. In his July 1st, 2021 letter addressed to the Minister of Education and Sports, and Minister of Health, Museveni notes with concern that …
Read More »Museveni asks terrorists to surrender or risk death
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called upon terrorists to surrender to security before they come for them. Museveni says his security forces will not hesitate to shoot and kill anybody suspected of engaging in terrorism as long as they try to resist arrest. This comes less …
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